Until I googled it I didn't know who wrote it either so.. y'know. At least Anne Franks' Diary is pretty self explanatory, ask a random person on the street who wrote 'The Tempest', chances are they won't know. But in all fairness a lot of Diaries aren't written by the person in the title; Adrian Mole and Bridget Jones for example. Books can also be biographies so aren't necessarily written by that particular person. Even though I've never read it myself I would've thought they would know about Anne Frank just by going through school.

I was an English major in college for 3 years and took a TON of English and literature courses (at least 2 per semester). I have never once heard of "The Tempest" from any professor. I love Shakespeare and I hadn't even heard of this play till I stumbled across it on my own. I wrote my senior thesis for advanced placement in college English on "Macbeth" and that wasn't even one of the options. (By the way I attained my placement) You aren't making a point, you are just saying that it is appalling that there are people in the world who have not heard of a set of books yet they are in their freshman year? Guess what, that is why they are attending school, to learn that which they have yet to learn. I was an advanced student and I had yet to even hear about it and I would read Shakespeare for fun. Also, this may come as a surprise, but not all teachers or curriculum teach Shakespeare. I had a teacher that basically said, "Since I don't like his plays we are going to watch a movie of 'Hamlet' and then you will take a 5 question test, as I am required to at least go over 'Hamlet' this year at some point." As for #161, I haven't a clue why you got down-voted since you were just pointing out a possibility, so I am voting you back up again because you are absolutely correct. Probably some idiot that thinks all biographies must be written by the person they are about, turns out, most were not written by said person in fact. "Anne Frank" was a rare gem that made it through unharmed somehow, to the great benefit of those of us that have read her biography.

For an English major in - 'ahem hem' - advanced standing (raise pinky finger here), your writing has very poor readability and clarity. Further, I just gave 161 a thumbs down JUST to offset your righteous sense of social justice. Oh and a pat on the back for finding Shakespeare, way to overcome all those academic hurdles that is a crap teacher. "Clap.....clap...clap."