Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a good friend of Mr. Wordsworth for many years. The two poets had a falling out due to Coleridge’s opium addiction.

Judith Rossner (31 Mzarch, 1935 – 9 August, 2005) was an American writer with several best sellers. Books by Judith Rossner* 1) Ms. Rossner was born in The Bronx as Judith Louise Perelman. 2) After college, the author married Robert Rossner. The couple had two children. 3) Even though she wasn’t able to sell short stories to women’s magazines, she did manage to publish a children’s book, What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have?, in 1963. 4) Her first novel, To the Precipice (1966) was written when she was “bored out of her mine” being a real estate agent. 5) Mrs. Rossner wrote an article for Esquire magazine about Roseann Quinn, 28, who was brutally murdered in January 1973, reportedly by a man she met at a singles bar. 6) Esquire did not publish the article fearing legal issues, but Mrs. Rossner turned her research into the novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar, her first best seller. 7) The novel Emmeline, 1980, was her only novel based on a historical woman and not set in contemporary times. 8) The author was very ill with viral encephalitis, but the diagnosis was late because she thought she was suffering from psychosomatic symptoms due…

William Morris (24 March, 1834 – 3 October, 1896) was a poet, novelist and translator from England. More Books by William Morris* 1) Mr. Morris’ day job was a textile designer and is credited for being a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts as well as production methods. 2) He was a trained architect. 3) In Oxford University Exeter College, Mr. Morris studied the classics and was influenced by medievalism. 4) Jane Burden and William Morris married in 1859. 5) Philip Webb, the famous English architect, helped Mr. Morris design a family home named Red House. 6) Mr. and Mrs. Morris designed all the interior of Red House themselves. The project took about two years. 7) The couple was so happy with their work, they started their own fine art craft company called Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co. They produced handcrafted tableware, furniture and wallpaper. 8) Mr. Morris specialized in wallpaper patterns inspired by the natural world. 9) The best poems Mr. Morris wrote are those that were influenced by Icelandic sagas. 10) Kelmscott Press, a publisher set up by Mr. Morris, was known to publish books with beautiful illustrations. More Books by William Morris* Zohar –…

Siegfried Lenz (17 March, 1926 – 7 October, 2014) was a German novelist and writer. Books by Siegfried Lenz* Born in the town of Lyck, East Prussia, Mr. Lenz would today be considered as being born in Poland. After graduation in 1943, Mr. Lenz was drafted into the Kriegsmarine, the Nave of Nazi Germany. Before the end of World War II, Mr. Lenz fled to Denmark and was briefly held as a prisoner of war. He worked as a translator for the British army. Liselottte, the future wife of the author, Mr. Lenz saw it as his obligation to “pay off the enormous debts” of the German people as well as “take preventive actions against any danger of reoccurrence”. In 1970 Mr. Lenz was made an honorary citizen of Elk, now part of Poland. In 2000, Mr. Lenz received the Goethe Prize. The day was also the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The first recipient of the Siegfried Lenz award was Israeli author Amos Oz. Mr. Oz won the prize a few short weeks after Mr. Lenz passed away. Mr. Oz and Mr. Lenz were friends for over 30 years. Books by Siegfried Lenz* Zohar – Man…

James Merrill (3 March, 1926 – 6 February, 1995) was an award winning American poet. Books by James Merrill* 1) Born in New York City, the poet’s parents were Hellen Ingram Merrill, a society report and publisher, and Charles E. Merrill, co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch. 2) As the son of an investment banker, Mr. Merrill was privileged in terms of education and economics. 3) He did not envy his parents who “seemed so utterly taken up with engagements, obligations, ceremonies”, his mother “wrote names on place-cards, planned menus, and did her needlepoint” while his father “was merely making money”. 4) In 1944, Mr. Merrill was drafted to the US Army and served for eight month. 5) After his service, Mr. Merrill went back to his studies in Amherst College and graduated summa cum laude. 6) After reading his senior thesis on Marcel Proust, an English professor said that Mr. Merrill (or Jim as he was known then) to be “destined for some sort of greatness”. 7) Mr. Merrill won every major poetry award in the US, and the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Divine Comedies. 8) The Ingram Merrill Foundation was created by Mr. Merrill, was…

Both Grimm brothers, together with 5 other professors, formed a group called The Göttingen Seven to protest against Ernst August, King of Hannover . The group maintained that King Ernst August violated the Constitution.

r. Potok served in South Korea as a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army in a front-line medical battalion and in engineer combat battalion.

During World War II Mr. Brecht wrote for the Exilliteratur, an anti-Nazi movement of authors expressing opposition to the National Socialist and Fascist regimes

James A. Michener (3 February, 1907 – 16 October, 1997) was an American author and Pulitzer Prize winner. Books by James A. Michener 1) Mr. Michener did not know his biological parents or where he was born. He was raised by his adoptive parents in Doylestown, PA. 2) After graduating from college he became a high school English teacher. 3) During World War II Mr. Michener served in the US Navy. He traveled all of the South Pacific Ocean on different assignments which he was given by his commanders who mistakenly believed he was related to Admiral Marc Mitscher. 4) He was assigned as a Navy historian in the South Pacific, his start in a writing career. 5) In 1962 Mr. Michener tried to run as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from PA, but did not get elected. 6) Mr. Michener turned his notes and impressions as a Navy historian into his first boo, Tales of the South Pacific, published in 1947. 7) He won the Pulitzer Prize for Tales of the South Pacific a year later, 1948, the book was turned into a successful Broadway musical and feature film called simply South Pacific. 8) During…

Lewis Carroll (27 January, 1832 – 14 January, 1898) was an English author best known for his classic work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.