Literary Library

Irving Babbitt

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1869 - July 15, 1933American literary criticAuthor of "Literature and the American College", "Democracy and Leadership" and "Rousseau an...
Critic Literary Critic

Holling C. Holling

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1900 - September 7, 1973American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "Paddle To the Sea" (for which he...
Author Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Illustrator Newbery Newbery Honor

Ernest Dowson

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Bei Dao

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1949 - Chinese-born American poet, short-story writer, essayist and memoiristAuthor of "The August Sleepwalker", "Midnight's Gate" and "C...
China Chinese Chinese-American Essayist Essays Memoir Memoirist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

James St. James

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1966 - American novelist and television & internet personalityAuthor of "Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True of Murder in Clubland" ...
Internet Novel Novelist Television Television Personality TV

Walter Griffin

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1937 - November 30, 2020American poetAuthor of ten collections of poetry including "Night Music" (for which he was the winner of the Inte...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Walter Dean Myers

by Angela Beck
August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014African-American writer of children's and young adult fiction and nonfictionAuthor of "The Scorpion" (for which he w...
African American Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Newbery Newbery Honor Nonfiction Young Adult Young Adult Fiction

Richard Henry Dana

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882American lawyer, politician and writerAuthor of "Two Years Before the Mast", "To Cuba and Back" and ""A Tribute to...
Attorney Govern Government Law Lawyer Political Politician Writer

Madison Smartt Bell

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1957 - American novelist and professorAuthor of "Save Me, Joe Louis", "All Souls' Rising" (for which he was a finalist for the National B...
Educator Fiction National Book Award Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Hugh Seidman

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1940 - November 9, 2023American poet and professorAuthor of "Collecting Evidence", "Blood Lord" and "Throne Falcon Eye"Won 3 National End...
National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Herman Melville

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891American novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, lecturer, sailor and customs inspectorAuthor of "Typee: A...
Boats Customs Inspector Educator Lecturer Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sail Sailor Short Story Teach Teacher Whale Whaler

Carter Brown

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1923 - May 5, 1985English-born Australian writer of detective fictionAuthor of more than 300 detective stories including "The Bombshell"...
Australia Australian British Caroline Farr Crime Dennis Sinclair Detective England English Fiction Great Britain Paul Valdez Sinclair MacKellar Todd Conway