Literary Library

Tim Parks

December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...

Thomas Bailey Marquis

December 19, 1869 - March 22, 1935American historian, ethnographer, writer, printmaker and physicianAuthor of "Memoirs of a White Crow Indian", "Cu...

Sean O'Brien

December 19, 1952 - British poet, critic, playwright and professorAuthor of "Downriver" (for which he was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in...

Robin Sloane

December 19, 1979 - American novelist and media strategist & managerAuthor of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore", "Sourdough: A Novel" and "An...

Oliver Lafarge, II

December 19, 1901 - August 2, 1963American anthropologist and writer of novels and non-fiction booksAuthor of "Laughing Boy" (for which he won the...

Jean Genet

December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...

James Oakes

December 19, 1953 - American historian, professor and authorAuthor of "The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders", "The Radical and the R...

Italo Svevo

December 19, 1861 - September 13, 1928Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of "Una Vita", "Senilita" and...

Gisele Freund

December 19, 1908 - March 30, 2000German-born French photographer and photojournalistAuthor of "French Photography in the 19th Century", "James Jo...

Eve Bunting

December 19, 1928 - October 1, 2023Northern-Ireland born American writer of children's fiction and non-fiction booksAuthor of more than 250 books i...

Derrick Jensen

December 19, 1960 - American author and environmentalistAuthor of "A Language Other Than Words", "The Culture of Make Believe" and "Endgame"

Carter G. Woodson

December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950African-American historian, author and journalistAuthor of "A Century of Negro Migration", "The History of the Ne...