Literary Library

Ira Gershwin

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1896 - August 17, 1983American lyricistSongs included "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (for which he was nominated for an Academy A...
Academy Award Lyricist Lyrics Music Musical Musician Song Songs Songwriter

Garth Stein

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1964 - American author, film producer, documentary filmmaker, playwright, teacher and amateur racerAuthor of "Raven Stole the Moon", "T...
Academy Award Author Car Racer Drama Dramatist Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Racer Teach Teacher

Eve Curie Labouisse

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1904 - October 22, 2007French-American writer, journalist and pianistAuthor of "Madame Curie" (for which she won the National Book Awa...
France French French-American Journalism Journalist Marie Curie National Book Award Pianist Writer

Elizabeth Yates

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1905 - July 29, 2001American writer, journalist and children's book authorAuthor of "Mountain Born" (for which she won a Newbery Honor ...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Journalism Journalist Newbery Newbery Honor Newbery Medal Writer

Doug Marlette

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1949 - July 10, 2007American editorial cartoonist and novelistAuthor of "Kudzu": A Southern Musical", "The Bridge" and "Magic Time"Won ...
Cartoonist Cartoons Editorial Cartoonist Kudzu Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Cornelia Meigs

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1884 - September 10, 1973American writer, teacher and historianAuthor of "Windy Hill" (for which she won a Newbery Honor in 1922), "Cle...
Historian history Newbery Newbery Honor Teach Teacher Writer

Byron Katie

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1942 - American speaker and authorAuthor of "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (co-written with Stephen Mitchel...
Author Public Speaker Speaker

Arthur Golden

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1956 - American writer and novelistAuthor of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Mi Sayuri"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#slickcat...
Novel Novelist Writer

Walt Disney

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966American entrepreneur, animator, writer and film producerProduced more than 100 feature films; His "Flowers an...
Academy Award Animation Animator Disney Entrepreneur Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Mickey Mouse Writer

Rose Wilder Lane

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1886 - October 30, 1968American journalist, travel writer and political theoristAuthor of "Young Pioneers", "The Discovery of Freedom:...
Journalism Journalist Little House on the Prairie Political Political Theorist Travel

Nunnally Johnson

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwrightWrote scripts for over 50 films including "The Grape...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Lydia Millet

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1968 - Canadian-American novelistAuthor of "My Happy Life" (for which she won the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction in 2003), "Love in ...
Canada Canadian Canadian-American National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize