Literary Library

Italo Svevo

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1861 - September 13, 1928Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of "Una Vita", "Senilita" and...
Business Businessman Italian Italy Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre Writer

Saki

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1870 - December 14, 1916English writer Author of "The Chronicles of Clovis", "When William Came" and "Beasts and Superbeasts" Born He...
British England English Great Britain Writer

Ossie Davis

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005African-American actor, director, writer and activistAuthor of "Purlie Victorious", "Escape to Freedom: The St...
Acting Activist Actor African American Director Frederick Douglass Writer

Hal Kanter

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1918 - November 6, 2011American writer, producer and directorAuthor of "So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business"Wrote or co-wrote t...
Director Producer Writer

Franz Schoenberner

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1892 - April 11, 1970German editor and writerAuthor of "Confessions of an European Intellectual", "The Inside Story of an Outsider" an...
Editor German Germany Writer

Austin Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1931 - April 19, 1896American lawyer, academic and writerAuthor of "Reports of Practice Cases Determined in the Courts of the State o...
Academic Henry Ward Beecher James Garfield Law Lawyer President Garfield Writer

Theodore Rosengarten

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1944 - American historian and writerAuthor of "All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw" (for which he won the National Book Award for...
African African Art Historian history Jewish Jewish-American Jews National Book Award Writer

Jules de Goncourt

by Angela Beck
(Seen above with his brother, Edmond) December 17, 1830 - June 20, 1870French novelist, writer and playwrightAuthor of "Les Hommes de Lettres", "R...
France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Writer

Es'kia Mphahlele

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...
Activist Africa African African Arts Magazine Apartheid Art Artist Arts Education Educator Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize Order of the Palm South Africa South African Southern Cross Teach Teacher Writer

William Cooper Nell

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...
Abolitionist African American African American History American History American Revolution American South Journalism Journalist Patriots Publisher Slavery Slaves Underground Railroad Writer

Philip K. Dick

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982American science fiction and short-story writerAuthor of over 40 novels and 120 short stories including "The Man...
Blade Runner Novel Novelist Sci-Fi Science Fiction Writer

Beck Weathers

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1946 - American pathologist and writerAuthor of "Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest"Was one of the subjects of the book "Into...
Jon Krakauer Mountain Climbing Mt. Everest Pathologist Pathology Writer