Jayne Cortez (10 May, 1934 – 28 December, 2012 was poet, publisher, performer, and activist. She is part of the Black Arts movement canon.

May Sarton (3 May, 1912 – 16 July, 1995) was a writer, poet, journalist and memoirist. She is remembered for her excellent journals and memoirs

A.H. Raskin (26 April, 1911 – 22 December, 1993) was a reporter, writer, and assistant editor. He was a long time employee and contributor to the New York Times

Sarah Kemble Knight – teacher & diarist. Her journey from Boston to New York provides historians a first-hand accounts of traveling through Colonial New England

Jack Gelber (12 April, 1932 – 9 May, 2003) was an award-winning American playwright and educator. He is remembered for his play The Connection

Algernon Charles Swinburne was a poet, playwright, and author from England. He is known for his book Poems and Ballads, a collection of poetry.

Dezső Kosztolányi was a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator. He is considered to be one of the outstanding poets of Hungarian literature.

Louis L’Amour (22 March, 1908 – 10 June, 1988) was a best selling American writer, known for his Western novels writing 100 novels, more than 250 short stories

Paul Heyse (15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a German writer, translator, and the 1910 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate.

Ewald Christian von Kleist (7 March 1715 – 24 August 1759) was a German poet and military officer, best known for his long poem Der Frühling.