Literary Library

Carol Gilligan

November 28, 1936 - American feminist, ethicist, psychologist and novelistAuthor of "In a Different Voice", "The Birth of Pleasure: A New Map of L...

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"

Alberto Moravia

November 28, 1907 - September 26, 1990Italian novelist and journalistAuthor of "The Time of Indifference", "The Woman of Rome" and "The Conformist...

Alan Lightman

November 28, 1948 - American physicist, writer, social entrepreneur and professorAuthor of "Einstein's Dreams", "The Diagnosis" (for which he was ...

Ron Rosenbaum

November 27, 1946 - American literary journalist, literary critic, novelist and newspaper editorAuthor of "Explaining Hitler", "The Shakespeare War...

Melinda M. Snodgrass

November 27, 1951 - American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of "Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers", "The Edge of Reason" and "Cur...

Kevin Henkes

November 27, 1960 - American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor of "Julius, Baby of the World", "Chrysanthemum", "Lilly's Purple Pla...

James Agee

November 27, 1909 - May 16, 1955American novelist, poet, screenwriter and film criticAuthor of "Knoxville: Summer of 1915", "The African Queen" (Sc...

Gordon S. Wood

November 27, 1933 - American historian and professorAuthor of "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for H...

Gail Sheehy

November 27, 1937 - August 27, 1936American author, journalist and lecturerAuthor of seventeen books including "Passages", "The Silent Passage" an...

Emma Walton Hamilton

November 27, 1962 - English-American children's book author, theatrical director and actressAuthor of "Simeon's Gift", "The Very Fairy Princess: He...

David Rakoff

November 27, 1964 - August 9, 2012Canadian-American writer of prose and poetry, journalist, essayist and actorAuthor of "Fraud", "Don't Get Too Co...