Which writer is American, Michel Leiris or Gwendolyn Brooks?
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Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (] ; April 20, 1901 in Paris – September 30, 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer.
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Gwendolyn Brooks Throughout her prolific writing career, Brooks received many more honors. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968, a position held until her death, and what is now the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress for the 1985–86 term. In 1976, she became the first African-American woman inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Gwen Davis Gwen Davis (born May 11, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, journalist and poet.
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born September 15, 1942) is an American writer. She is known for her series of historical horror novels about the vampire Count Saint-Germain.
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George Brooks (jeweler) George Brooks (born 1925) was one of the first designers and fabricators of modernist and wearable art jewelry in Canada, and later relocated to Santa Barbara in California.
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Carol Weston Carol Weston (born September 11, 1956) is an American writer. The author of sixteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, she has been the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994. Her newest book is Speed of Life, which received starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and Booklist. The New York Times Book Review called it "perceptive, funny and moving."
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Gwendolyn Gwendolyn is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of "Gwendolen" (perhaps influenced by names such as "Carolyn", "Evelyn" and "Marilyn"). This has been the most popular spelling in the United States.
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Karl Markus Michel Karl Markus Michel (4 September 1929 in Hong Kong – 16 November 2000 in Berlin) was a German writer.
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Patricia Wells Patricia Wells (born 5 November 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a cookbook author and teacher who divides her time between Paris and Provence. Her book "Patricia Wells at Home in Provence" (1996) won the James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook. Wells is the only American and the only woman to be a restaurant critic for a major French publication, "L'Express" (1988–1991). She was also a restaurant critic for the "International Herald Tribune" from 1980 until 2007.
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Leila Schneps Leila Schneps (born December 22, 1961) is an American mathematician, living in France, employed by Centre national de la recherche scientifique, and based at the Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu of Pierre and Marie Curie University, France, where she specializes in number theory. In addition to academic publication, she has edited several text books on aspects of mathematics, written a popular book and articles on the use and abuse of mathematics in criminal proceedings, and, under the pseudonym Catherine Shaw, written a series of mathematically themed murder mysteries.
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Pierre Joris Pierre Joris (born July 14, 1946) is a Luxembourg-American poet, translator, anthologist and essayist.
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Charlotte Gill Charlotte Gill is a Canadian fiction and non-fiction writer.
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Michel Reis Michel Reis is a Luxembourgian jazz pianist and composer who has performed internationally with a number of bands as well as solo.
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David Brooks (cultural commentator) David Brooks (born August 11, 1961) is a conservative American author as well as political and cultural commentator who writes for "The New York Times". He has worked as a film critic for "The Washington Times", a reporter and later op-ed editor for "The Wall Street Journal"; a senior editor at "The Weekly Standard" from its inception; a contributing editor at "Newsweek" and "The Atlantic Monthly"; and a commentator on NPR. He is currently a columnist for "The New York Times" and commentator on "PBS NewsHour".
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Golden Brooks Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career with starring role in the Showtime comedy series, "Linc's" (1998–2000), and later has appeared in films "Timecode" (2000) and "Impostor" (2001).
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Sophie Treadwell Sophie Anita Treadwell (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970), was a noteworthy American playwright and journalist of the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her play "Machinal" which is often included in drama anthologies as an example of a expressionist or modernist play. Treadwell wrote dozens of plays, several novels, as well as serial stories and countless articles that appeared in newspapers. In addition to writing plays for the theatre, Treadwell also produced, directed and acted in some of her productions. The styles and subjects of Treadwell's writings are vast, but many present women's issues of her time, subjects of current media coverage, or aspects of Treadwell's Mexican heritage.
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Lilou Macé Lilou Macé (born August 20, 1977) is a French-American author, webTV host, video blogger, speaker and interviewer.
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Hadley Richardson Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (November 9, 1891 – January 22, 1979) was the first wife of American author Ernest Hemingway. The two married in 1921 after a courtship of less than a year, and moved to Paris within months of being married. In Paris, Hemingway pursued a writing career, and through him Hadley met other expatriate British and American writers.
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Jessie Lilley Jessie Lilley is an American writer, editor and small-press magazine publisher best known as the original publisher of "Scarlet Street" magazine. She is currently editor-in-chief of "Mondo Cult". magazine.
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Eugenia Collier Eugenia W. Collier (born 1928) is an African-American writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds", which won the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction award. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Stephanie Theobald Stephanie Theobald (born 29 August 1966) is a British novelist and journalist, author of "Biche" and three other novels. The Times described her as “One of London’s most celebrated literary lesbians.” She was dubbed a “notorious lesbian author” by the "Daily Mail" in 2007. In a "Varsity" 2011 interview with Theobald the paper described her as “No ordinary female writer.” She has been the subject of controversy – punk designer Vivienne Westwood is a vociferous anti-fan of Theobald’s work. At a London society party in 2009 she approached her to announce that she ‘hated’ Theobald’s novels adding that "A Partial Indulgence" was “Like vomit coming at you off the page.”
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of that city's renowned Stuyvesant High School. The 2001 documentary film "", which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards, including: