Literary Library

Dom Joseph Pothier

December 7, 1835 - December 8, 1923French prelate, liturgist and scholarWas the composer of many Gregorian songs and articlesWas the head and edit...

Anne Fine

December 7, 1947 - English writer of adult and children's booksAuthor of "Madame Doughtfire", "Goggle-Eyes" (for which she won the Carnegie Award i...

Yosano Akiko

December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

December 7, 903 A.D. - May 25, 986 A. D.Persian astronomerAuthor of "Book of Fixed Stars" also known as "Kitab al-Kawatib al-Thabit al-Musawwar"Al...

William Stanley Braithwaite

December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...

Tomson Highway

December 6, 1951 - Indigenous-Canadian playwright, novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "Kiss of the Fur Queen", Caribou Song" and From Or...

Richard Montanari

December 6, 1952 - American crime novelistAuthor of "The Rosary Girl", "The Echo Man" and "The Stolen Ones"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirth...

Peter Handke

December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...

Osbert Sitwell

December 6, 1892 - May 4, 1969English writerAuthor of "Left Hand, Right Hand!", "Laughter in the Next Room" and "Noble Essences"His full name was ...

Joyce Kilmer

December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...

Karl Ove Knausgard

December 6, 1968 - Norwegian novelistBest known for his six autobiographical novels titled "My Struggle" as well as "A Time for Everything" and "T...

Jason Reynolds

December 6, 1983 - African-American author of novels and poetry for young adultsAuthor of "Ghost" (for which he was finalist for the National Book...