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20th-century librarians

41 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexis RannitAuthor · BooksAlexis Rannit (born Alexey Konstantinovich Dolgoshev - Алексей Константинович Долгошев; Estonian: Aleksis Rannit;
Anabel TorresAuthor · BooksAnabel Torres Restrepo (born 28 December 1948) is a Colombian poet and translator.
Anne TylerAuthor · BooksAnne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic.
Annie M.G. SchmidtAuthor · BooksAnna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer.
Arna BontempsAuthor · BooksArna Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Audre LordeAuthor · BooksAudre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Claude AbravanelPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Abravanel (16 July 1924 – 14 December 2012) was a Swiss-Israeli pianist and composer of classical music.
Cvetka LipušAuthor · BooksShe was born in Bad Eisenkappel in the Austrian state of Carinthia and is the daughter of the Carinthian Slovenian author Florjan Lipuš. She attended th
David RumseyAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — David Rumsey at the 2005 Where 2.0 Conference
Dee BrownAuthor · BooksDorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29, 1908 – December 12, 2002) was an American novelist, historian, and librarian.
Elizabeth JenningsAuthor · BooksElizabeth Joan Jennings (18 July 1926 – 26 October 2001) was a British poet. She won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1955 for her second poetry collection, A Way of Looking.
Elizabeth SmitherAuthor · BooksElizabeth Edwina Smither MNZM (born 15 September 1941) is a New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer.
Frank O'ConnorAuthor · BooksFrank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator.
Geno PampaloniAuthor · BooksGeno Pampaloni (25 November 1918 – 17 January 2001) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor, and essayist.
Giorgi KekelidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Kekelidze (გიორგი კეკელიძე; born April 10, 1984) is a Georgian poet, essayist and the founder of the first Georgian digital library, lib.ge.
Harry JärvAuthor · BooksHarry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish and Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant-ranked veteran of World War II.
Herberto HélderAuthor · BooksPrémio da Crítica da Associação Portuguesa de Críticos Literários (1988)
Hyam MaccobyAuthor · BooksHyam Maccoby (1924–2004) was a Jewish-British scholar and dramatist specialising in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious traditions.
Ion NegoițescuAuthor · BooksIon Negoiţescu (iˈon neɡo.iˈt͡sesku; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading…
Jack BedsonAuthor · BooksJohn William "Jack" Bedson (born 5 March 1950) is an Australian writer, poet, children's picture book author, and former university librarian.
Jiří KratochvilAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jiří Kratochvil (2017)
Joe HickersonPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Charles Hickerson (October 20, 1935 – August 17, 2025), known professionally as Joe Hickerson, was an American folk singer, song finder, and musicologist.
Madeleine L'EngleAuthor · BooksMadeleine L'Engle (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Margarita AligerAuthor · BooksMargarita Iosifovna Aliger (Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р; née Zeliger; October 7 1915 – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet-Russian poet, translator, and journalist.
Marie-Thérèse SchinsIllustrator · IllustrationMarie-Thérèse Schins (born 21 August 1943) is a German-Dutch journalist, painter and writer.
Martin LingsAuthor · BooksMartin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher.
Moira ShearerPerson · Film memorabiliaMoira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006) was a Scottish ballet dancer and actress.
Natalya GorbanevskayaAuthor · BooksNatalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya (Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская; 26 May 1936 – 29 November 2013) was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist.
Panna NaikAuthor · BooksPanna Naik (born 28 December 1933) is an Indian Gujarati language poet and story writer who has lived in Philadelphia, United States since 1960.
Parvin E'tesamiAuthor · BooksRakhshandeh E'tesami (17 March 1907 – 4 April 1941), better known as Parvin E'tesami, was a 20th-century Iranian Persian-language poet.
Pavol RankovAuthor · BooksPavol Rankov (born 16 September 1964) is a Slovak writer. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987.
Philip LarkinAuthor · BooksPhilip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.
Philip PullmanAuthor · BooksSir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
Pier Antonio Quarantotti GambiniAuthor · BooksPier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini (ˈpjɛr anˈtɔːnjo kwaranˈtɔtti ɡamˈbiːni; 23 February 1910 – 22 April 1965) was an Italian writer and journalist, author of novels, poetry, and essays.
Raija SiekkinenAuthor · BooksRaija Siekkinen (pronounced Ri-a) (11 February 1953 – 7 February 2004) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1998.
Robert PinskyAuthor · BooksRobert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms.
Roberto JuarrozAuthor · BooksRoberto Juarroz (5 October 1925 – 31 March 1995) was an Argentine poet famous for his "Poesía vertical" (Vertical poetry).
Romana JavitzArtist · PaintingsRomana Javitz (January 28, 1903 –January 1980) was an American artist, librarian, and Superintendent of the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library.
Valeriya NovodvorskayaAuthor · BooksValeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (17 May 1950 – 12 July 2014) was a Russian and Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician.
Wolfgang SchmiederPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Schmieder (May 29, 1901 – November 8, 1990) was a German music librarian and musicologist.
Zsuzsa RakovszkyAuthor · BooksZsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian translator and writer. Her surname also appears as Rakovsky.

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