Literary Library

F. Sionil Jose

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1924 - January 6, 2022Filipino novelist, short story writer, journalist and owner of the bookstore Solidaridad BookshopAuthor of "The ...
Bookstore Bookstores Filipino Journalism Journalist news Novel Novelist Philippines Short Story

Ethelyn Maria Tucker

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1871 - August 23, 1959American botanist, author and librarianAuthor of "Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard Uni...
Author Botanist Botany Harvard Librarian Library

David K. Shipler

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1942 - American author, journalist and professorAuthor of "Solemn Dreams" (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1983), "Ar...
Arabs Author Jews Journalism Journalist News Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Charles Burchill Lynch

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1919 - July 21, 1994Canadian journalist and authorAuthor of "Busy Office, Busy People", "A Funny Way to Run a Country" and "Fishing Wi...
Author Canada Canadian Journalism Journalist News

Carl Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...
Academic American History American West City Historian Metropolitan Science Fiction Urban Urbanist West

T. C. Boyle

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1948 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of more than 100 short stories as well as "World's End", "Drop City" and "When t...
Author Novel Novelist Short Story

Richard Stites

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...
American History Author Bolshevism Feminism Historian Imperial Russia Professor Russian Russian History Teach Teacher University

Rewi Alley

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1897 - December 27, 1987New Zealand-born Chinese writer and political activistAuthor of "Yo Banfa", "Peking Opera" and "Walkabout: 5...
Author China Chinese Communism Communist New Zealand Political Political Activist Politics

Norma Miller

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1919 - May 5, 2019African-American dancer, choreographer, actress, author and comedianAuthor of "Swingin' at the Savoy", "Stompin' at ...
Actor Actress African American African American History Author Choreographer Comedian Dance Dancer The Savoy

Juri Reinvere

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1971 - Estonian composer, poet and essayist Author of the Opera "Minona"; Compositions "Through a Lens Darkly" and "Inter Lacrimas et ...
Composer Essayist Essays Estonia Estonian Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Joseph P. Lash

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1909 - August 22, 1987American radical political activist, journalist and authorAuthor of "Eleanor and Franklin" (for which he won the...
Author Biographer Biography Churchill Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Journalism Journalist National Book Award News Political Political Activist Politics President Roosevelt Pulitzer Prize Roosevelt Winston Churchill

John Ajvide Lindquest

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1968 - Swedish writer of horror novels and short storiesAuthor of "Handling the Undead", "Let the Old Dreams Die" and "I Am Behind You"...
Horror Novel Novelist Short Story Swedan Swedish