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Biographies of '''American Authors''' (in chronological order). | |||
==American Authors, by expertise== | |||
* [[American Artists]] | |||
* [[American Composers]] | |||
* [[American Film Directors]] | |||
* [[American Novelists]] | |||
* [[American Playwrights]] | |||
* [[American Poets]] | |||
==In Depth== | ==In Depth== | ||
Revision as of 06:43, 11 October 2012
Biographies of American Authors (in chronological order).
American Authors, by expertise
- American Artists
- American Composers
- American Film Directors
- American Novelists
- American Playwrights
- American Poets
In Depth
- American Fiction -- survey of works by American Authors
See also: United States -- American -- English language -- American Scholars -- American Scholarship
Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
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- 1880 * Overton-Walker, Aida (dancer, choreographer) USA
- 1885 Bara, Theda (actress) USA
- 1886 * Drew, Timothy (visionary) USA
- 1891 * Hurston, Zora Neale (novelist) USA
- 1902 * Wyler, William (director) USA
- 1903 * Cullen, Countee (poet) USA
- 1916 * Yerby, Frank G. (novelist) USA
- 1950 * Grimes, Nikki (novelist, poet) USA
- 1967 * La Marre, Jean-Claude (actor, director) USA
Pages in category "American Authors"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 474 total.
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- John Crowne (M / British America, Britain, 1641-1712), playwright
- Rowland Cotton (M / United States, 1759-1820), visionary
- Sarah Pogson Smith (F / United States, 1774-1870), novelist
- Philip Trajetta / Filippo Traetta (M / Italy, United States, 1777-1854), composer
- Charles Edward Horn (M / Britain, United States, 1786-1849), composer
- Charles Zeuner (M / Germany, United States, 1795-1857), composer
- William Ware (M / United States, 1797-1852), novelist
- Stephen H. Tyng (M / United States, 1800-1885), novelist
- John Hill Hewitt (M / United States, 1801-1890), composer
- Joseph Smith (M / United States, 1805-1844), visionary
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (M / United States, 1807-1882), playwright
- George Burgess (1809-1866), poet
- Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809-1860), novelist
- Laughton Osborn (1809-1878), playwright
- James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888), novelist
- William Batchelder Bradbury (M / United States, 1816-1868), composer
- Enoch Fitch Burr (1818-1907), novelist
- Samuel Hobart Winkley (1819-1911), playwright
- Isaac Mayer Wise (M / Czechia, United States, 1819-1900), scholar, novelist
- George F. Root (M / United States, 1820-1895), composer
- Isaac Goldstein
- James Strong (1822-1894), scholar
- John McDowell Leavitt (b.1824), playwright
- George Henry Miles (1824–1871), playwright
- George Frederick Bristow (M / United States, 1825-1898), composer
- Lew Wallace (M / United States, 1827-1905), novelist
- Herman Milton Bien (M / United States, 1831-1895), playwright, novelist
- William O. Stoddard (1835-1925), novelist
- John Knowles Paine (M / United States, 1839-1906), composer
- Minnie Dessau Louis (F / United States, 1841-1922), poet
- James M. Ludlow (1841-1932), novelist
- Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911), visionary
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (F / United States, 1844-1911), novelist
- Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1846-1902), novelist
- William Young (1847-1920), playwright
- Russell Kelso Carter (1849-1928), novelist
- Benjamin Fish Austin (1850-1933), arch-fi author
- Aaron Dwight Baldwin (1850-1912), novelist
- Henry Iliowizi (1850-1911), playwright
- Ya`akov Ter (1850-1935), playwright
- Fanny Alricks Shugert (F / United States, 19th cent.), novelist
- Siegmund Lubin (M / Germany, United States, 1851-1923), film director
- Henry Pereira Mendes (1852-1937), playwright
- Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), novelist
- Katharine Pearson Woods (F / United States, 1853-1923), novelist
- George Whitefield Chadwick (M / United States, 1854-1931), composer
- Samuel Major Gardenhire (1855-1923), novelist
- Edgar Saltus (1855-1921), novelist
- William Forbes Cooley (1857-1932), novelist
- Lorimer Johnston (M / United States, 1858-1941), film director
- Edward Taylor Paull (M / United States, 1858-1924), composer
- Irving Bacheller (1859-1950), novelist
- Colin Campbell (M / Britain, United States, 1859-1928), film director
- Florence Morse Kingsley (F / United States, 1859-1937), novelist
- William L. Worcester (1859-1939), novelist
- William E. Barton (1861-1930), novelist
- Herbert Dickinson Ward (1861-1932), novelist
- Francis Bourne Upham (1862-1941), novelist
- Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (F / United States, 1863-1945), playwright
- Thomas Hall Shastid (1866-1947), novelist
- J. Gordon Edwards (M / United States, 1867-1925), film director
- Bernie Babcock (F / United States, 1868-1962), novelist
- Philip Robert Dillon (b.1868), novelist
- Hans Eschelbach (1868-1948), novelist
- John P. Morley (1868-1964), novelist
- Charles Joseph Finger (1869-1941), novelist
- John Breckenridge Ellis (1870-1956), novelist
- Charles L. Gaskill (M / United States, 1870-1943), film director
- Henry Kimball Hadley (M / United States, 1871-1937), composer
- William Chauncy Langdon (M / United States, 1871-1947), librettist
- Caroline Dale Snedeker (F / United States, 1871-1956), novelist
- John Wesley De Kay (1874-1938), playwright
- Ridgely Torrence (1874-1950), playwright
- J. Stuart Blackton (M / Britain, United States, 1875-1941), film director
- Perry J. Stackhouse (b.1875), playwright
- Matthew M. Cook (M / United States, 19th-20th cent.), composer
- George C. Alborn, novelist
- Thompson Buchanan (1877-1937), American novelist
- William Stearns Davis (1877-1930), novelist
- J. Searle Dawley (M / United States, 1877-1949), film director
- Lloyd C. Douglas (1877-1951), novelist
- Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (F / United States, 1877-1963), translator
- Florence Wilkinson Evans (F / United States, 1878-...), playwright
- Elizabeth Jane Miller (F / United States, 1878-1961), novelist
- Malcolm Strauss (M / United States, 1878-1936), film director
- Charles Bryant (M / Britain, United States, 1879-1948), film director
- Alla Nazimova (F / Russia, United States, 1879-1945), actor
- Jacob Weinberg (M / Russia, United States, 1879-1956), composer
- Sholem Asch (1880-1957), novelist
- Eric Delamarter (M / United States, 1880-1953), composer
- Olive May Winchester (F / United States, 1880-1947), scholar
- Cecil B. DeMille (M / United States, 1881-1959), film director
- Anita Trueman Pickett (1881-1960), novelist
- Konrad Bercovici (1882–1961), novelist
- Sara Bard Field (1882-1974), poet
- George Siegmann (M / United States, 1882-1928), actor
- Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), poet
- Harry Kemp (1883-1960), poet & playwright
- Amy Morris Lillie (1883-1967), novelist
- George Sylvester Viereck (M / Germany, United States, 1884-1962), novelist
- Theda Bara (F / United States, 1885-1955), actor, dancer
- Thomas B. Costain (M / Canada, United States, 1885-1965), novelist
- Allan Dwan (M / Canada, United States, 1885-1981), film director
- William Russell (M / United States, 1884-1929), actor
- Earl Williams (b.1885), novelist
- Helda Doolittle (1886-1961), novelist
- Florence Lawrence (F / United States, 1886-1938), actor
- Joseph Opatoshu (1886-1954), novelist
- Elma Ehrlich Levinger (1887-1958), playwright
- Albert Lévitt (1887-1968), novelist
- Raoul Walsh (M / United States, 1887-1980), film director
- Paul Eldridge (1888-1982), novelist
- Benjamin Russell Herts (1888-1954), playwright
- Florence LaBadie (F / United States, 1888-1917), actress
- Mendl Osherowitch (1888-1965), novelist
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1888-1982), novelist
- Roy Webb (M / United States, 1888-1982), film composer
- John T. Coyle (M / United States, 1890-1970), film director
- Elmer Holmes Davis (1890-1958), novelist
- Bessie Eyton (F / United States, 1890-1965), actress
- Elias Gilner (b.1890), novelist
- Leon Kolb (b.1890), novelist
- Gertrude McCoy (F / United States, 1890-1967), actress
- Anna Belle Safier (F / United States, 20th cent.), composer
- Robert Frazer (M / United States, 1891-1944), actor
- Wilder Penfield (M / United States, Canada, 1891-1976), novelist
- Frank R. Stayer (M / United States, 1891-1964), film director
- William Beaudine (M / United States, 1892-1970), film director
- Katherine Binney Shippen (1892-1980), novelist
- Spencer Gordon Bennet (M / United States, 1893-1987), film director
- William Dieterle (M / Germany, United States, 1893-1972), film director
- Fulton Oursler (1893-1952), novelist
- Ernest B. Schoedsack (M / United States, 1893-1979), film director
- Robert Nathan (1894-1985), novelist
- Abraham Wolf Binder (M / United States, 1895-1966), composer
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (M / Italy, United States, 1895-1968), composer
- Mary Helm Clarke (1895-1968), novelist
- Lovesta Dorwin Davis (b.1895), novelist
- Vardis Fisher (1895-1968), novelist
- Maurice Samuel (1895-1972), translator
- Gourgen Yanikian (1895-1984), novelist
- Philip Barry (1896-1949), playwright
- Abraham Raphael Forsyth (1896-1954), novelist
- Grace Meyers Petitclerc
- Max Savelle (1896-1979), novelist
- Joseph Schildkraut (M / Austria, United States, 1896-1964), actor
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (M / Austria, United States, 1897-1957), film composer
- Gladys Malvern (F / United States, 1897-1962), novelist
- Lydia May Glover Deseo (F / United States, 1898-...), playwright
- Irvin Rapper (M / Britain, United States, 1898-1999), film director
- Gloria Swanson (F / United States, 1899-1983), actor
- Ludwig Bauer (b.1900), novelist
- LeGette Blythe (1900-1993), novelist
- Taylor Caldwell (F / Britain, United States, 1900-1985), novelist
- Reginald Lawrence (1900-1967), playwright
- Mervyn LeRoy (M / United States, 1900-1987), film director
- Alfred Newman (M / United States, 1900-1979), film composer
- Victor Young (M / United States, 1900-1956), film composer
- Daniele Amfitheatrof (M / Russia, Italy, United States, 1901-1983), film composer
- Jacqueline Logan (F / United States, 1901-1983), actor
- Laurene Chinn (F / United States, 1902-1978), novelist
- Harold Daniels (M / United States, 1903-1971), film director
- Milton Steinberg (1903-1950), novelist
- Delmer Daves (M / United States, 1904-1977), film director
- Jan Peerce (M / United States, 1904-1984), singer
- George Stevens (M / United States, 1904-1975), film director
- Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1904-2003), novelist & playwright
- Shmuel Izban (M / Poland, 1905-1995), novelist
- Henry Koster (M / Germany, United States, 1905-1988), film director
- Nelson Leigh (M / United States, 1905–1985), actor
- Urban Nagle (1905-1965), playwright
- Ain Kalmus (1906-2001), novelist
- Jim Bishop (1907-1987), novelist
- James A. Michener (1907-1997), novelist
- Winthrop Neilson (1907-1987), novelist
- Cothburn O'Neal (1907–2001), novelist
- Miklós Rózsa (M / Hungary, United States, 1907-1995), film composer
- George Duning (M / United States, 1908-2000), film composer
- Esther Kellner (F / United States, 1908-1998), novelist
- Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001), novelist
- Elizabeth George Speare (F / United States, 1908-1994), novelist
- Richard T. Sullivan (1908-1981), novelist
- Henrietta Buckmaster (F / United States, 1909-1983), novelist
- Eddie Dew (M / United States, 1909-1972), film director
- Herbert Haufrecht (M / United States, 1909-1998), composer
- Gladys Schmitt (F / United States, 1909-1972), novelist
- Herman Berlinski (M / Germany, United States, 1910-2001), composer
- Richard Conte (M / United States, 1910-1975), actor
- Ernest K. Gann (1910-1991), novelist
- Marjorie Holmes (F / United States, 1910-2002), novelist
- Alan Hovhaness (M / United States, 1911-2000), composer
- Bob Jones (1911-1997), novelist
- Gian Carlo Menotti (M / Italy, United States, 1911-2007), composer, librettist, stage director
- Paul J. Sifler (M / United States, 1911-2001), composer
- Richard G. Hubler (1912-1981), novelist
- Hugo Weisgall (M / United States, 1912-1997), composer
- J. Harold Thomas (1913-2006), novelist
- Howard Fast (1914-2003), novelist
- Stephen Stafford Mann (1914-2002), novelist
- Jess Stearn (1914-2002), novelist