Literary Library
Anthony Santasiere
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - January 13, 1977American chess master, writer and teacherAuthor of "The Vienna Game and Gambit", "The Futuristic Chess Opening: ...
Mary Catherine Bateson
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1939 - January 2, 2021American writer and cultural anthropologistAuthor of "With a Daughter's Eye", "Peripheral Visions" and "Composin...
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1832 - April 26, 2010Norwegian writerAuthor of "A Happy Boy", Sigurd the Bad" and "The Bankrupt"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1...
Mark Kurlansky
by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - American journalist and writerAuthor of "Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World", "Salt: A World History" and "Sal...
Leigh Brackett
by Angela Beck
December 7, 1915 - March 17, 1978American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of the books "The Long Tomorrow", "The Hounds of Skaith" a...
William Stanley Braithwaite
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...
Osbert Sitwell
by Angela Beck
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
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...
Eve Curie Labouisse
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1904 - October 22, 2007French-American writer, journalist and pianistAuthor of "Madame Curie" (for which she won the National Book Awa...
Elizabeth Yates
by Angela Beck
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
by Angela Beck
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
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1956 - American writer and novelistAuthor of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Mi Sayuri"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#slickcat...