Early Life One of the influential American figures, Elisabeth Lillian Wehner, was born on the 15th of December in 1896, in Brooklyn, New York in the United States. She was an intelligent daughter of an accomplished writer, John C. Wehner,…
Category: Authors and Poets
William Faulkner
Early Life One of the celebrated authors of American history, William Faulkner, was born on the 25th of September in 1897 in Mississippi. He was an intelligent child of Murry Cuthbert Falkner, a businessman, while his mother, Maud Butler, was…
Frank Herbert
Early Life One of the iconic American writers, educationist, and journalist, Frank Herbert, was born on the 8th of October in 1920, in Washington, the United States. He was the son of Frank Patrick Herbert Sr. and Eileen Herbert. Despite…
Edith Wharton
Early Life Born on the 24th of January, in 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was brought up by her father, George Frederic Jones, and mother, Lucretia Stevens. She belonged to a wealthy and prosperous family, a courtesy to…
Alexander Hamilton
Early Life One of the leading American figures and one of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, was born on the 11th of January in 1757, in Charlestown. A bright son of James A. Hamilton, a drifting trader, and Rachael Fawcett,…
Tom Stoppard
Early Life A great British writer, Tom Stoppard, was born on the 3rd of July in 1937, in Czechoslovakia. He was a bright son of Eugen Straussler, a doctor by profession, while his mother, Martha Becková, was a homemaker. He…
Richard Adams
Early Life One of the brilliant English writers, Richard George Adams, was born on the 9th of May in 1920, in Berkshire, England. He was a bright son of Evelyn George Beadon Adams, a doctor by profession, while his mother,…
Harold Bloom
Early Life One of the iconic literary critics of these times, Harold Bloom, was born on the 11th of July in 1930 in New York. A brilliant son of William Bloom, a garment worker, Paula, a homemaker, Bloom was raised…
Art Spiegelman
Early Life A renowned American novelist, cartoonist, and editor, Art Spiegelman was born on the 15th of February in 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a bright son of Władysław Spiegelman, a Polish Jew, while his mother, Andzia, was a…
Alexandre Dumas
Early Life One of the prominent French writers, Alexandre Dumas, was born on the 24th of July in 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France. Alexandre was a brilliant son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a French general, while his mother, Élisabeth Labouret, was a…
Thornton Niven Wilder
Early Life One of the pivotal figures in the literary history of the 20th century, Thornton Niven Wilder, was born on the 17th of April in 1897, in Madison, California in the United States. His father, Amos Parker Wilder, was…
Sandra Cisneros
Early Life A great American novelist and poet, Sandra Cisneros, was born on the 20th of December in 1954, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the only surviving daughter of Alfredo Cisneros de Moral and Elvira Cordero Anguiano, a Mexican couple.…
Geoffrey Chaucer
Early Life and Education A legendary literary figure, Geoffrey Chaucer, was born circa 1340 in London. His father was a prosperous wine merchant, while his mother, Agnes Compton, was a homemaker. He attained formal education at the popular St. Paul’s…
Edith Hamilton
Early Life A celebrated educator and author, Edith Hamilton, was born on the 12th of August in 1867 in Dresden, Germany. She was a bright daughter of Montgomery Hamilton, who married her mother, Gertrude Pond, in 1866. Her father was…
Carson McCullers
Early Life A renowned American Novelist, playwright, and essayist, Carson McCullers, was born on the 19th of February in 1917 in Georgia, the United States. She was a precocious daughter of Lamar Smith, a jeweler by profession, while her mother,…
J. R. R. Tolkien
Early Life John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is famously known as J. R. R. Tolkien. He is known as a great English poet, writer, and academic and was born on the 3rd of January in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His…
Arthur Conan Doyle
Early Life A renowned English author, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born on the 22nd of May in 1859, in Edenborough, Scotland. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was an artist, while his mother, Mary Doyle, was a homemaker. Despite her domesticity,…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Early Life A Great Russian novelist, historian, and philosopher, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on the 11th of December in 1819 in Kislovodsk, former Russian SFSR. His father, Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn, was of Russian descent, while his mother, Taisiya Zakharovna,…
J.B. Priestley
Early Life John Boynton Priestley, known as J.B. Priestley in the literary world, was a renowned English writer, social commentator, and playwright. He was born on 13the September 1894, in Yorkshire in England. He was a bright son of Jonathan…
Lois Lowry
Early Life Lois Lowry, a renowned American writer, was born on 20th March 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii, America. She was an intelligent daughter of Robert E. Hammersberg, an army dentist, while her mother, Katherine Gordon Landis, was a housewife. Her…
