Category: Novelists

Henry Fielding

(1707–1754) Works: • A Journey from This World to the Next (1749) • Amelia (1751) • An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. I (1742) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. II (1742) • The History of the Life of the Late…

Eugène Murer

(1841–1906) Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, dit Eugène Murer The artist’s works: Trilogy of Months, state II s.d. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Eugène Murer in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Eugène Murer 1877 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Eugène Murer…

George Augustus Moore

(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…

Judith Gautier

(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…

Catulle Mendès

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Ray Bradbury

(1920–2012) Ray Douglas Bradbury Works: • Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 (English) Filmography as Actor: Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen…

Truman Capote

(1924–1984) Truman Streckfus Persons Filmography as Writer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Filmography as Actor: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote     Annie Hall 1977…

Irving Stone

(1903–1989) Irving Tannenbaum Filmography as Writer: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Director: Carol Reed Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison   Born July 14 1903 San Francisco, CA (USA) Died…

Lew Wallace

(1827–1905)  Lewis “Lew” Wallace Works: • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (English) • The Fair God (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. I (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. II (English) Quotes: • Lew Wallace: Quotations Filmography as Writer: Ben-Hur…

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…