Charles Sprague as an American poet often known as the “Banker Poet of Boston”. He won the best prologue prize at the 1811 opening of the Park Theater, NYC
Fannie Hurst (19 October, 1885 – 23 February, 1968) was a novelist and short-story writer from Ohio, Known as “one of the great trash novelists
Ann Petry (12 October, 1908 – 28 April, 1997) was an American novelist, author of children’s books and short stories. Ms. Petry was born in Old Saybrook, CT
DuBose Heyward (31 August, 1885 – 16 June, 1940) was an American author, he wrote a 1925 novel called Porgy, which was turned into the opera Porgy and Bess.
Laurence Binyon (10 August, 1869 – 10 March, 1943) was a poet, dramatist and art scholar from England, winner of the Newdigate Prize for poetry
Giosuè Carducci (27 July, 1835 – 16 February, 1907) was a Nobel Prize winning Italian poet and author born in a small town in Tuscany, Italy
Erik Karlfeldt (20 July, 1864 – 8 April, 1931) was a popular Swedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy, and winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature.
John Clare (13 July, 1934 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet who wrote about the English countryside. His works kept being published after his death
Bessie Head (6 July, 1937 – 17 April, 1986) is a novelist and short stories writers, considered Botswana’s most influential writer.
H. Rider Haggard (22 June, 1856 – 14 May, 1925) was a British writer, mostly known for his adventure novels, such as King Solomon’s Mines