MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

LITERATURE

WRITERS

• Poet Laureates

• Alvarez, Rafael (1958- ) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Baker, Russell W. (1925- )
• Barth, John S. (1930- )
• Bell, Madison Smartt (1957-)
• Bozman, John Leeds (1757-1823)
• Briscoe, Connie (1952-)
  Born in Washington, DC
• Byron, Gilbert (1903-1991)
• Cain, James M. (1892-1977) Born in Annapolis, Maryland
• Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)
• Chappell, Helen
• Clancy, Tom (1947-)
• Clifton, Lucille (1936-)
• Collier, Michael (1953-)
• Cooke, Ebenezer (1667-1732)
• Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895) Born near Easton, Maryland
• Finley, Martha (1828-1909)
• Flint, Roland (1934-2001)
• Fuqua, Jonathon Scott
• Gildea, William
• Gresham, William Lindsay (1909-1962) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Grimes, Martha
• Grossman, Allen (1932- )
• Hammett, Dashiell (1894-1961)
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Heck, Peter J.
• Hunter, Stephen
• Jacobsen, Josephine (1908-2003) Died in Cockeysville, Maryland, July 9, 2003.
• Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Lee, Barbara
• Mangan, Kathy
• Massey, Sujata (1964- )
• Matthews, Tonya Maria
• McGill, Alice
• Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• McDermott, Alice (1954- )
• Miles, George Henry (1824-1871) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Murray, Pauli (1910-1985) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Nash, Ogden (1902-1971) Lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 19, 1971.
• Oden, Gloria Catherine (1923-)
• O'Hara, Frank (1926-1966) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Parsons, Patty Leigh (1954-2002) Born in Salisbury, Maryland
• Pastan, Linda (1932-)
• Pinckney, Edward Coote (1802-1828)
• Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
• Randolph, Innes (1837-1887) Died in Baltimore, Maryland
• Reese, Lizette Woodworth (1856-1935)
• Robson, Lucia St. Clair (1942-) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Salamanca, J. R. (1924- )
• Scharper, Diane
• Semmes, Raphael (1809-1877)
• Shapiro, Karl (1913-2000) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Spires, Elizabeth (1952-)
• Steinbach, Alice
• Talley, Marcia (1945-)
• Tilghman, Christopher
• Townsend, George Alfred (1841-1914)
• Tyler, Anne (1941- )
• Uris, Leon (1924- ) Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Warfield, Gallatin
• Weems, Mason Locke (1759-1825)
• West, Chassie
• Whittemore, Reed (1919-)
• Wormser, Baron (1948-) Born in Baltimore, Maryland

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