Literary Library

Giuseppi Tomasi di Lampedusa

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1896 - July 23, 1957Italian writer, novelist and PrinceAuthor of "The Leopard", "The Professor" and "Places of My Infancy: A Memory"W...
Italian Italy Novel Novelist Prince Writer

Donna Tartt

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1963 - American novelist and short-story & non-fiction writerAuthor of "The Secret History", "The Little Friend" (for which she w...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence National Book Critics Circle Award Nonfiction Novel Novelist Orange Prize Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Christa Worthington

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1956 - January 6, 2002American fashion writerAuthor of "Clothes", "Scarves" and "Accessories"Was murdered in her home in 2002
Clothes Fashion

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1804 - October 13, 1869French literary critic and authorAuthor of "Port Royal", "Nouveaux Lundis" and "Mes Poisons"
Author Critic France French Literary Critic

Carol Ann Duffy

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Somerset Maugham Award T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher United Kingdom University

C. Y. Lee

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1915 - November 8, 2018Chinese-American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, translator and playwrightAuthor of "The Flower Drum...
China Chinese Chinese-American Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Rogers and Hammerstein Short Story Theater Theatre Translator

Avi

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1937 - Author of more than 60 books for children and young adultsincluding "Don't You Know There's A War On", "Perloo the Bold" and "T...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Young Adult

Suzanne L. Marchand

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1961 - American intellectual, cultural historian and professorAuthor of "Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, ...
Archaeology Cultural Historian Historian history Professor Teach Teacher University

Peter Manso

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1940 - April 7, 2021American biographer and journalistAuthor of "Vroom: Conversations with the Grand Prix Champions", "Brando: The Bio...
Bio Biographer Biography Journalism Journalist Marlon Brando

Nora Okja Keller

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1966 - Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAuthor of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award fo...
American Book Award Korea Korean Newbery Newbery Medal Novel Novelist Pushcart Prize Short Story Teach Teacher

Laini Taylor

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1971 - American young adult fantasy authorAuthor of "Lips Touch Three Times" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Awar...
Fantasy National Book Award Young Adult

Kenneth Rexroth

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1905 - June 6, 1982American poet, translator and critical essayistAuthor of "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese", "Classics Revisited...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry