Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (1860 - 1936)

Novelist. She wrote “A Kidnaped Colony,” “Bob and the Guides,” “His Soul Goes Marching,” and “Lost Commander.” (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  William Shankland Andrews (1858 – 1936)*  Children:  Paul Shipman Andrews (1887 – 1967)* *Calculated relationship

Lou Andreás Salomé (1861 - 1937)

Russian-German Writer and Psychoanalyst. She was born in St. Petersburg and died in Göttingen (Germany). She was a contemporary of Freud, Nietzsche (from whom she rejected a marriage request), and Rilke. She wrote several books about Psychoanalysis and kept up a long correpondence with Sigmund Freud. She was cremated and her ashes were buried in […]

Olegario Víctor Andrade (1839 - 1882)

Poet. Among his works are “Las Dos Políticas,” “Poema a Paysandú,” “La Atlántida,” “El Nido de los Cóndores,” and others. (bio by: 380W)

Dan Andersson (1888 - 1920)

Author.  His poetry and fiction depict the hard life of the working class and the rugged wildnerness of his native Sweden.  Andersson was born in Skattlösberg, Dalecarlia, the son of a poor country teacher. In his youth he worked as a woodsman,  charcoal burner, and factory worker. From 1914 to 1915 he took part in […]

Sherwood Berton Anderson (1876 - 1941)

Author. Born the third of seven children of Erwin and Emma Anderson in Camden, Ohio. Anderson attended school intermittently, while helping to support the family by working at various odd jobs. He finally left school at fourteen and worked as a laborer until at seventeen he enlisted in the army and served during the Spanish-American […]

Jorge Amado (1912 - 2001)

Author. Brazil’s leading novelist whose works have been translated into 48 languages and sold more than 20 million copies. Novels like “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” and “The Violent Land” made him a regular candidate for a Nobel prize for literature, though he never won. He died of a heart attack in the north-eastern […]

Paul Almond (1931 - 2015)

Canadian Television and Motion Picture Screenwriter, Director, Producer, and Novelist. He attended Bishop’s College School, McGill University and Balliol College, Oxford University, where he read Philosophy, Politics, Economics, edited the University magazine Isis played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club and was president of the university Poetry Society. At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he […]

Almafuerte (1854 - 1917)

Poet. Born Pedro Bonifacio Palacios, he was a humble teacher, despite his intellectual production, he lived and died poor.  He wrote two books: “Lamentaciones,” and “Almafuerte y la Guerra de 1914.”

William Allingham (1824 - 1889)

Poet. Prominent Anglo-Irish poetry figure.  Family links:  Spouse:  Helen Patterson Allingham (1848 – 1926)* *Calculated relationship

Margery Louise Allingham (1904 - 1966)

Author. She was educated the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, and while there wrote stories and plays, her first published work appearing in her aunt’s magazine when she was only eight years old. She studied drama at the Regent Street Polytechnic from 1920, and during this time wrote several plays and published her first novel, […]

Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

Author. Born Durante Alighieri in Florence, Italy the son of Alighiero di Bellincione Alighieri, a notary, and his first wife. His studies included rhetoric, grammar, philosophy, literature , theology, philosophy, and theology. In 1293 he joined the guild of physicians and apothecaries in order to gain entry into the political life of the city. About […]

(1970 - 1970)

Author. He wrote 18 poems books, among them are “Límites Posibles,” “Cuartos Contiguos,” “Delicado Equilibrio” and “Incierta Vocación.” He also wrote five essays books and several anthologies.  (bio by: 380W)

Francesco Algarotti (1712 - 1764)

Philosopher, Art Critic. Born into a privileged Venetian family, Algarotti studied in Rome, Bologna, Florence and Paris before settling in London in 1744 where he became a member of the Royal Society, officially known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. He studied and wrote on topics from classical literature and paintings, […]

(1887 - 1932)

Motion Picture Screenwriter. A former civil engineer, he started his career as a vaudeville songwriter and later wrote plays. He began writing motion picture screenplays with Universal Studios in the mid-1910s and worked on a number of serials.  He later wrote for Fox Studios and signed a contract with Warner Brothers in 1928. In all, […]

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

Author. She is best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”, which was published in 1869. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, where her father, A. Bronson Alcott, was a noted educator and leader of a philosophical movement called transcendentalism. Her family friends and neighbors included the […]

Alain (1868 - 1951)

Philosopher.

Agathon (1970 - 1970)

Playwright, Composer. A master of Ancient Greek tragedy, he lived from approximately 448 BC to 400 BC. Agathon was once mentioned with the “Big Three” of that genre,  Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, but virtually all of his work is lost. We learn of his importance in the development of drama through the writings of others, […]

George Adamski (1891 - 1965)

Author. George was born in Poland and emigrated to America when he was two. He  was a soldier in the 13th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (K Troop) fighting at the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. In 1917 he married Mary Shimbersky. She died in 1954; they had no children. Following his marriage George moved […]

Andy Adams (1859 - 1935)

Author. After living and working on the Western Frontier, he drew his experiences there to write a number of successful western novels. His first “The Log of a Cowboy” (1903), was his best known and most successful work. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Parents:  Andrew Adams (1821 – 1906)  Elizabeth Elliott Adams (1821 – 1897)

Robert Woodruff Anderson (1917 - 2009)

Playwright, Screenwriter. He is best known for his play “Tea and Sympathy” (1953 to 1955), which was made into a successful motion picture in 1956. Born in New York City, New York, Anderson was educated at Harvard University. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he studied at the Dramatic Workshop […]

Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959)

American Journalist, Author, Playwright, and Pulitzer Prize Winner.  He became one of the first modern playwrights to use blank verse extensively in his literary works. Born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a Baptist minister, whose family frequently relocated throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and North Dakota to follow the father’s ministerial posts. Sickly as […]

Jack Northman Anderson (1922 - 2005)

Pulitzer Prize-winning Newspaper Reporter. He is best remembered for his muck-racking column “Washington Merry-Go-Round,” which he took over from his mentor and column founder, Drew Pearson. He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his news reporting. Born Jackson Northman Anderson in Long Beach, California, he grew up in Murray, a suburb of Salt Lake City, […]

Isabel Anderson (1876 - 1948)

Author. Her known books are “Topsy Turvy and the Gold Star,” “Circling Africa,” “Zigzagging the South Seas,” among several others. Besides being a noted author, she was an Ambassador to Japan, and during World War I she was with the District of Columbia Red Cross Refreshment Corp. During World War II, she was a volunteer […]

Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Writer. Famous for his fairy tales. His father was a poor shoemaker and literate, who believed he was of aristocratic origin. Andersen’s mother worked as washerwoman. He declined into alcoholism and died in 1833 in a charitable old people’s home. Andersen’s half-sister Karen Marie worked as a prostitute for some time. She contacted her famous […]

Cleveland Amory (1917 - 1998)

Author, Social Reformer. He wrote “The Best Cat Ever,” “The Cat Who Came For Christmas,” and “The Cat and the Curmudgeon.” Devoted his life to animal rights, founding The Fund For Animals in 1967 and serving as its president until his death. He is buried next to his cat, Polar Bear, on his ranch in […]

Eduardo Blanco Amor (1897 - 1979)

Author. Born in Orense, Spain, he lived in Argentina between 1919 and 1965.  He wrote “Poema en Catro Tempos” (1931), “A Esmorga” (1959), “Os Biosbardos” (1962), “Xente Ao Lonxe” (1972), and the plays “Farsas Para Títeres” (1973) and “Teatro pra a Xente” (1975).

Sir Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995)

Author, Poet. He is probably best remembered for his novel “Lucky Jim.”  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923 – 2014)*  Children:  Sally Myfanwy Amis (1954 – 2000)* *Calculated relationship

Jean Hans Mayer Amery (1912 - 1978)

Author. An Austrian writer and commentator on current affairs, he was in the concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bregen Belsen, in the years 1943 to 1945. His works fight against the violations of humanity. Cause of death: suicide

Stephen Edward Ambrose (1936 - 2002)

Author, Historian. Best selling author of over 30 books, Historian and History Teacher. Most remembered for his books on World War II, however he wrote on a variety of subjects in American History. He came to national prominence as the historical consultant for Steven Spielberg’s movie “Saving Private Ryan” and for when his book “Band […]

Clarence Walworth Alvord (1868 - 1928)

Historian. He studied at Williams College, the University of Berlin, and the University of Chicago before earning his PhD in 1908 from the University of Illinois, where he continued as a professor until 1920. During his time there, he became the founder of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, was the editor of a number of […]