Literary Library

Carl Steinheim

April 1, 1878 - November 3, 1942German playwright and short story writerAuthor of "From the Heroic Life of the Bourgeois (A Play Cycle)", "A Mask o...

Arnold Aletrino

April 1, 1858 - January 17, 1916Dutch physician, criminal anthropologist and writerAuthor of "Een Liefde", "Vit den Dood", "Zuster Bertha" and "Ma...

Aileen Ward

April 1, 1919 - May 31, 2016American professor of English literature and authorAuthor of "John Keats: The Making of a Poet" (for which she won the ...

Agnes Repplier

April 1, 1855 - December 15, 1950American essayistAuthor of essays include: "The Fireside Sphinx", "Germany and Democracy" (written with J. Willia...

Abraham Harold Maslow

April 1, 1908 - June 8, 1970American psychologist, professor and authorAuthor of "Motivation and Personality", "Religions, Values and Peak Experien...

Jeanne Larsen

August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...

Izaak Walton

August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683English writerAuthor of "The Compleat Angler" and "Walton's Lives" #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#s...

Daniel Keyes

August 9, 1927 - June 15, 2014American writer of short stories, science fiction and fantasyAuthor of "Flowers for Algernon", "The Minds of Billy Mi...

Valerie Sayers

August 8, 1952 - American novelistAuthor of "Due East", ""How I Got Him Back" and "The Distance Between Us" #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirt...

Sara Teasdale

August 8, 1884 - January 29, 1933American poetAuthor of "Love Songs" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1918), "Rivers to the Sea...

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

August 8, 1896 - December 14, 1953American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The Yearling" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ficti...

Elizabeth Ann Tallent

August 8, 1954 - American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Museum Pieces", "Honey" and "Mendocino Fire" #literarycalen...