Literary Library

Milan Kundera

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1929 - Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of ...
Austrian State Prize Czech Czech State Literature Prize Czechoslavakia Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays France French Jerusalem Prize Ovid Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Martha Wadsworth Brewster

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1710 - 1757?American poet and writerAuthor of "Poems on Diverse Subjects" and "Delight in Reading"Was one of only four colonial women who ...
Colonial Colonies Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Marian Longfellow O'Donohue

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1849 - January 23, 1924American writer of poetry and newspaper storiesAuthor of "Seven Stories of Christmas", "The Lily of the Resurrectio...
DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Newspaper Newspapers Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Maria Polydouri

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1902 - April 29, 1930Greek PoetAuthor of "The Pain of the Mother" (which was her first poem) and collections: "The Chirps that Faint" and...
Greece Greek Poem Poems Poetry

Lura Beam

by Angela Beck
American educator, writer and researcherAuthor of "A Thousand Marraiges: A Medical Study of Sex Adjustment" and "The Single Woman: A Medical Study...
Educate Education Educator Research Researcher School Superintendent Teach Teacher Writer

Lucinda Banister Chandler

by Angela Beck
American author, essayist and social reformerAuthor of "Motherhood, Its Power over Human Destiny", "A Mother's Aid" and "Divineness of Marraige"
Author Essayist Essays Reformer Social Reformer

Lida Durdikova

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1899 - March 8, 1955Czech writer of children's booksAuthor of "Fluff, The Little Wild Rabbit", "Mischief, The Squirrel" and "Bourru, The B...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Czech Czechoslavakia

Leslie Waller

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1923 - March 29, 2007Ukrainian-American writer and novelistAuthor of "Lie Like a Lady" (written under the pseudonym C. S. Cody), "Three Da...
Graphic Novel Graphic Novels Novel Novelist Novelization Ukraine Ukrainian-American Writer

Leicester Hemingway

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1915 - September 13, 1982American writer, reporter and photograherAuthor of "The Sound of the Trumpet" and "My Brother, Ernest Hemingway"C...
Ernest Hemingway News Newspaper Newspapers Photo Photographer Photography Photos Reporter Writer

Katherine Binney Shippen

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1892 - February 20, 1980American history teacher, museum curator and children's book authorAuthor of "New Found World" (for which she was ...
American History Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Curator Educate Education Educator history Museum Newbery Newbery Honor Newbery Medal School Teach Teacher

Kalisha Buckhanon

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1977 - African-American author of short stories and novelsAuthor of "Upstate", "Conception" and "Speakin of Summer"Finalist for the Hursto...
African American Author Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story Terry McMillan Young Author Award

Juan Gil Albert

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1904 - July 4, 1994Spanish poet and writerAuthor of "Los Dias Estan Contados", "Heracles: Sobre Una Manera De Ser" and "Valentin"
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Writer