Christian Friedrich Hebbel

Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)

Christian Friedrich Hebbel (March 18, 1813 - December 13, 1863), was a German poet and dramatist.

Friedrich Hebbel's Books:

[Schnock | Agnes Bernauer | Gyges Und Sein Ring | Herodes Und Mariamne | Judith | Mutter Und Kind]

William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)

William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

William Cullen Bryant's Books:

[A Discourse On The Life | The Little People Of The Snow]

Miguel De Unamuno

Miguel De Unamuno (1864-1936)

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.

Miguel De Unamuno's Books:

[San Manuel Bueno Martir]

Adolphus William Ward

Adolphus William Ward

Sir Adolphus William Ward (2 December 1837 19 June 1924) was an English historian and man of letters. He was born at Hampstead, London, and was educated in Germany and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1866 he was appointed professor of history and English literature in Owens College, Manchester, and was principal from 1890 to 1897, when he retired. In 1898, Ward delivered the Ford Lectures at Oxford University.

C Ward's Books:

[Hints On Driving]

Adrienne Kennedy

Adrienne Kennedy (1931-now)

Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro. Many of Kennedy's plays explore issues of race, kinship, and violence in American society, and many of her works are "autobiographically inspired.

E Kennedy's Books:

[With The Immortal Seventh Division]

Amelia Ellis

Amelia Ellis

Amelia Ellis (born September 23, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a British-German novelist and photographer best known for her mystery series featuring London private investigator Nea Fox. Her themes include guilt and redemption, integrity, courage and sacrifice, but also friendship, love and various aspects of lesbian relationships. Urban loneliness is another major subject of her books. Ellis' protagonist is a pensive but tough post-feminist woman in her early thirties searching for answers to life's persistent questions, often finding them in the course of her investigations. Her novels contain elements of hardboiled fiction, cozies and classic detective stories and cannot easily be assigned to a specific genre of mysteries. As a photographer, Ellis works primarily in the field of street photography. She is best known for her black and white pictures of London. Ellis is taking part in the London-based art project Camden17.

A Ellis's Books:

[The History Of The First West India Regiment]

Anna Maria Hall

Anna Maria Hall

Anna Maria Hall (6 January 1800 - 30 January 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S.C. Hall". She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland at the age of 15. Nevertheless, her home country was the theme for several of her most successful books, such as Sketches of Irish Character (1829), Lights and Shadows of Irish Character (1838), Marian (1839), and The Whiteboy (1845).

Ann Maria Hall's Books:

[Le Femme Noir]

Marguerite Poland

Marguerite Poland (1950-now)

Marguerite Poland is a South African novelist. When she was two years old, the Poland family relocated to the Eastern Cape where she spent most of her formative years. After completing her secondary education at St Dominics Priory School in Port Elizabeth, Poland completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Rhodes University, majoring in Social Anthropology and Xhosa. In 1971, Marguerite Poland completed her honours degree in African languages at Stellenbosch University.

A Poland 's Books:

[Famous Men Of The Middle Ages]

George Bruce Malleson

George Bruce Malleson

George Bruce Malleson (8 May 1825 - 1 March 1898) was an English officer in India and an author, born in Wimbledon. Educated at Winchester, he obtained a cadetship in the Bengal infantry in 1842, and served through the second Burmese War. His subsequent appointments were in the civil line, the last being that of guardian to the young maharaja of Mysore. He retired with the rank of colonel in 1877, having been created C.S.I. in 1872.

George Bruce Malleson's Books:

[Rulers Of India Akbar | Rulers Of India Lord Clive]

Franklin Pierce Adams

Franklin Pierce Adams

Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881, Chicago, Illinois March 23, 1960, New York City, New York) was an American columnist (under the pen name F.P.A. ) and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. He was a prolific writer of light verse, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.

Franklin Pierce's Books:

[Federal Usurpation]

Claude Phillips

Claude Phillips (1846-1924)

Sir Claude Phillips (January 29, 1846August 9, 1924) was an English writer, art historian and critic for the Daily Telegraph, Manchester Guardian and other publications during the late 19th century. He was the first keeper of the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, writing its first catalogue, and held that post from 1900 until his retirement in 1911 whereupon he was knighted for his service. Phillips was considered one of the most eminent critics in Victorian Britain, and his numerous scholarly and art history books were widely read.

Claude Phillips's Books:

[The Earlier Work Of Titian]

Charles Mclean Andrews

Charles Mclean Andrews

Charles McLean Andrews (February 22, 1863 September 9, 1943) was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognized as a leading authority on American colonial history. He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally praised the British Empire in the 18th century.

Charles Mclean Andrews's Books:

[British Committees Commissions | The Fathers Of New England]

John C Champion

John C Champion

John C. Champion was an American producer and screenwriter.

D Champion's Books:

[The Man Who Wasnt There | The Man Without A Head]

Justin Richards

Justin Richards

Justin Richards is a British writer. He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and he is Creative Director for the BBC Books range. He has also written for television, contributing to Five's soap opera Family Affairs. He is also the author of a series of crime novels for children about the Invisible Detective, and novels for older children.

Justin Richards's Books:

[Doctor Who The Sands Of Time]

Clara Morris

Clara Morris (1849-1925)

Clara Morris (March 17, 1849 November 20, 1925) (her birth date is sometimes given as 1846/48) was an American actress.

Clara Morris's Books:

[Stage Confidences]

Fyodor Doestoyevsky

Fyodor Doestoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, (11 November 1821 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky's literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th-century existentialism, his Notes from Underground (1864), written in the embittered voice of the anonymous "underground man", was called the "best overture for existentialism ever written" by Walter Kaufmann. A prominent figure in world literature, Dostoyevsky is often acknowledged by critics as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature.

Fyodor Doestoyevsky's Books:

[The Peasant Marey]

Alexander C Irvine

Alexander C Irvine

Alexander C. Irvine is an American fantasist and science fiction writer. Many of his works have appeared under the simpler moniker "Alex Irvine. " He should not be confused with the Ulster-born author and evengelist Alexander Irvine, for whom see Antrim, County Antrim

Alexander Irvine's Books:

[From The Bottom Up | In The Glow Of A Peat Fire | My Lady Of The Chimney Corner]

Eben E Rexford

Eben E Rexford

Eben Eugene Rexford (16 July 1848 - 18 October 1916) was an American writer and poet, and author of lyrics to popular and gospel songs. Born in Johnsburg, New York, he moved with his family to Ellington, Wisconsin in 1855. His first poems were published in the New York Ledger when Rexford was 14. Among the many songs he wrote, Rexford is best remembered for the lyrics to Silver Threads Among the Gold which were set to music by Hart Pease Danks. This song was one of the first items to be recorded mechanically. Another poem which has had continuing popularity is The Ride of Paul Venarez, which is considered to be a cowboy poem, even though the author was from Wisconsin. It has been turned into a song, Billy Venero, and has a colorful history. Rexford was a prolific writer. Most of his books were about gardening. In addition, he wrote many poems and stories. He worked with the Ladies' Home Journal for 14 years. After leaving that magazine, he wrote for American Homes and Gardens, House and Gardens, and American Home Monthly. His articles also appeared frequently in Lippincot's and Outing. Rexford's fiction was published stories by Beadle and Adams and other periodical publishers. He was a member of the Chicago Press Club and the Authors Club of Boston. For more than 20 years he served as organist at the Congregational Church of Shiocton, WI. Following many years as Town Clerk at Bovina, he died in Green Bay and was buried at Bovina Cemetery. Eben E. Rexford received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Lawrence University, in 1908, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Eben Rexford's Books:

[Amateur Gardencraft]

Ella Arcy

Ella Arcy

Ella D'Arcy (1856-1939) was an author of novels and short stories of the late 19th and early 20th.

Ella Arcy's Books:

[A Marriage | The Villa Lucienne]

Hermann Sudermann

Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928)

Hermann Sudermann (September 30, 1857 - November 21, 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist.

Hermann Sudermann's Books:

[Dame Care | El Deseo | El Molino Silencioso Las Bodas De Yolanda | Fires Of St John | Honor A Play In Four Acts | Iolanthe Wedding | John The Baptist A Play | Kissanporras | Magda | Morituri Three One Act Plays | Poet Lore A Quarterly Magazine Of Letters | Regina | Roses Four One Act Plays | The Indian Lily | The Joy Of Living es Lebe Das Leben]