Literary Library

Mary Catherine Bateson

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1939 - January 2, 2021American writer and cultural anthropologistAuthor of "With a Daughter's Eye", "Peripheral Visions" and "Composin...
Anthropologist Anthropology Margaret Mead Writer

Lucius Beebe

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1902 - February 4, 1966American author, photographer, historian, journalist and syndicated columnistAuthor of "The Stork Club Bar Book"...
Author Columnist Historian history Journalism Journalist Photo Photographer Photography Photos

Louis de Bernieres

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1954 - English novelistAuthor of "Captain Corelli's Mandalin", "Birds Without Wings" and "The Dust That Falls from Dreams"#literarycal...
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist

John Banville

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Booke...
Booker Prize Film Films Ireland Irish Irish Book Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

James Thurber

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961American author, humorist, cartoonist, journalist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of the novels and s...
Author Cartoonist Cartoons Drama Humor Humorist Journalism Journalist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre Thurber Prize

James Tate

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

J. D. McClatchy

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - April 10, 2018American poet, opera librettist, literary critic and editorAuthor of "Scenes From Another Life", "Hazmat" (for whi...
Editor Librettist Libretto Literary Critic Opera Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Yale

Horace

by Angela Beck
December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BCRoman lyric poetHe was known for his Odes, Epistles and SatiresBorn Quintus Horatius Flaccus#literarycalendar...
Lyric Poem Poem Poems Poet Poetry Roman Rome

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