Literary Library

Per Wahloo

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1926 - June 22, 1975Swedish novelistAuthor of "Roseanna", "The Man Who Went Up in Smoke" and "The Laughing Policeman"Created (with his wi...
Detective Novel Novelist Sweden Swedish

Guy de Maupassant

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1850 - July 6, 1893French short-story writerAuthor of "Une Vie", "Bel Ami" and "Pierre et Jean"Born Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ...
France French Short Story

Conrad Aiken

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973American poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"Won...
Library of Congress Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Maud Petersham

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1890 - November 29, 1971American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "The Rootabaga Stories" (written...
Caldecott Caldecott Medal Carl Sandburg Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Children's Books Illustrator Miska Petersham

William Henry Hudson

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1841 - August 18, 1922Argentinian-born English novelist and naturalistAuthor of "Green Mansions", ""Afoot in England" and ""Far Away and...
Argentina Argentine Argentinian British England English Great Britain Hudson River Natural World Naturalist Nature Novel Novelist

Robert Hayden

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...
African American Educate Education Educator Library of Congress Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry School Teach Teacher

Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822English Romantic poetAuthor of "Ozymandias", "To a Skylark" and "Ode to the West Wind"Married to Mary ShelleyClick He...

Knut Hamsun

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952Norwegian authorAuthor of "Hunger", "Pan" and "Growth of the Soil"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920Born ...
Author Nobel Prize Norway Norwegian

Assia Djebar

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1936 - February 6, 2015Algerian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment", "Alger...
Algeria Algerian Dramatist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Theater Theatre

Walter Kirn

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...
Critic Essayist Essays Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Rupert Brooks

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1887 - April 23, 1915English poetBest known for his war sonnets written during World War I #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Sonnet World War 1 WW WW1 WWI

P. D. James

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1920 - November 27, 2014English mystery writerBest known for her Adam Dagliesh mystery series as well as "The Children of Men" and "Deat...
British England English Great Britain Mystery Mystery Writer