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…ModernLibrary
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and...
Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch

female, deceased (1999)
buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Irish women writer, Death from Alzheimer's Disease, American, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire…ModernLibrary
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was a Dublin-born writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling...
J. P. Donleavy

J. P. Donleavy

male, 83 years old (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
American military personnel of World War II, The Ginger Man, James Patrick Donleavy, ModernLibrary, Irish American, Trinity College, Dublin
James Patrick Donleavy (born April 23, 1926) is an Irish American author, born in New York City to Irish immigrants. He served in the U.S. Navy...
James T. Farrell

James T. Farrell

male, deceased (1979)
egyptologist, Socialist Party of America, writer, Irish-American, Trotskyist, Irish…ModernLibrary
James Thomas Farrell (27 February 1904 - August 22, 1979) was an American novelist. Farrell was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a large...
Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels

female, 66 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Gnostic Gospels, Princeton University faculty, Harvard University, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Christian Church…ModernLibrary, nag hammadi library
Elaine Pagels, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best...
Jonathan Bate

Jonathan Bate

male, 51 years old
ModernLibrary, random house, Stratford-upon-Avon, English, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, The Song of the Earth
Jonathan Bate CBE (born June 26, 1958) is a British scholar of Shakespeare, Romanticism and Ecocriticism. He was educated at Sevenoaks School and...
Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt

female, 60 years old
Anti-catholicism, New York Times, Jewish person, Radcliffe College alumni, Glascock Prize winner, American…ModernLibrary
Katha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949 in New York City) is an American feminist writer.
Samuel Putnam

Samuel Putnam

male, deceased (1950)
Exemplary Novels, ModernLibrary, Romance languages, English, leftist, American
Samuel Putnam (1892-1950) was an American translator and scholar of Romance languages. He was known for his Leftist leanings (he was a columnist...

John F. Callahan

male
Trading Twelves, African American literature, Albert Murray, University of Connecticut alumni, African-American literature, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign…ModernLibrary
John F. Callahan is literary executor for the late Ralph Ellison, and was the editor for his posthumously-released novel "Juneteenth". In addition...