Literary Library

Hervey Allen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...
Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry School Teach Teacher

Henry Timrod

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
American South Confederacy Correspondent Editor Law Lawyer Poem Poems Poet Poetry School South South Carolina Southern Southern History Teach Teacher

Delmore Schwartz

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966American poet and short story writerAuthor of "I Am Cherry Alive", "The Little Girl Sang", "Selected Poems" and "Su...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Bob Greene

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1958 - American fitness trainer and writerAuthor of "Get With the Program", "The Best Life Diet Cookbook" and "The Life You Want: Get M...
Athlete Athletes Athletics Cook Cookbook Cookbooks Fitness Health Oprah Trainer

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1832 - April 26, 2010Norwegian writerAuthor of "A Happy Boy", Sigurd the Bad" and "The Bankrupt"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1...
Nobel Prize Norway Norwegian Writer

Bill McKibben

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1960 - American environment, author, journalist and academicAuthor of "The End of Nature", "Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlike...
Academic Author Environment Environmentalist Guggenheim Journalism Journalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Sierra Club

Bill Bryson

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1951 - American-born British writer of books on travel, language and scienceAuthor of "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovery America on the...
British Great Britain Language Languages Science Travel Travel Writer

Willa Cather

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and "...
Editor Magazine Magazine Editor Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Pearl Cleage

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...
African American Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Oprah Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre

Noam Chomsky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Historian history Language Languages Linguist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Activist Politics Professor Social Critic Teach Teacher University

Mark Kurlansky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - American journalist and writerAuthor of "Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World", "Salt: A World History" and "Sal...
Fish Food Food Writer James Beard Journalism Journalist News Writer

Leigh Brackett

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1915 - March 17, 1978American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of the books "The Long Tomorrow", "The Hounds of Skaith" a...
Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Sci-Fi Science Fiction Screenplay Screenwriter Writer