Literary Library

Osbert Sitwell

December 6, 1892 - May 4, 1969English writerAuthor of "Left Hand, Right Hand!", "Laughter in the Next Room" and "Noble Essences"His full name was ...

Joyce Kilmer

December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...

Eve Curie Labouisse

December 6, 1904 - October 22, 2007French-American writer, journalist and pianistAuthor of "Madame Curie" (for which she won the National Book Awa...

Elizabeth Yates

December 6, 1905 - July 29, 2001American writer, journalist and children's book authorAuthor of "Mountain Born" (for which she won a Newbery Honor ...

Cornelia Meigs

December 6, 1884 - September 10, 1973American writer, teacher and historianAuthor of "Windy Hill" (for which she won a Newbery Honor in 1922), "Cle...

Arthur Golden

December 6, 1956 - American writer and novelistAuthor of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Mi Sayuri"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#slickcat...

Walt Disney

December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966American entrepreneur, animator, writer and film producerProduced more than 100 feature films; His "Flowers an...

John Berendt

Born December 5, 1939 -  American writer, editor and columnistAuthor of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (for which he was finalist for t...

Joan Didion

December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021 American writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the screenpla...

James Lee Burke

December 5, 1936 - American writer, novelist, mystery writer and professorAuthor of "Cadillac Jukebox", "Black Cherry Blues" and "Light of the Worl...

Wen Shaoxian

December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...

Reginald Laubin

December 4, 1903 - April 5, 2000American writer, dancer and expert on Native American cultureAuthor of "The Indian Tipi", "Indian Dances of North A...