Literary Library

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...

Hervey Allen

December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...

Henry Timrod

December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...

Delmore Schwartz

December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966American poet and short story writerAuthor of "I Am Cherry Alive", "The Little Girl Sang", "Selected Poems" and "Su...

Bob Greene

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...