Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

male (Guthrie)
Louisiana State University faculty, New Criticism, American, rhodes scholar, Bone cancer death, All the King's Men…novelist, hired to teach at Yale University, University of California at Berkeley, YaleUniversity, Oxford University
Robert Penn Warren ( April 24 , 1905 - September 15 , 1989 ) was an American poet and writer. He was born in Guthrie, Kentucky and graduated from...
Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd

male, 60 years old
Royal Society of Literature, the observer, London Psychogeographical Association, Psychogeographers, English historical novelist, double first…University of Cambridge, novelist, Historical novelist, YaleUniversity, cambridge university
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5 1949, London) is an English author. Ackroyd's mother worked in the personnel department of an engineering firm and...
Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman

male, 40 years old
YaleUniversity, If I Did It! The Musical, A Circle Is A Balloon and Compass Both, Superbad, Miami Palmetto High School, Paris Review…novelist, Yale Herald
Ben Greenman (born 1969) is an American writer and magazine editor. Greenman was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Miami, Florida. He...
David Leavitt

David Leavitt

male, 48 years old
LGBT, Jewish person, Equal Affections, The Body of Jonah Boyd, Martin Bauman, or A Sure Thing, The Page Turner…University of Florida, novelist, YaleUniversity, graduated from Yale University
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961) is an American novelist. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Leavitt is a graduate of Yale University. He is the...
George Packer

George Packer

male, 49 years old
Yale University alumni, Stanford University, peace corps, Calhoun College, 2003 invasion of Iraq, Togo…Yale College alumni, YaleUniversity, novelist
George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is an American journalist and novelist. His parents, Nancy Packer and Herbert Packer, were both academics at...
Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

male, 73 years old
Jewish person, University of Georgia, Humorist, American, Food writer, From Kansas City…Yale Daily News, YaleUniversity, novelist, Yale University alumni
Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known...
Carl van Vechten

Carl van Vechten

male, deceased (1964)
Ailurophiles, literary executor, Iowa writer, LGBT writer, photographer, from New York City…novelist, University of Chicago, YaleUniversity, Fisk University, Pittsburgh University
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 - December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...
Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer

male, 74 years old
AIDS crisis, ACT UP, The Normal Heart, Jewish person, activist, pulitzer prize…novelist, YaleUniversity
Larry Kramer (born June 25 1935 in Bridgeport, Connecticut), is an American playwright, author, public health advocate and gay rights activist. He...
Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley

male, 57 years old
Boomsday, journalist, Irish-American, Bonesman, United States Navy, Skull and Bones…novelist, YaleUniversity
Christopher Taylor Buckley (born 1952) is an American political satirist and the author of several novels. He is the son of William F. Buckley, Jr....
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

female, 32 years old
YaleUniversity, Orange Prize for Fiction, biafra, Half of a Yellow Sun, Nsukka, short stories…University of Nigeria, eastern connecticut state university, Johns Hopkins University, novelist, university degree
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an acclaimed Nigerian writer. She was born in the village of Abba but grew up in the...
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