Wilbur “W J” Cash (1900 - 1941)

Author. Wrote the book “The Mind of the South.” (bio by: pruittr)  Note: Author of “The Mind of the South”

John A Cash (1936 - 1998)

United States Army Officer, Author. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he was a career US Army officer and historian. After he graduated with master’s degree in history from Rutgers University, he was commissioned a intelligence office in the US Army. In the early 1960s, he trained Cuban nationals for the abortive Bay of Pigs […]

Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914 - 1999)

Throughout a career that spanned more than sixty years, this great argentine author distinguished himself as one of Latin America´s most outstanding voices. He was also a great friend and collaborator of the late Jorge Luis Borges. Some of his novels: The invention of Morel (1940), Six Problems for Don Isidro (1942),The Dream of the […]

Phoebe Cary (1824 - 1871)

Poet. Her first poem was published in 1838 in a newspaper when she was just 14. She had success in Scribner’s Monthly, Galaxy, and Putnam’s Monthly. She edited “Hymns for All Christians” (1869), and published two books of poetry, “Poems and Parodies” (1854), and “Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love” (1868). Her inspirational lyrics appeared […]

Alice Cary (1820 - 1871)

Poet, Author. Her first published poem appeared in the Sentinel, a Cincinnati Universalist newspaper, when she was 18. Among her books were two volumes of reminiscent sketches entitled “Clovernook Papers” (1852, 1853), three novels and several volumes of poetry. She also began writing regularly, both poetry and prose, for the National Era in Washington, D.C., […]

Raymond Carver (1938 - 1988)

Author. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979 and in 1983 he received the prestigious Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award and many other awards and citations the year of his death (lung cancer). His last book of poetry “A New Path to the Waterfall was published in 1989. He was married to poet Tess […]

Florence Byrne Cartwright (1863 - 1944)

Poet. Her first rondeau was published in the “Californian” in 1882, and her first sestina in the “Overland” in November 1883. A sestina appeared in “Harper’s Magazine” in May 1884, and has been published many times. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Richard Cartwright (1851 – 1933)*  Children:  Constance Cartwright Small (1893 – 1976)* *Calculated […]

Dame Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000)

Author, Aviation Pioneer, Society Figure. A lady of many talents, she is probably best remembered as a writer of romantic fiction. Born Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland to a middle class family, she showed writing talent from an early age, was educated at the Alice Ottley School, Malvern Girls’ College, and Abbey House, got her first […]

Hodding Carter (1907 - 1972)

Journalist, Author. He won the 1946 Pulitzer Price for his articles on racial, religious, and economic intolerance. Among his works, both fiction and nonfiction, are “Mississippi,” “Where Main Street Meets the River,” “The Angry Scar: The Story of Reconstruction,” and “Doomed Road of Empire.” (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Betty Werlein Carter (1910 – […]

Rachel Louise Carson (1907 - 1964)

Biologist, Writer, Ecologist. The youngest of three children, Rachel grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she credits her mother for instilling and nurturing a passion for nature. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1929, and received her Masters in Marine Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. After […]

Hayden Carruth (1921 - 2008)

Poet. The author of more than 30 books,  he was noted for his verse reflecting the struggles of life. Carruth won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry for “Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey” (1996). “Collected Shorter Poems, 1946-1991”,  which received the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry in 1992,  is considered […]

Sidney Carroll (1913 - 1988)

Motion Picture and Television Writer. Wrote screenplay for films from the 1940s to the 1980s. Wrote the 1961 drama “The Hustler,” for which he won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Drama. Married to actress June Carroll. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)

Author. Carroll was the third child born to a family of eleven children. From a very early age he entertained himself and his family by performing magic tricks and marionette shows, and by writing poetry for his homemade newspapers. In 1846 he entered Rugby School, and in 1854 he graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford. […]

Joseph C. Carroll (1970 - 1970)

Clergyman, Historian. He was the author of “Slave Insurrections in the U.S.” At the time of his death, he was affiliated with Wilberforce University, and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Bob Carroll, Jr (1918 - 2007)

Television Writer. One of the creators of “I Love Lucy”. Carroll, along with Madelyn Pugh Davis, originally scripted Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband”, and went on to co-write every episode of “I Love Lucy” (1951 to 1957), as well as Ball’s subsequent series “The Lucy Show” (1962 to 1968), “Here’s Lucy” (1968 to […]

Anna Ella Carroll (1815 - 1893)

Author, Civil War reporter. She was born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1815. Often called an unofficial member of President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, she was a Unionist author and newspaper reporter who had traveled extensively throughout the South and Midwest before the Civil War. Among her most popular books were “The War Powers Of The […]

Evaristo Carriego (1883 - 1912)

Poet, Journalist. He created a true mythology of the tango, definitively influenciating to tango lyricist. He wrote “Misas Herejes” and “La Canción del Barrio.” Despite his enormous importance in tango´s history, today he is almost forgotten.  (bio by: 380W)

Andrés Carranque de Ríos (1902 - 1936)

Author. He was born in Madrid, Spain. He is remembered for his books “Uno,” “La Vida Difícil” and “Cinematógrafo.” Also he worked in the cinema in seven films. For several magazines, he wrote short stories such as “Los Trabajadores” or “De Tres a Cinco de la Madrugada.” He was politically active, against fascism, and died […]

John Dickson Carr (1906 - 1977)

Author. He is best remembered for his detective’s novels. Among others: “It Walks by Night,” “Hag’s Nook,” “The Sleeping Sphinx,” “The Dead Man’s Knock” and “Most Secret”. He was also known as Carter Dickson. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Parents:  Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871 – 1953)  Julia K Carr (1876 – 1966)

David Michael Carr (1956 - 2015)

Columnist and Author. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father was a clothing store owner. He went on to graduate from the University of Minnesota majoring in psychology and journalism. After graduation he went to work for the Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis and the Washington City Paper in Washington D.C.. In 2002 he […]

Alejo Carpentier (1904 - 1980)

Noted Cuban Writer. He obtained Cervantes Award in 1976. Among his books “Écue-Yamba-Ó,” “El Reino de este Mundo,” “Los Pasos Perdidos,” and “El Concierto Barroco.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Edward Carpenter (1844 - 1929)

Author, Poet. Born in Brighton on the South coast of England at 45 Brunswick Square to a comfortable, middle-class family. Son of Lieutenant Charles Carpenter, he was from a long line of naval officers. Both grandfathers and his brother was Commander Alfred Carpenter, father of Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter. One of ten children in […]

Mario De Sá Carneiro (1890 - 1916)

Noted Poet. One of the most talented poets of the 20th Century. He was born in Lisbon and died in Paris during World War I. His remains are now lost, but his poetry lives on. (bio by: Steph)

(1913 - 1987)

Journalist. Born in Hague, Netherlands, he was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure for his daily newspaper columns and short stories. After various editorial jobs, he became a report for The People newspaper and later was the paper’s  drama critic. Branching into writing short stories, his first collection of Kleinigheden was […]

Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

Scottish Philosopher, Satirist, Author, and Historian. He was born at Ecclefechan, in Dumfries, Scotland, to Calvinist parents. He attended school at the Annan Academy in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland, but left after three years due to constant bullying by his classmates. In 1809 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, and became a mathematics […]

(1947 - 1992)

Swedish Publisher. Secretary of Information for the Swedish Department for Justice 1974-1976. Chairman of the Swedish Canoe Association since 1964. He became known to the Swedish people in connection with “Ebbe Carlsson-affären” (the “Ebbe Carlsson Affair”), a huge political scandal that shook Sweden in the summer of 1988. Ebbe Carlsson, supported by the Swedish Minister […]

Henry Charles Carey (1793 - 1879)

Economist. One of the most prominent economists of the 19th century, he is best know for influential his work “The Harmony of Interest”, which compared and contrasted free trade capitalist systems and developmental capitalist systems. His earlier work, “Principles of Political Economy”, which detailed American economic thought, was a standard on the subject well into […]

(1835 - 1907)

Poet, statesman, and Senator of the Italian Republic. Born in Val di Castello, Italy. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906.

José Cardoso Pires (1925 - 1998)

Portuguese Writer and Essayist. He was born in Sao Joao do Peso and died in Lisbon. He fought against the dictatorship in his country, and during the 1960s, he was forced into exile. As a writer, he is best remembered for his books “Balada da Praia dos Caes” (Ballad of Dog’s Beach), “Imperatores, Almirantes e […]

Luis Carandell (1929 - 2002)

Spanish writer and journalist. His books reflect with irony the evolution of the Spanish society. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)