George Arnold (1834 - 1865)

Author, Poet. He contributed stories, poetry and articles to the magazine “Vanity Fair” as well as to “The Leader”. He authored what was known as the “McArone Papers”, which brought him prominence as a humorist. His most famous poem became the “Jolly Old Pedagogue”. (bio by: Laurie)

Carlos Arniches (1866 - 1943)

Playwright. He was born in Alicante (Comunidad Valenciana) and died in Madrid. His first script for the musical theater was in collaboration with Gonzalo Cantó and composer Ruperto Chapí for “La leyenda del Monje” which premiered at the Apolo Theater in 1890. He is best remembered for his book “La Señorita de Trévelez” that was […]

Virginia Carol Arndt (1919 - 1980)

Journalist. Served as Women’s editor for the “Army Times.”

Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860)

Author, Poet. He is known chiefly for his patriotic songs and his support of German nationalism and unification, but is also controversial due to his anti-French works and some antisemitic writings. He was also well known for his work to abolish serfdom. He was born the son of a freed serf. He attended the Universities […]

Richard Willard Armour (1906 - 1989)

Author, Poet.  Family links:  Parents:  Harry Willard Armour (1883 – 1943)  Sue Wheelock Armour (1880 – 1958)  Spouse:  Kathleen Fauntleroy Stevens Armour (1905 – 2007)* *Calculated relationship

Roberto Arlt (1900 - 1942)

Author. Among his books: “La Fiesta del Hierro,” “EL Fabricante de Fantasmas,” “El Juguete Rabioso,” “Los Siete Locos,” “Los Lanzallamas,” “Un Viaje Terrible,” “Aguafuertes Españoles, ” “El Jorobadito” and “El criador de Gorilas”. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)

Political Theorist. Born in Hanover, Germany, to Paul and Martha Arendt. She grew up in Konigsberg and Berlin. She studied philosophy at the University of Marburg. Hannah moved to Heidelberg, where she wrote her dissertation under the existentialist philosopher-psychologist Karl Jaspers on the concept of love in the thought of Saint Augustine. In 1929, in […]

Erich Arendt (1903 - 1984)

Poet. Born in Neuruppin to a schoolmaster and washerwoman, he obtained his Abitur and began to study art at a teachers college in Neuruppin. His first poems were published in 1925. He joined the Communist Party in 1926 and became a teacher in Berlin. In 1933, due to his Communist politics and a half-Jewish wife, […]

Reinaldo Arenas (1943 - 1990)

Author. At the age of 15 he left home and joined the Fidel Castro’s Revolution, (1956 to 1959), and fought against the dictatorial government of Fulgencio Batista.  In the mid-1960s the Castro regime openly persecuted homosexuals and Reinaldo Arenas abandoned the Revolution. His writings were censored and declared anti-revolutionary. Some of his manuscripts were confiscated. […]

Army Archerd (1922 - 2009)

Journalist. Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, he was a writer for the trade magazine Daily Variety for 52 years. A graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1941, he began his career as a mailroom attendant at Paramount Pictures before moving to the Associated Press in October 1945 […]

János Arany (1817 - 1882)

Poet.

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918)

Poet.  A leader of the Paris avant-garde before and during World War I,  his impact on poetry was similar to that of his friend Pablo Picasso on painting.  His two major books of poetry are classics of French Literature.  “Alcools” (1913) combined traditional verse forms with modern imagery and used snatches of overheard conversation,  slang, […]

Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987)

Playwright.

Moses Annenberg (1878 - 1942)

Newspaper Publisher. Executive for different Hearst newspapers from 1904 to 1926. He became the owner of the Philadelphia “Inquirer” in 1936.  Family links:  Children:  Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908 – 2002)* *Calculated relationship

Gerald “Jerry” Anglin (1970 - 1970)

Journalist. Canadian magazine and newspaper writer and editor. He was renowned for his stylistic and gentleness of manner. He worked on several prominent national publications including “Chatelaine”, “The Canadian” and “Maclean”s Magazine”.

Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909 - 1983)

Author. He was born and died in Warsaw (Poland). He is best known for his works “Ashes and Diamonds”, “And Darkness Covered the Earth (The Inquisitors)”, “The Gates of Paradise”, “He Cometh Leaping Upon The Mountains”, “Inescapable Ways”, “Mode of the Heart’, “No Man”, “Night” and “All But Gone”.  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Leonid Andreyev (1871 - 1919)

Author. Born in Oryol, Russia, he studied law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Moscow, but quickly abandoned the legal profession for a literary career. He was mentored by Maxim Gorky,  who helped get his first collection of stories published in 1901,  but their friendship later ended because of opposing political views.  Andreyev’s writing […]

V.C. Andrews (1923 - 1986)

Author. Her works included “Flowers in the Attic.”  Family links:  Parents:  William Henry Andrews (1894 – 1957)  Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews (1902 – 1993)Cause of death: breast cancer Inscription:DaughterAuthor

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)