Toni Morrison Biography Books Facts
Morrison, Toni (1931- ), American writer, whose works deal with the black experience and celebrate the black community. Morrison’s work features mythic elements, sharp observation, […]
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Ayn Rand Biography Books Facts
Rand, Ayn (1905-1982), American novelist and philosopher, whose championing of the gifted individual established her as a controversial figure in 20th-century literary and philosophical debate. […]
William Faulkner Biography Books Facts
INTRODUCTION Faulkner, William (1897-1962), American novelist, known for his epic portrayal, in some 20 novels, of the tragic conflict between the old and the new […]
Anne Frank Biography Books Facts
Frank, Anne (1929-1945), German-Jewish diarist, known for the diary she wrote while hiding from anti-Jewish persecution in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during World War II (1939-1945). […]
George Orwell Biography Books Facts
Orwell, George, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), British writer, whose brilliant reporting and political conscience fashioned an impassioned picture of his life and times. […]
Barbara Kingsolver Biography Books Facts
Kingsolver, Barbara (1955- ), American writer, best known for her ability to weave together the lives of middle-class characters with controversial political themes. Her novels—notably […]
Robert Penn Warren Biography Books Facts
Warren, Robert Penn (1905-1989), American novelist, poet, and critic, whose work reflects his concern for maintaining human dignity in the face of corruption and abuse […]
Erich Maria Remarque Biography Books Facts
Remarque, Erich Maria (1898-1970), German American novelist, born in Osnabrück, Germany, and educated at the University of Münster. He served in the German army during […]
Carl Sandburg Biography Books Facts
Sandburg, Carl, (1878-1967), American poet and biographer, known for his unrhymed free verse which uses precise and vivid images to portray the energy and brutality […]
Charles Dickens Biography Books Facts
INTRODUCTION Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), probably the best-known and, to many people, the greatest English novelist of the 19th century. A moralist, satirist, and […]