Literary Library

Charles Klein

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1867 - May 7, 1915English playwright and actorAuthor of "El Capitan", "The Charlatan" and "The Music Master"
Act Acting Actor British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Wright Morris

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1910 - April 25, 1998American novelist, photographer, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Field of Vision" (for which he won the National...
American Book Award Educate Education Educator Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Photo Photographer Photography Photos School Teach Teacher Teaching

Vera Cleaver

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1919 - American young adult novelistAuthor of "Where the Lilies Bloom" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for Chi...
National Book Award Novel Novelist YA Young Adult

Stephen Humphrey Bogart

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on the left with his mother Lauren Bacall, his sister Leslie and his father Humphrey Bogart) January 6, 1949 - American writer, produce...
American Business Businessman Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Producer Writer

Richard A. Muller

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1944 - American physicist, professor and authorAuthor of "Nemesis: The Death Star", "Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes: Data, Spectral A...
Academic Author College Educate Education Educator Environment Environmental Environmentalist Physicist Physics Professor School Science Scientist Teach Teacher University

Natalie Hays Hammond

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1904 - June 30, 1985American artist, author and inventor Author of "New Adventures in Needlepoint Design" and "Anthology of Pattern"Cre...
Art Artist Author Broadway Drama Inventor Needlepoint Play Plays Sew Sewing Theater Theater Producer Theatre

Maeve Brennan

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1917 - November 1, 1993Irish short story writer and journalistAuthor of "The Long-Winded Lady", "The Rose Garden: Short Stories" and "Th...
Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist News Short Stories Short Story Writer

Khalil Gibran

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931Lebanese-American writer, poet and artistAuthor of "Broken Wings", "The Madman" and "The Prophet"Born Gibran Khali...
Arab Arabic Arabs Art Artist Lebanese Lebanese-American Lebanon Ottoman Empire Ottomans Poem Poems Poet Poetry The Prophet Writer

Joyce Dunbar

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1944 - English children's book authorAuthor of over 70 books including "Mouse and Mole", "Tell Me Something Before I Go to Sleep" and "W...
British Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books England English Great Britain

Joan Hess

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1949 - November 23, 2017American mystery writerAuthor of "Malice in Maggody", "Strangled Prose" and "The Painted Queen"Also published un...
Mystery Mystery Writer

Jedidiah Strong Smith

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1799 - May 27, 1831American clerk, pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author and cartographerAuthor of "The Travels of Jedidiah Smi...
American West Author California Cartographer Clerk Expedition Frontier Frontiersman Hunt Hunter Hunting Map Maps Pioneer Southwest Trapper West

Idris Davies

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1905 - April 6, 1953Welsh poetAuthor of "Wasteland of Wales", "Tonypandy and Other Poems" and "Selected Poems"
Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry United Kingdom Wales Welsh