Literary Library

Gao Xingjian

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1940 - Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translatorAuthor of "Absolute Signal", "Th...
Art Artist China Chinese Critic Director Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Language Languages Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Photo Photographer Photography Photos Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Translate Translator

Andy Borowitz

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1958 - American writer, television writer, comedian, satirist and actorAuthor of "The Trillionaire Next Door" (for which he won the Thu...
Act Acting Actor Bernie Madoff Comedian Comedy Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Satire Satirist Television Television Writer Thurber Prize for American Humor TV Will Smith Writer

Philip Morin Freneau

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1752 - December 18, 1832American poet, sea captain and newspaper editorAuthor of "The Wild Honey Suckle" and "Father Bombo's Pilgrimage...
Boat News Newspaper Newspaper Editor Newspapers Ocean Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sea Captain Seas

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...
British England English English Poetry Fantasy Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Cicero

by Angela Beck
January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BCRoman author, essayist and poetAuthor of "De Officiis" and "Catiline Orations"Born Marcus Tullius Cicero
Author Essayist Essays Poem Poems Poet Poetry Roman Rome

Young John Allen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1836 - May 30, 1907American Methodist missionary to China, newspaper and magazine publisher and writerAuthor of 250 works including "Th...
China Christ Christian Christianity Magazine Magazine Publisher Methodist Missionary News Newspaper Newspapers Publisher Writer

Tony Northrup

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1974 - American author, photographer and video instructorAuthor of "Tony Northrup's Photography Buying Guide: How to Choose a Camera, Le...
Author Instructor Media Photo Photographer Photography Photos Video

Savitribai Phule

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1831 - March 10, 1897Indian social reformer, educator and poetAuthor of the poems "Go Get Education", "The Plight of the Shudras" and "...
Educate Education Educator Feminism Feminist India Indian Poem Poems Poet Poetry Reformer School Social Reformer Teach Teacher Teaching

Robert Olmstead

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1954 - American novelist and educatorAuthor of "Coal Black Horse", "The Coldest Night" and "Savage Country"Awarded an NEA Literature Fe...
Educate Education Educator NEA Literature Fellowship Novel Novelist

Patricia Lee Gauch

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1934 - American children's book author and publisherAuthor of over thirty books including "This Time, Tempe Wick?", "Bravo, Tanya" and "...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Publisher

Morten Nielsen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1922 - August 29, 1944Danish poetAuthor of the poems "Moment", "Death" and "Summer-Night Transformation"Was killed in World War II whil...
Dane Danish Denmark Nazis Poem Poems Poet Poetry World War 2 World War Two WW2 WWII

Miles J. Breuer

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1889 - October 14, 1945American physician, science fiction writer, novelist, poet and essayistAuthor of "The Gostak and the Doshes", "T...
Doctor Essayist Essays Medical Medicine Novel Novelist Physician Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction SciFi