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name	image	description	date of birth	date of death	occupation	personal library at/inventory number	personal library at/title
Swante Palm			1815	1899		LI-10019	en:Swante Palm Library
Harry Crosby		American writer	1898-06-04	1929-12-10	poet socialite Photographers’ Identities Catalog	LI-10259	en:Harry and Caresse Crosby Library
Arthur Conan Doyle		British writer and physician (1859–1930)	1859-05-22	1930-07-07	physician physician writer novelist essayist playwright screenwriter science fiction writer children's writer crime fiction writer writer short story writer historian	LI-10204	en:Arthur Conan Doyle Spiritualism Library
T. E. Lawrence		British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)	1888-08-16	1935-05-19	anthropologist archaeologist autobiographer writer military officer screenwriter translator castellologist spy diplomat aircraft pilot military personnel world traveler	LI-10583	en:T. E. Lawrence Library
James Joyce		Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)	1882-02-02	1941-01-13	poet novelist teacher author writer journalist literary critic prose writer	LI-10526	en:James Joyce Trieste Library
Willa Cather		American writer (1873–1947)	1873-12-07	1947-04-24	novelist	LI-10269	en:Willa Cather Library
Alice Corbin Henderson		American writer (1881-1949)	1881-04-16	1949-07-18	writer poet	LI-10449	en:Alice Corbin Henderson Library
Edgar Lee Masters		American writer	1868-08-23	1950-03-05 1950-05-05	poet novelist playwright writer lawyer biographer	LI-10601	en:Edgar Lee Masters Library
A. A. Milne		British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh	1882-01-18	1956-01-31	writer poet novelist children's writer screenwriter military officer prose writer playwright essayist author	LI-10621	en:A. A. Milne Library
Carl Pforzheimer		American banker and rare book collector (1879-1957)	1879	1957	banker book collector	LI-10688	en:Pforzheimer Library
Wyndham Lewis		English painter, writer and critic (1882-1957)	1882-11-18 1884-11-18 1882	1957-03-07	painter writer journalist editor novelist literary critic drawer poet critic	LI-10588	en:Wyndham Lewis Library
Christopher Morley		American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet	1890-05-05	1957-03-28	writer journalist poet opinion journalist humorist essayist novelist	LI-10639	en:Christopher Morley Library
Maxwell Anderson		American playwright and writer (1888–1959)	1888-12-15	1959-02-28	screenwriter journalist playwright writer teacher poet lyricist	LI-10061	en:Maxwell Anderson Library
Edward Alexander Parsons		American lawyer and bibliophile (1878-1962)	1878	1962	lawyer bibliophile historian	LI-10677	en:Edward Alexander Parsons Library
C. Wright Mills		American sociologist (1916–1962)	1916-08-28	1962-03-20	sociologist university teacher	LI-10626	en:Charles Wright Mills Library
E. E. Cummings		American author (1894–1962)	1894-10-14	1962-09-03	poet painter playwright writer novelist	LI-10271	en:E. E. Cummings Library
Clifford Bax		English writer (1886-1962)	1886-07-13	1962-11-18	writer playwright translator poet astrologer	LI-10104	en:Clifford Bax Library
Stark Young		American writer (1881-1963)	1881-10-11	1963-01-06	novelist painter literary critic journalist	LI-10948	en:Stark Young Library
Oliver La Farge		American novelist, anthropologist	1901-12-19	1963-08-02	anthropologist novelist writer screenwriter journalist archaeologist	LI-10555	en:Oliver La Farge
William Embry Wrather		American geologist	1883-01-20	1963-11-28	geologist	LI-10920	en:William Embry Wrather Library
T. H. White		English author (1906-1964)	1906-05-29	1964-01-17	writer novelist screenwriter science fiction writer	LI-10895	en:T. H. White Library
J. Frank Dobie		American writer (1888-1964)	1888-09-26	1964-09-18	writer journalist	LI-10306	en:J. Frank Dobie Library
Edith Sitwell		British poet (1887-1964)	1887-09-07	1964-12-09	poet essayist literary critic writer biographer	LI-10771	en:Edith Sitwell Library
Nancy Cunard		British writer, heiress and political activist	1896-03-10	1965-03-17 1965-03-16	writer poet polo player publisher journalist	LI-11064	en:Nancy Cunard Library
Zachary Scott		American actor (1914-1965)	1914-02-21	1965-10-03	actor television actor film actor	LI-11014	en:Zachary Scott Library
Edgard Varèse		French composer (1883-1965)	1883-12-22	1965-11-06	composer musicologist conductor	LI-10871	en:Edgard and Louise Varese Library
William Somerset Maugham		English playwright, novelist, short story writer (1874-1965)	1874-01-25	1965-12-16	playwright novelist physician writer screenwriter prose writer literary critic army scout writer physician	LI-10602	en:W. Somerset Maugham Library
Evelyn Waugh		British writer and journalist (1903–1966)	1903-10-28	1966-04-10	war correspondent novelist writer autobiographer screenwriter science fiction writer diarist prose writer	LI-10883	en:Evelyn Waugh Library
Blanche Knopf		American book publisher	1894-07-30	1966-06-04	publisher	LI-10549	en:Alfred A. Knopf Library
Elmer Rice		American playwright (1892–1967)	1892-09-28	1967-05-08	writer playwright screenwriter poet lawyer theatrical director	LI-10739	en:Elmer Rice Library
John Masefield		English poet and writer	1878-06-01	1967-05-12	poet writer children's writer journalist novelist	LI-10647	en:John Masefield Library
Carson McCullers		American writer (1917–1967)	1917-02-19	1967-09-29	poet novelist playwright writer screenwriter prose writer	LI-10609	en:Carson McCullers Library
Edward Laroque Tinker		American writer and philanthropist	1881-09-12	1968-07-06	writer	LI-10848	en:Edward Laroque Tinker Library
Osbert Sitwell		British writer; baronet (1892-1969)	1892-12-06	1969-05-04	writer poet novelist literary critic	LI-10773	en:Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell Library
Caresse Crosby		American publisher, activist, and inventor of the bra	1892-04-20	1970-01-24	publisher writer socialite poet memoirist journalist inventor fashion designer	LI-10259	en:Harry and Caresse Crosby Library
Erle Stanley Gardner		American writer and lawyer	1889-07-17	1970-03-11 1970-03-12	writer lawyer novelist science fiction writer jurist	LI-10372 LI-11038	en:Erle Stanley Gardner Library
Willard Maas		American filmmaker	1906-06-24	1971-01-02	poet film director university teacher	LI-10595	en:Willard Maas Library
Richard Church		English writer (1893-1972)	1893-03-26	1972-03-04	writer poet	LI-10209	en:Richard Church Library
Edmund Wilson		American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)	1895-05-08	1972-06-12	journalist poet playwright literary critic essayist social critic writer historian editing staff editor	LI-10906	en:Edmund Wilson Library
Ezra Pound		American poet and critic (1885–1972)	1885-10-30	1972-11-01	poet literary critic composer translator autobiographer writer economist journalist radio personality literary historian	LI-10962	en:Ezra Pound Library
Compton Mackenzie		Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and nationalist (1883-1972)	1883-01-17	1972-11-30	writer politician publisher autobiographer screenwriter croquet player science fiction writer novelist journalist researcher	Li-10598	en:Compton Mackenzie Library
W. H. Auden		British-American poet (1907–1973)	1907-02-21	1973-09-29	poet screenwriter literary historian playwright writer librettist university teacher literary critic essayist composer translator	LI-10049	en:W. H. Auden and Chester Kallmann Library
Parker Tyler		American writer	1904-03-06	1974-07-24	writer poet film critic	LI-10862	en:Parker Tyler Library
Anne Sexton		American poet	1928-11-09	1974-10-04	poet writer children's writer	LI-10836	en:Anne Sexton Library
Stanley Young			1906	1975		LI-10947 LI-10949	en:Stanley Young Library en:Stanley Young Theater Library
Chester Kallman		American poet and librettist (1921–1975)	1921-01-07	1975-01-18	poet librettist writer translator	LI-10049	en:W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman Library
Harry Ransom		President of the University of Texas at Austin	1908-11-22	1976-04-19		LI-10738	en:Hary Huntt and Hazel Ransom Library
Louis Zukofsky		American poet (1904–1978)	1904-01-23	1978-05-12	poet writer university teacher	LI-10954	en:Louis Zukofsky Library
Rupert Croft-Cooke		British writer	1903-06-20 1903-06-30	1979-06-10	writer film screenwriter	LI-10257	en:Rupert Croft-Cooke Library
John Beecher		American poet and activist	1904-01-22	1980-05-11	poet trade unionist	LI-10123	en:John Beecher Library
C. P. Snow		English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)	1905-10-15	1980-07-01	physicist writer politician literary critic novelist	LI-10792	en:C. P. Snow Library
Ellery Queen		writer of detective fiction (joint pseudonym)		1982-09-03	association football player editor writer	LI-10022	en:Ellery Queen Library
Tennessee Williams		American playwright (1911–1983)	1911-03-26 1914-03-26	1983-02-25	playwright novelist screenwriter poet writer	LI-10898	en:Tennessee Williams Library
William Goyen		American novelist, short story writer, editor, teacher	1915-04-24	1983-08-30	poet novelist writer translator	LI-10393	en:William Goyen Library
Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.		American publisher (1892-1984)	1892-09-12	1984-08-11	publisher businessperson	LI-10548	en:Alfred A. Knopf Library
Eric Walter White		British composer and poet (1905-1985)	1905-09-10	1985-09-13	composer poet	LI-10893	en:Eric Walter White Library
Nancy Wilson Ross		American writer (1901-1986)	1901-11-22	1986-01-18	novelist	LI-10746	en:Nancy Wilson Ross Library
Louise Varèse		American translator	1890	1989 1989-07-01	translator	LI-10872	en:Edgard and Louise Varese Library
Edward A. Weeks		American writer (1898-1989)	1898-02-19	1989-03-11	writer	LI-10889	en:Edward Weeks Library
Isaac Bashevis Singer		Polish-American author	1904-07-14	1991-07-24	translator novelist Esperantist autobiographer journalist children's writer writer screenwriter prose writer	LI-10782	en:Isaac Bashevis Singer Library
Grigoris Vlastos		Greek scholar of ancient philosophy (1907–1991)	1907-07-27	1991-10-12	philosopher university teacher classical scholar	LI-10872	en:Gregory Vlastos Library
George MacBeth		British writer	1932-01-19	1992-02-16	poet writer	LI-10606	en:George MacBeth Library
Anthony Burgess		English writer and composer (1917–1993)	1917-02-25	1993-11-22	writer journalist translator screenwriter poet composer novelist autobiographer literary critic science fiction writer children's writer literary scholar librettist dramaturge pedagogue film screenwriter teacher man of letters	LI-10103	en:Anthony Burgess Library
Cyrus Longworth Lundell		U.S. botanist (1907-1994)	1907-11-05	1994-03-28	botanist botanical collector	LI-10586	en:Cyrus Longworth Lundell Botanical Library
Jessica Mitford		British writer (1917–1996)	1917-09-11	1996-07-23	writer journalist human rights activist	LI-10623	en:Jessica Mitford Library
Margaret Cousins		American writer and editor	1905-01-26	1996-07-30	writer	LI-10235	en:Margaret Cousins Library
Jerome Weidman		American writer (1913-1998)	1913-04-04	1998-10-06	screenwriter novelist writer librettist	LI-10891	en:Jerome Weidman Library
Karl Shapiro		American poet and essayist (1913-2000)	1913-11-10	2000-05-14	poet consultant editor literary critic	LI-11081	en:Karl Shapiro Library
Charles Henri Ford		American photographer and writer	1913-02-10 1908-02-10	2002-09-27	film director photographer poet novelist writer painter printmaker prose writer visual artist	LI-10337	en:Charles Henri Ford Library
Leon Uris		American author (1924–2003)	1924-08-03	2003-06-21	writer screenwriter novelist short story writer	LI-10864	en:Leon Uris Library
Hugh Kenner		Canadian literary critic	1923-01-07	2003-11-24	literary critic writer	LI-11041	en:Hugh Kenner Library
Ronald Sukenick		American writer and literary theorist	1932-07-14	2004-07-22	novelist writer literary historian literary scholar university teacher man of letters	LI-10807	en:Ronald Sukenick Library
Guy Davenport		Novelist, short story writer, poet, illustrator, translator, teacher (1927-2005)	1927-11-23	2005-01-04	linguist poet translator novelist painter university teacher writer	LI-10292	en:Guy Davenport Library
Stanley Burnshaw		American writer (1906-2005)	1906-06-20	2005-09-16	writer poet	LI-10190	en:Stanley and Leda Burnshaw Library
Raja Rao		Indian-born English writer	1908-11-08	2006-07-08	writer	LI-11103	en:Rao Raja Library
Norman Mailer		American writer (1923–2007)	1923-01-31	2007-11-10	journalist actor film director screenwriter novelist essayist writer playwright poet film producer film editor historian biographer stage actor	LI-10635	en:Norman Mailer Library
David Foster Wallace		American fiction writer and essayist	1962-02-21	2008-09-12	writer novelist essayist university teacher
William B. Todd			1919	2011-08-27	linguist historian bibliophile university teacher	LI-10854	en:William B. Todd Library
Peter Matthiessen		American novelist	1927-05-22	2014-04-05	novelist writer screenwriter historian	LI-10641	en:Peter Matthiessen Library
Dan Jacobson		South African writer	1929-03-07	2014-06-12	writer	LI-10520	en:Dan Jacobson Library
Hilary Masters		American writer	1928-02-03	2015-06-14	writer novelist	LI-11018	en:Hilary Masters Library
Clancy Sigal		American novelist and screenwriter	1926-09-06	2017-07-16	screenwriter novelist teacher writer journalist film screenwriter	LI-10994	en:Clancy Sigal Library
Sam Shepard		American playwright and actor (1943–2017)	1943-11-05	2017-07-27	actor film director screenwriter dramaturge playwright stage actor film actor theatrical director autobiographer percussionist musician	LI-11044	en:Sam Shepard Library
Margaret Sayers Peden		American translator (1927-2020)	1927-05-10	2020-07-05	translator	LI-10077	en:Margaret Sayers Peden Library
James Roose-Evans		British theatre director and writer	1927-11-11	2022-10-26	writer children's writer theatrical director playwright theatrologist journalist	LI-10990	en:James Roose-Evans Library
Russell Banks		American writer (1940-2023)	1940-03-28	2023-01-07	screenwriter novelist writer poet	LI-10169	en:Russell Banks Library
Penelope Lively		British novelist	1933-03-17		writer novelist radio personality children's writer	LI-10009	en:Penelope Lively Library
David Mamet		American playwright, filmmaker and author	1947-11-30		screenwriter film director playwright film producer writer actor novelist poet theatrical director television producer director	LI-10810	en:David Mamet Library
Paul Schrader		American screenwriter and film director	1946-07-22		screenwriter film director film critic director	LI-11047	en:Paul Schrader Library

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