Virginia Woolf — most know the name, but few know the obscure biographical facts behind the name. Today, for example, is the day of...

Henry Miller December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980 Place of birth: Yorkville, Manhattan Most famous book: Tropic of Cancer, 1934 Interesting facts: During his younger years, he joined...

It’s hard to find good parents in fiction. A lot of books deal either with the lack of a parent or a parent’s complete...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 Place of birth: Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa Best thing about him: The President of South Africa...

Anton Chekhov 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904 Place of birth: Taganrog, Russian Empire Most important work: Three Sisters, 1901 Interesting facts: Anton Chekhov trained as a physician...

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902-1968), considered "a giant of American letters", is an important American writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. Thought by...

 Upton Sinclair September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968 Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Best thing about him:  He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in...

Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. After spending 40 years as an unknown, he became famous in America at the beginning of WWI. A...

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a famous German playwright, poet and stage director. Using his "defamiliarization effect" or "distancing effect", he believed that theater is...

c 1."Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36ujSfj5EY In this 1952 interview, John Steinbeck talked about writing The Grapes of Wrath and how things had changed since the book was published in...

  Sylvia Plath Nationality: American Profession: Author Why Famous: Credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections: "Other...