Literary Library

Richard Llewellyn

December 8, 1906 - November 30, 1983British novelistAuthor of "How Green Was My Valley" (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 19...

Padraic Colum

December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...

Oswald Jacoby

December 8, 1902 - June 27, 1984American bridge player and authorAuthor of "Oswald Jacoby on Poker", "Mathematics for Pleasure", "The Backgammon Bo...

Mary Gordon

December 8, 1949 - American novelist, memoirist, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Final Payments", "The Company of Women" and "The Shadow M...

Mary Catherine Bateson

December 8, 1939 - January 2, 2021American writer and cultural anthropologistAuthor of "With a Daughter's Eye", "Peripheral Visions" and "Composin...

Lucius Beebe

December 8, 1902 - February 4, 1966American author, photographer, historian, journalist and syndicated columnistAuthor of "The Stork Club Bar Book"...

Louis de Bernieres

December 8, 1954 - English novelistAuthor of "Captain Corelli's Mandalin", "Birds Without Wings" and "The Dust That Falls from Dreams"#literarycal...

John Banville

December 8, 1945 - Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Booke...

James Thurber

December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961American author, humorist, cartoonist, journalist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of the novels and s...

James Tate

December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...

J. D. McClatchy

December 8, 1945 - April 10, 2018American poet, opera librettist, literary critic and editorAuthor of "Scenes From Another Life", "Hazmat" (for whi...

Horace

December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BCRoman lyric poetHe was known for his Odes, Epistles and SatiresBorn Quintus Horatius Flaccus#literarycalendar...