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3 days ago · Jerome David Salinger ( / ˈsælɪndʒər / SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. [1]
5 days ago · List of Canadian writers. This is a list of Canadian literary figures, such as poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
4 days ago · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .
5 days ago · Early Life. Brother Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Jr.was born on October 27, 1858, in Manhattan, New York City, and was the second of four children born to Martha Stewart Bulloch and businessman and philanthropist Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Known in adulthood for his sturdy, robust frame and demeanor, Brother Roosevelt was sickly as a boy.
2 days ago · These are the best living authors and novelists currently, according to Rankers and bibliophiles. If you’re looking for a book to read for a rainy day, you can’t go wrong by choosing a novel or short story written by someone on this list.
3 days ago · The most philosophic among the novelists of the fifties was, of course, Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), although she followed the conventional novel form. Starting with her study of Sartre, Sartre, Romantic Rationalist (1953), she produced a large number of novels, which clearly reflect her stance of anti-empirical view of mankind.
3 days ago · Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award.
