Literary Library

Sandra Cisneros

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1954 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The House on Mango Street" (for which she won the American Book Award in 1...
American Book Award American Library Journal National Medal of Arts New York Times Novel Novelist PEN/Nabokov Award Short Story

Kate Atkinson

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1951 - English writer of novels, short stories and playsAuthor of "Behind the Scenes of the Museum" (for which she won the Whitbread ...
British British Book Awards Costa Book Awards England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre Whitbread Awards

John Menkes

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1928 - November 22, 2008Austrian-American pedriatric neurologist and author of novels and playsAuthor of "The Last Inquisitors", "Lady...
Austria Austrian Austrian-American Doctor Neurologist Novel Novelist Pediatric Physician Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Hortense Calisher

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1911 - January 13, 2009American fiction and biography writerAuthor of "False Entry" (for which she was a finalist for the National Boo...
American Academy of Arts Bio Biographer Biography Fiction National Book Award

George Leite

by Angela Beck
(Seen above with Anais Nin in 1946) December 20, 1920 - August 6, 1985American poet, author, publisher and bookstore ownerHe published "Circle" ma...
Audio Author Bookstore Bookstores Circle Magazine Pamphlet Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher

Edip Yuksel

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - Kurdish-American activist and writer of books on religion, politics, philosophy and lawAuthor of 20 books including "Manifesto...
Activist Islam Islamic Kurd Kurdish Kurds Law Lawyer Nonfiction Philosopher Philosophy Political Politics Quran Religion Religious Writer

Doug Wright

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1962 - American playwright, librettist and screenwriterAuthor of "Quills" (for which he won the Obie Award for Best Playwriting in 199...
Drama Drama Desk Award Film Films Golden Globe Award Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Obie Award Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

David Markson

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1927 - June 4, 2010American novelistAuthor of "Wittgenstein's Mistress", "This is Not a Novel and Other Novels" and "The Last Novel"
Novel Novelist

David Levine

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1926 - December 29, 2009American artist, illustrator and authorAuthor of "Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures", "The Watercolors of...
Art Artist Arts Author Illustrator Watercolors

David Breashears

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1955 - American mountaneer, filmmaker, author and motivational speakerAuthor of "High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and U...
Author Film Filmmaker Films Motivational Speaker Mountain Climbing Mountains Mountaneer Mt. Everest Nepal Public Speaker Speaker Tibet

Angela Elwell Hunt

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - American Christian author of adult and children's booksAuthor of over 150 books including "The Note", "Uncharted" and "The Elev...
Author Children's Book Author Christian Jesus Religion Religious

William A. Spicer

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1865 - October 17, 1952American Seventh-Day Adventist minister, writer and editorAuthor of "Our Day in the Light of Prophecy", "Mirac...
Church Editor Minister Preach Preacher Reverend Seventh-Day Adventist