Literary Library

Andy Borowitz

January 4, 1958 - American writer, television writer, comedian, satirist and actorAuthor of "The Trillionaire Next Door" (for which he won the Thu...

J.R.R. Tolkien

January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...

Young John Allen

January 3, 1836 - May 30, 1907American Methodist missionary to China, newspaper and magazine publisher and writerAuthor of 250 works including "Th...

David Margolick

(Seen here on right with Marvin Kalb) January 3, 1952 - American magazine editor, writer and professorAuthor of "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max S...

Anne Stevenson

January 3, 1933 - September 14, 2020American-British poet and writerAuthor of "Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath", "Five Looks at Elizabeth Bish...

Leonard Michaels

January 2, 1933 - May 10, 2003American writer of short stories, novels and essaysAuthor of "The Men's Club", "Sylvia" and "A Girl With a Monkey"

Justin Winsor

January 2, 1831 - October 22, 1897American writer, librarian and historianAuthor of "Narrative on Critical History of America", "Christopher Colum...

Andre Aciman

January 2, 1951 - Italian-American writer and professorAuthor of "Out of Egypt: A Memoir", "False Papers" and "Call Me By Your Name"

Sembene Ousmane

January 1, 1923 - June 9, 2007Senegalese director, producer and writerAuthor of "God's Bits of Wood", "Tribal Scars" and "Xala"

Nathaniel Philbrick

January 1, 1956 - American writerAuthor of "In the Heart of the Sea", "Mayflower" and "Ben's Revolution"

Pola Gojawiczynska

April 1, 1896 - Mar 29, 1963Polish writerAuthor of "Girls from Nowolipsi" and "Heavenly Apple Tree"Received the award of the city of Warsaw for li...

Peter Egger

April 1, 1969 - Austrian economist, professor, researcher and writerAuthor of "A Generalized Design for Bilateral Flow Models" (written for Economi...