Literary Library

Lawrence Walsh

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1912 - March 19, 2014American lawyer, judge, attorney general and writerAuthor of "Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Cont...
Attorney Attorney General Court Courts Deputy Attorney General Govern Government Government Official Independent Council Iran Iran-Contra Judge Law Lawyer New York U.S. District Court

Joe Posnanski

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1967 - American sports journalistAuthor of "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America", "The Secret of Golf: The ...
Associated Press Athlete Athletes Athletics Baseball Buck O'Neal Columnist Golf Harry Houdini Jack Nicklaus National Sportswriter of the Year Newspaper Columnist Sports Sports Columnist Sports Journalism Sports Journalist Sports Reporter Sportscaster Tom Watson

Gaston Miron

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1928 - December 14, 1996Canadian poet, publisher and editorAuthor of "L' Homme Rapaille", "Counterpanes" and "Embers and Earth: Selecte...
Canada Canadian Editing Editor French-Canadian Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Publishing

Fanny Bullock Workman

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1859 - January 22, 1925American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, mountaineer and lecturerAuthor of "Algerian Memories...
Algeria Bicycle Cartographer Expedition Explorer Geographer Geography Himalaya Himalayan Iberia Lecture Lecturer Map Maps Mountainer Mountains Royal Geographical Society Sorbonne Speaker Speech Travel Travel Writer

Charles Murray

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1943 - American political scientist and writerAuthor of "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980", "The Bell Curve: Intellig...
America American American Culture Govern Government Political Political Scientist Politics Writer

Carll Cneut

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1969 - Flemish illustratorIllustrated "Willy" (for which he won the Boekenpauw Award for the Best Flemish illustrations in a children's...
Boekenpauw Award Children's Book Illustrator Flanders Flemish Illustrate Illustrations Illustrator

Zora Neale Hurston

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1903 - January 28, 1960African-American novelist, anthropologist, filmmaker, short story writer, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Barr...
African American Alabama Writers Hall of Fame American Library Association Anthropologist Anthropology Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Harlem Renaissance Movie Movies National Women's Hall of Fame New York Writers Hall of Fame Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

William Peter Blatty

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1928 - January 12, 2017American novelist, screenwriter, director and producerAuthor of "The Exorcist" (for which he won the Academy Awa...
Academy Award Director Exorcise Exorcism Exorcist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Golden Globe Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Oscar Producer Screenplay Screenwrite Screenwriter The Exorcist

Stanley Grentz

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1950 - March 11, 2005American Christian theologian, writer, ethicist and professorAuthor of "Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom", "A Primer...
Christ Christian Christianity College Educate Education Educator Ethicist Ethics God Pray Prayer Preach Preacher Preaching Professor School Spirituality Teacher Teaching Theologian Theology University Writer

Shobhaa De

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1948 - Indian novelist and magazine & newspaper columnistAuthor of "Shooting From the Hip", "Seventy and To Hell With It" and "Sril...
India Indian Magazine Magazine Columnist News Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Novel

Nicholson Baker

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1957 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "John Updike and I: A True Story", "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper" (fo...
American Newspaper Repository Essayist Essays National Book Critics Circle Award News Newspaper Newspapers Novel Novelist

Jack D. Forbes

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1934 - February 23, 2011American writer, scholar and political activistAuthor of "Native Americans of California and Nevada", "Africans ...
Academic Activist Africa African Africans American Book Award California Christopher Columbus College Columbus Cultural Historian Culture Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University Native Native American Native Culture Nevada Political Political Activist Politics Scholar Slavery Slaves University Writer