James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

male, deceased (1916)
Indianawriter, writer, Little Orphan Annie, From Indianapolis, Indiana, poet, American…children's writer
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet" and the "Children's Poet," he started his career in 1875 writing...
Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

male, deceased (2007)
United States Army soldier, Slaughterhouse-Five, American military personnel of World War II, atheist, Short story writer, World War II prisoner of war…writer, science fiction writer, From Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianawriter
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11 1922 - April 11 2007) (pronounced) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and...
Ernie Pyle

Ernie Pyle

male, deceased (1945)
Ernest Taylor "Ernie" Pyle, death by firearm in Japan, war correspondent, American military, Indianawriter, newspaper reporter…Indiana University alumni
Ernest Taylor "Ernie" Pyle (August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945), was an American journalist who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard...
George Ade

George Ade

male, 143 years old (kentland, Indiana)
novelist, Lafayette Call, Stories of the Streets and of the Town, Chicago Record, Chicago Morning News, Indianawriter…writer, from Indiana, born in Kentland, Indiana, died in Brook, Indiana , aged 78
George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana, and graduated from Purdue University in 1887, where he displayed interest in the literary field. He did...
Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington

male, deceased (1946) (Indianapolis, Indiana, United States)
From Indianapolis, Indiana, Nassau Literary Magazine, Princeton University alumni, Princeton Triangle Club, Princeton University, growth…Indianawriter, The Magnificent Ambersons writer, Seventeen writer, Little Orvie writer, Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and...
Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

male, deceased (1945)
The "Genius,", buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Indianawriter, from Chicago, writer, Mennonite…Chicago writer, indiana university bloomington, from Indiana, Indiana University
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of...
Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace

male, deceased (1905)
American historical novelist, United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Union Army general, governor of new mexico, from Indiana, Historical novelist…Indianawriter
Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905) was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, American statesman, and...
Jared Carter

Jared Carter

male, 70 years old
Indianawriter, From Indianapolis, Indiana, After the Rain, Walt Whitman Award, Work, for the Night Is Coming, From Indianapolis…from Indiana, Midwesterner from Indiana, Southern Indiana Review
Jared Carter is a contemporary American poet born on January 10, 1939, in Elwood, Indiana. He studied at Yale and at Goddard. After military...

Meredith Nicholson

male, deceased (1947)
Indianapolis Sentinel, From Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianawriter, paraguay, American, From Indianapolis
Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866-December 1947) was a best-selling Indiana author, and later a politician. He initially worked for Newspapers,...
Edward Eggleston

Edward Eggleston

male, deceased (1902)
Methodist, novelist, historian, the end of the world, American, Queer Stories for Boys and Girl…Indianawriter
Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 4, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. Born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston...