Sylvia Plath
Best known for her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar and her two collections of poems “The Colossus” and “Ariel,” American poet, short-story writer, and novelist Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) was one of the most talented and beloved American poets who advanced the genre of confessional poetry.
Theodor Adorno
THEODOR ADORNO (September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) German philosopher, sociologist, and composer. Major Accomplishments: Wrote large bodies of work on philosophy, aesthetics, and human suffering. Wrote the highly influential Minima Moralia (1951) and Negative Dialectics (1967). Made noteworthy contributions to the critique of authoritarianism. ...
Vladimir Nabokov
VLADIMIR NABOKOV (April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977) A Russian-American writer who is regarded as one of the most influential prose writers of the twentieth century. Major Accomplishments: Wrote the novels, Lolita (1955) and Pale Fire (1962) Professor at Cornell, Stanford, Wellesley, and Harvard...
