Literary Library

Aiden Chambers

December 27, 1934 - British author of children's and young adult novelsAuthor of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcards from No M...

Thomas Gray

December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771English poet, classical scholar and professorAuthor of only 13 poems including "Elegy Written in a Country Church...

Narendra Prasad

December 26, 1946 - November 3, 2003Indian actor, playwright, director, professor and literary criticAuthor of "Souparnika" (for which he won the K...

Liz Lochhead

December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...

Jean van Leewen

December 26, 1937 -American children's book author and teacherAuthor of over 40 books including "Tales of Oliver Pig", "Oliver and Amanda's Christm...

Jean Toomer

December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967African-American poet and novelistAuthor of "Cane", "Essential" and "The Wayward and the Seeking"Part of the Har...

Henry Miller

December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980American writer and artistAuthor of "Tropic of Cancer", Tropic of Capricorn" and "The Rosy Crucifixion"Many of his...

Elizabeth Kostova

December 26, 1964 - American novelist and teacherAuthor of "The Historian", "The Swan Thieves" and "The Shadow Land"

Alejo Carpentier

December 26, 1904 - April 24, 1980Swiss-born Cuban novelist, essayist, musicologist and short story writerAuthor of "The Kingdom of This World", "...

David Sedaris

December 26, 1956 - American humorist, comedian and radio contributorAuthor of "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Dress Your Family in Cordoroy and Denim"

William Demby

December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...

William Collins

December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"