Literary Library

Georg Stiernhielm

August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672Swedish civil servant, linguist, mathematician and poetAuthor of "Hercules" and "Musae Suethizantes" #literarycalen...

Betsy Byars

August 7, 1928 - February 26, 2020American children's book authorAuthor of "The Midnight Fox", "Summer of the Swans" (for which she won the Newbery...

Ann Beattie

August 7, 1947 - American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "Chilly Scenes of Winter", "The New Yorker Stories" and "Walks With Men" #liter...

Scott Nearing

August 6, 1883 - August 24, 1983American economist, educator and writerAuthor of "The New Education", "The Making of a Radical" and "Civilization ...

Piers Anthony

August 6, 1934 - English-American science fiction and fantasy writerAuthor of "A Spell for Chameleon", "The Source of Magic" and "On a Pale Horse"B...

Paul Claudel

August 6, 1868 - February 23, 1955French poet, dramatist and diplomatAuthor of "Five Great Odes", "The Tidings Brought to Mary" and "The Satin Sli...

Norma Farber

August 6, 1909 - March 21, 1984American children's book author and poetAuthor of "As I Was Crossing Boston Common" (for which she won the National ...

Janet Asimov

August 6, 1926 - February 25, 2019American science fiction writer, children's science fiction writer and psychiatristAuthor of the Norby Chronicles...

Francois Fenelon

August 6, 1651 - January 7, 1715French archbishop, theologian and writerAuthor of "The Adventures of Telemachus", "The Existence of God" and "Inne...

Barbara Cooney

August 6, 1917 - March 10, 2000American writer and illustrator of over 100 children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "Chanticleer and the Fox" (...

Alfred Lord Tennyson

August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892English poetAuthor of "Ulysses", "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Idylls of the King"Poet Laureate of Great ...

Wendell Berry

August 5, 1934 - American novelist, poet, essayist and environmental activistAuthor of "The Unsettling of America", "Jayber Crow" and "The Peace o...