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2009 Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York
2007 Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75 2006 Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland 2006 Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies 2005 Robert Sheckley, American Author 2005 Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author 2005 Shelby Foote, American Author 2005 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 2004 Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author, Masterpiece Theater, dies at 95 2003 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life', committed suicide 2003 Carol Shields, Canadian Author 2003 Carol Shields, author, The Stone Diaries, dies at 68 2003 Kathleen Winsor, American Author 2003 Paul Zindel, playwright/YA author, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, dies at 66 2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2002 Walter Lord, American Author 2002 Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 2001 Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dies at 66 2001 Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 2001 Auberon Waugh, British Author 2000 Edward Gorey, author, Amphigorey, dies at 75 2000 Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 2000 Patrick O'Brian, author of sea-faring novels, Aubrey-Maturin series, dies at 85 1999 Sarah Delany, author/teacher, Having Our Say, dies at 109 1998 Allen Drury, author/journalist, Advise and Consent, dies at 80 1998 Kay Thompson, American Author 1998 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist/author, dies at 108 1998 Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69 1998 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Jo Clayton, author, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1997 Brendan Gill, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine, dies at 83 1997 Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1997 James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90 1997 William S. Burroughs, author, Naked Lunch, dies at 83 1997 Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phe, nomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', dies from heart failure 1997 Helene Hanff, author, 84 Charing Cross Road, dies at 80 1997 Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1996 William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85 1996 Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 1996 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 1996 William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1996 Michael Bentine, British author/comedian (Reluctant Jester), dies at 74 1996 Idries Shah, Indian Author 1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 1996 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1996 Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 1996 Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77 1996 Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81 1996 Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991, dies at 51 1996 Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1996 William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 1995 Ross Thomas, author, dies at 69 1995 Robertson Davies (author), dies at 82 1995 Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84 1995 Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84 1995 Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53 1995 Kingsley Amis, author, dies of injuries from a fall at 73 1995 Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82 1995 Ellis Peters, British Author 1995 Elleston Trevor, author, dies 1995 Aziz Nesin, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, dies at 79 1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1995 Stanley Elkin, American Author 1995 Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67 1995 Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90 1995 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 1995 Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81 1995 Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74 1995 Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81 1995 Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author, dies at 80 1995 Helene Weijel, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44 1995 James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 1995 Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1995 Arthur S Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 1995 Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70 1995 George Woodcock, author, dies at 82 1995 Jean Tardieu, author, dies at 91 1995 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48 1995 Rose Kennedy, American Author 1994 Hans Berghuis, author and poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70 1994 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82 1994 Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Mary Durack, poet, author, historian, dies at 81 1994 Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78 1994 Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies 1994 David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37 1994 Nyanaponika, Siegmund Feniger, German scholar/author, dies at 93 1994 Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96 1994 Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England 1994 Jessie Kesson, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright, dies at 77 1994 Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66 1994 Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46 1994 Keith Davis, voice Tutor/Author, dies at 85 1994 James Clavell, author (Shogun, Tai-Pan), dies at 69 1994 James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69 1994 Pieter C "Piet" Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71 1994 Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70 1994 Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74 1994 Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89 1994 Elias Canetti, Swiss Author 1994 Aartje W. "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, dies at 93 1994 Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96 1994 James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52 1994 Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies 1994 A "Bob" den Doolaard, author (Inn with the horseshoe), dies at 93 1994 Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90 1994 John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69 1994 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81 1994 Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74 1994 Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 1994 Samuel Selvon, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, dies at 70 1994 Ralph Ellison, American Author 1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 1994 Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer 1994 Charles Bukowski, author and poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61 1993 Margaret Landon, U.S. author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at 90 1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88 1993 Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 1993 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 1993 Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 1993 Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author 1993 Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author, Heir, dies at 85 1993 John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78 1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 1993 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91 1993 Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75 1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50 1992 Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77 1992 Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies 1992 William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1992 James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 1992 Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 1992 Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 1992 Vernon Howard, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth, dies 1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S. author (American Glass Animals), dies 1992 U.S. actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone 1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83 1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies 1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 1992 Anita Colby, U.S. model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at 77 1992 Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61 1991 Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Philadelphia 1991 Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45 1991 Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1991 Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77 1991 Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57 1991 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81 1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years 1990 Horst Bienek, German author, dies 1990 Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies 1990 Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1990 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies 1990 Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1990 Anya Seton, U.S. author, dies 1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1990 Norman Maclean, American Author 1990 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 1990 Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1990 Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70 1990 Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1989 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 1989 Mary McCarthy, author (Group), dies, at 77 1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1989 Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81 1989 Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62 1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1989 Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 1988 Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 1988 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies 1987 [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60 1987 Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing 1987 Marguerite Yourcenard, author (Memoirs of Hadrien), dies at 84 1987 James A. Baldwin, American Author 1987 Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1987 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1987 Bob Tadema Sporry, author, dies at 75 1987 Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76 1987 Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 1987 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76 1987 Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60 1987 Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91 1986 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 1986 Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1986 Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland 1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 1986 Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80 1986 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxieme Sexe), dies at 86 1986 Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 1986 Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65 1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74 1986 Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumiere du Soir), dies at 86 1985 Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85 1985 French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Charlotte White, U.S. author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 1985 Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr. Palomar), dies at 61 1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 1985 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick and Jane), dies 1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37 1984 Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59 1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72 1984 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72 1983 Mignon McLaughlin, journalist, author, contributed to Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Vogue magazines, Managing Editor, Glamour magazine, famous quote, 'Anything you lose automatically doubles in value', dies in Coral Gables, Florida 1983 Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78 1983 Benjamin V Cohen, U.S. author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88 1983 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65 1983 Rebecca West, Irish Author 1983 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1982 Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80 1982 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80 1982 John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining 1982 Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85 1982 Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr. Futurity), dies at 53 1981 Will Durant, U.S. author (story of civilization), dies at 96 1981 Ariel Durant, U.S. author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83 1981 Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 1981 A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 1980 Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors), dies at 83 1980 Katherine A Porter, U.S. author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90 1980 Henry Miller, American Author 1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94 1980 Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1979 Jean Stafford, U.S. author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 1978 Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 1978 Nicolas Bentley, British Author 1978 Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, author (Ginger Star), dies at 62 1978 Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84 1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 1978 Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author (Presenea), dies at 76 1977 Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66 1977 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78 1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies 1977 Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1976 Andre Malraux, Berger, author (Conquerors)/Minister of Culture, dies 1976 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 1976 Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85 1976 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 1976 Lin Yutang, Chinese Author 1976 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53 1975 James Blish, American Author 1975 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1975 Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75 1975 Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73 1975 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77 1974 Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 1974 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62 1974 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53 1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67 1974 Par Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Dwarf, Nobel 1951), dies at 83 1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 1973 Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 1973 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 1973 M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author 'People that Mutiny', dies at 68 1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80 1973 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67 1972 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 1972 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76 1972 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63 1972 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 1972 Adriaan J. Zoetmulder, author/director, Eindhovens Newspaper 1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1972 Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1971 Walter Van Tilburg Clark, U.S. author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62 1971 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72 1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1971 Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79 1970 Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91 1970 French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia 1970 Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55 1970 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 1970 Napolean Hill, American Author 1970 Unica Zurn, author, painter, dies at 54 1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1970 Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 1970 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 1969 Sarah Vowell, American Author 1969 Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67 1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union 1969 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies 1969 Leonard Woolf, British Author 1969 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64 1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 1969 Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 1969 Max Eastman, American Author 1969 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87 1969 John Wyndham, Parkes Lucas B Harris, author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 1969 Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 1968 John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel 1940, 62), dies at 66 1968 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 1968 Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 1968 Upton B Sinclair, U.S. author (Jungle), dies at 90 1968 Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies 1968 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 1968 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1968 Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 1968 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60 1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1968 Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1968 Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78 1968 Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80 1968 Fannie Hurst, U.S. author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 1968 Warren Ellis, British Author 1967 Manuel A Fraai, Curaeaos author (Silly Aguero), dies at 70 1967 French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia 1967 Carson McCullers, U.S. author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50 1967 Esther Forbes, American Author 1967 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversiere), dies at 29 1967 Bruce Barton, American Author 1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies 1967 Poppy Z. Brite, American Author 1967 J Langston Hughes, U.S. author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 1967 French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia 1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4 years 1967 Meg Cabot, American Author 1966 Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88 1966 Sarah Zettel, American Author 1966 Matt Drudge, American Celebrity, author of "The Drudge Report" 1966 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75 1966 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53 1966 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1966 Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66 1966 Mari Sandoz, U.S. author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64 1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in U.S.S.R. 1966 Kathleen Norris, U.S. author, dies at 85 1965 Nicholas Sparks, born in Omaha, Nebraska, bestselling author, writer, novelist, wrote, 'A Walk to Remember', author of novels including, 'Nights in Rodanthe', 'The Last Song', 'The Notebook' 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66 1965 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75 1965 Joel Rane, author, Step on Up 1965 Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 1965 J. K. Rowling, English Author 1965 Chris A. Bridges, American Author 1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57 1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1965 Kevin Williamson, American Author 1965 George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65 1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 1964 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60 1964 H[enry] Beam Piper, U.S., sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60 1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1964 Tavis Smiley, American Author 1964 Dan Brown, American Author 1964 Margaret Haddix, American Author 1964 Rachel L Carson, U.S. biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56 1964 A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at 46 1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 1963 Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69 1963 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, Hamilton, author (Silver Chair), dies at 64 1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 C. S. Lewis, English Author 1963 Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 1963 Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 1963 Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Le siecle of Gueux), dies at 89 1963 William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64 1962 Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62 1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 1962 Tammy Bruce, American Author 1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 1962 Herman Hesse, German Author 1962 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 1962 Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 1962 David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1961 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary 1961 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 1961 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97 1961 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Stenkol), dies at 65 1961 Tom Holt, born in London, author, British novelist, writes mythopoeic novels that parody mythology, history, literature 1961 Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 1961 J H F Gronloh, Nescio, author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 1961 Jim Goad, Australian Author 1961 Daniel Clowes, American Author 1961 Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 1960 Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France 1960 Neil Gaiman, British Author 1960 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63 1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70 1960 Ernest Holmes, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine, dies 1960 Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Australia author (Town like Alice), dies at 60 1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1960 Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 1959 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 1959 Ben Okri, born in London, of Nigerian descent, poet, author, won Booker Prize 1991, for book 'The Famished Road', described as a magic realist 1958 Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 1958 Cornelia Funke, German Author 1958 Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Theodore Krieger, German author (Forgotten Village), dies at 61 1958 Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1958 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62 1958 Meredith Ann Pierce, U.S., sci-fi author, Darkangel 1958 Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 1958 Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71 1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun 1958 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58 1958 Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1958 Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 1957 Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host, Susan Powter Show 1957 Dorothy Sayers, Atherton Fleming, author (Whose body), dies at 64 1957 Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author 1957 Eric S. Raymond, American Author 1957 Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88 1957 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies 1957 Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author, Project Mankind 1957 Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59 1957 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 1957 Faye Resnick, author, Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary 1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1957 Duncan Goodhew, born in England, Olympic gold medalist, most famous swimmer in the UK, author, motivational speaker 1957 Christopher Morley, American Author 1957 Wyndham Lewis, English Author 1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90 1957 Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75 1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 Michael Connelly, American Author 1956 Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 1956 Anthony Bourdain, American Author 1956 Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, U.S., sci-fi author, Hawk of May 1956 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 1956 David Guterson, American Author 1956 A. A. Milne, English Author 1955 Tracy [Raye] Hickman, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1955 Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer 1955 Steven Brust, Karl Zoltan, U.S., sci-fi author, Yendi, Jhereg 1955 W H van Eemlandt, Haasse, author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies 1955 Timothy Garton Ash, British Author 1955 Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto' 1955 Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica 1955 Jay McInerney, author, Bright Lights, Big City 1954 James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54 1954 Sandra Cisneros, American Author 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author 1954 Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 1954 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Froken Liwin), dies at 78 1954 Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, U.S., sci-fi author, Enigma, Empery 1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu 1954 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 1954 Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix 1954 Anne Lamott, born in San Fransisco, California, author and activist, wrote 'Grace: Thoughts on Faith' and 'Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith' 1954 Dean Inge, English Author 1954 Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1954 Michael Bergdahl, American Author 1953 Jennifer Roberson, U.S., sci-fi author, Shapechangers, Sword-Maker 1953 Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1953 Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist 1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 1953 Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, actress, Shogun 1953 Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, dies at 93 1953 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 1953 John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona 1953 Debbie Steinbach, born in Fullerton, California, professional golfer, author, instructor, twelve-year LPGA Tour veteran, founder of Venus Golf, wrote, 'Venus on the Fairway', has provided over 5,000 individual golf lessons 1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 1952 Somtow Sucharitkul, SP Somtow, Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters 1952 Mel Smith, author, Morons From Outer Space 1952 Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82 1952 Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio, author, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress 1993 1952 Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk 1952 Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey 1952 Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne 1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire 1952 Alice Hoffman, American Author 1952 Douglas Adams, born in England, author, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1952 Tim[othy] Powers, U.S., sci-fi author, Epitaph in Rust, Night Moves 1951 Charles de Lint, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow 1951 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65 1951 Terry McMillan, American Author 1951 Nicholas Yermakov, U.S., sci-fi author, Epiphany, Jehad, Clique 1951 Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike 1951 Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1951 Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity 1951 Emmet Fox, American Author 1951 James Norman Hall, American Author 1951 Suze Orman, American Author 1951 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 1951 Roxanne Pulitzer, born in Glendale California, author, Prize Pulitzer 1951 Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 1951 Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing 1950 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Caverns, Reefs, Lava 1950 Hedwig Courts-Mahler, German author, dies at 83 1950 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author 1950 George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94 1950 Fran Lebowitz, author/actress, Resident Alien 1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Nora Roberts, American Author 1950 David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman 1950 Carel P de Haseth, Curaeaos author/publisher, Bida after kolo 1950 James P[aul] Blaylock, U.S., sci-fi author, Elfin Ship, Homunculus 1950 Helene Weijel, author, In the Street Without a Coat 1950 Peggy Noonan, author, What I Saw at the Revolution 1950 Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn 1950 Mercedes Lackey, American Author 1950 Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1950 M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76 1950 Voranc Prezikov, Lovro Kuhar, Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56 1950 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56 1950 Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1950 Gloria Naylor, U.S. author, Women of Brewster Place 1950 George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1949 Hervey Allen, American Author 1949 R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, U.S., sci-fi author, Damiano's Lute, Raphael 1949 Mary Gordon, U.S., author 1949 Gayl Jones, U.S. author and poet, Corregidora, Song for Anninho 1949 Peter Ackroyd, British Author 1949 Martin Amis, British Author 1949 Joyce Brothers, psychologist/author/columnist 1949 Chris Van Allsburg, American Author 1949 Sigrid Undset, Norse author (Olav Audunsson, Nobel 1928), dies at 67 1949 Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1949 Graham Swift, British Author 1949 Christopher Hitchens, American Author 1949 Larry Wall, Canadian Author 1949 Elizabeth George, American Author 1949 Jonathan Carroll, American Author 1948 Dick Morris, American Author 1948 Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret 1948 Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair and loen), dies at 65 1948 Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' 1948 Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, U.S., sci-fi author, Wild Cards 1948 Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame 1948 Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek II, III, IV 1948 Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth 1948 Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author, Day of Wrath 1948 Ian Mcewan, British Author 1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Terry Pratchett, English Author 1948 Terry Prachett, English Author 1948 Dan Simmons, American Author 1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Dune 1948 Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives 1948 William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero 1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1948 Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run 1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 1948 Lynn Abbey, American Author 1947 Brian C Daley, U.S., sci-fi author, Exploits of Han Solo, Tron 1947 St-Georges de Bouchelier, French author (Children's Carnival), dies at 71 1947 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author, dies 1947 Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tur), dies at 26 1947 Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82 1947 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66 1947 Stephen King, U.S., sci-fi author, Carrie, Shining, Kujo 1947 Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun 1947 Willy Russell, author/playwright, Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita 1947 Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy 1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities 1947 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed 1947 Linda Chavez, American Author 1947 Sara Paretsky, American Author 1947 Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1947 Stephen R. Donaldson, U.S., sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane 1947 Willa Cather, American Author 1947 Robert Kiyosaki, American Author 1947 James Patterson, American Author 1947 Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author 1947 John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1947 Paul Auster, U.S. author, poet and director, Mr Vertigo, Smoke 1947 George Alec Effinger, U.S., sci-fi author, Nick of Time 1947 Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 1946 Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux 1946 Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, author/Radio Orange, dies 1946 Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author 1946 Jerome Corsi, American Author 1946 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 1946 H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1946 H. G. Wells, English Author 1946 Gertrude Stein, American Author 1946 Gertrude Stein, U.S./French author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72 1946 Michael Shea, U.S., sci-fi author, Fat Face, Polyphemus 1946 Robert Asprin, American Author 1946 Elizabeth A. Lynn, U.S., sci-fi author, Watchtower, Red Hawk 1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus 1946 Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker 1946 Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Wetware 1946 Phyllis Eisenstein, U.S., sci-fi author, Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile 1946 Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live' 1945 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39 1945 Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds 1945 Tracy Kidder, American Author 1945 Rachid Mimouni, born in Boudouaou, Algeria, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction' 1945 Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces 1945 Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes 1945 David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1945 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer 1945 Margot Asquith, English Author 1945 Dean Koontz, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Quest, Beastchild 1945 Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1945 Elizabeth Moon, American Author 1945 Thomas Brasch, born in Germany, writer, author, poet, film director, Best Director, 1981 Bavarian Film Awards 1945 Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach 1945 Clarissa Pinkola Estes, born in Indiana, writer, psychologist, certified Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, author, wrote bestseller, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype' 1945 [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings 1945 Ada Negri, Italian poet/author (Fatalit ), dies at 74 1945 Barry Holstein Lopez, U.S. author, Of Wolves and Men 1945 Barry Lopez, American Author 1944 Jack L[aurence] Chalker, U.S., sci-fi author, Saga of Well World 1944 Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43 1944 Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author, 7 Stories 1944 Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber 1944 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names 1944 Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991 1944 Molly Ivins, born in California, newspaper columnist, author, political commentator 1944 Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End 1944 Janet Dailey, U.S., author 1944 Max Brand, Frederick Schiller Faust, western author, dies 1944 Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer 1944 Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 1944 Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 1944 Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, U.S., sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx 1944 Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55 1944 David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 1944 Richard Ford, U.S. author, Sportswriter 1944 Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested 1944 David Gerrold, Jerrold David Friedman, author, World of Star Trek 1944 Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 1944 Terry Brooks, U.S., sci-fi author, Sword of Shannara 1944 Henry Kravis, author, The Money Machine 1943 John Bouber, Blom, actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 1943 Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38 1943 Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author 1943 Neale Donald Walsch, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author, wrote series of books titled, 'Conversations With God', which include, 'What God Wants', 'Happier than God', 'Friendship with God', ' Communion with God' 1943 Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author, Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1943 Nelson DeMille, American Author 1943 Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1943 Joe Haldeman, American Author 1943 Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon 1943 Ewald Vanvugt, author, Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love 1943 Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Joe McGinniss, Rye, New York, author, Selling of President 1968 1942 John Crowley, U.S., sci-fi author, Deep, Beasts, Novelty 1942 Tom Peters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, writer, author, speaker, consultant, business management practices expert, co-wrote, 'In Search of Excellence', believes the least amount of overhead business processes can produce empowering decision-makers within an entire company organization 1942 Shere Hite, author/sex therapist 1942 Donna Leon, American Author 1942 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania 1942 Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Summerfair 1942 C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy 1942 Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1942 James Topping, author of CP/M 1942 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 1942 Barry B[rookes] Longyear, U.S., sci-fi author, City of Baraboo 1942 Kitty Kelley, author, Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra 1942 Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona 1942 Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying 1942 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy 1942 Ama Ata Aidoo, born in Saltpond, Ghana, Ghanaian author and playwright, wrote 'The Dilemma of a Ghost' 1942 Paul Preuss, U.S., sci-fi author, Medusa Encounter, Starfire 1942 Michael D[iamond] Resnick, sci-fi author, Sideshow, Eros Ascending 1942 Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host, Nathan Sid, In Africa 1941 Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author 1941 Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46 1941 Anne Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, Interview with a Vampire 1941 James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author, Giants' Star 1941 Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies 1941 Michael Pennington, actor/author, Return of Sherlock Holmes 1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn 1941 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author, Mussert 1941 George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 1941 Virginia Woolf, British Author 1941 Stephen Dobyns, U.S. author and poet, Cold Dog Soup 1940 F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44 1940 Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist 1940 Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies 1940 Maxine Hong Kingston, U.S., author 1940 Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 George Greenstein, author, Secret of a Jewish Baker 1940 Timothy Severin, author/explorer 1940 Norman [Richard] Spinrad, U.S., sci-fi author, Child of Fortune 1940 Norman Spinrad, American Author 1940 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& dodsnat), dies at 72 1940 Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1940 Joseph Brodsky, U.S.S.R., author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987 1940 Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies 1940 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 1940 Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest 1940 Jeffrey Archer, born in England, Tory-Commons, author, Matter of Honor 1940 Russell Banks, American Author 1940 Selma O Lagerlof, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81 1940 Thomas M[ichael] Disch, U.S., sci-fi author, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs 1939 Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author, Alien Heat, Bull and Spear 1939 Margaret E Atwood, author and poet 1939 Auberon Waugh, British Author 1939 Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo 1939 Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 1939 M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Gameplayers of Zan 1939 Christina Crawford, author, Joan's daughter, Mommie Dearest 1939 Margaret Drabble, British author, Needle's Eye 1939 Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books 1939 Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael 1939 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 1939 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 1939 Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four 1939 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters 1939 Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, U.S., sci-fi author, Spider Jane, Heart's Blood 1939 Rachel English, London, author, My 1st 500 1939 Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich 1939 Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1939 Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1938 Janet Hough Bryant, author/performing artist/educator 1938 Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (Bila Nemoc), dies at 48 1938 Stewart Brand, American Author 1938 Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1938 Judith Martin, author/journalist/columnist, Miss Manners 1938 Frederick Forsyth, author, Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File 1938 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67 1938 Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal, kid books author 1938 Margaret Forster, British Author 1938 Larry Niven, U.S., sci-fi author, 5 Hugo, Neutron Star 1938 Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green and Gray), dies at 75 1938 Henry Newbolt, English Author 1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 David Irving, British Author 1938 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, U.S., sci-fi author, Infernal Device 1938 Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red 1938 Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 1938 Judy Blume, author, Wifey 1938 John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom 1937 John [Thomas] Sladek, U.S., sci-fi author, Tik-Tok, Bugs 1937 Brian Lumley, England, sci-fi author, Compleat Crow, Psychomech 1937 Gail Sheehy, author, Hustling 1937 Jackie Collins, London, author, Bitch, Stud 1937 Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1937 Albertine Sarrazin, French author, L'astragale, La Cavale 1937 Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard 1937 Jared Diamond, American Author 1937 William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 1937 Edith Wharton, American Author 1937 Brooke Hayward, born in Los Angeles, California, author, Haywire 1937 Mirabel Morgan, author, Total Woman 1937 Gail Godwin, U.S., author, Perfectionists, Odd Woman 1937 Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story 1937 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Robert Fulghum, American Author 1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber 1937 George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1937 Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions 1937 Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, born in UK, sci-fi author, Collision Course 1937 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1937 Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx 1937 Jilly Cooper, British Author 1937 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 1936 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1936 K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author 1936 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, dies at 76 1936 Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1936 Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author 1936 Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99 1936 Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 1936 Richard L[ouis] Tierney, U.S., sci-fi author, Winds of Zarr 1936 Tom Robbins, American Author 1936 Richard Bach, born in Oak Park, Illinois, writer, author, best-sellers include, 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 'Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah', genres include aviation, fantasy, philosophy 1936 Lars Gustafsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, professor, University of Texas at Austin, author, wrote 'The Death of a Beekeeper' 1936 Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, U.S., sci-fi author, Jupiter Theft 1936 Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers 1936 Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright, Are You Lonesome Tonight 1936 Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author 1936 Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet, Dimri i Madh 1936 Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author, Instant Replay 1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 1936 Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, author, Last Wish 1935 Calvin Trillin, author, New Yorker 1935 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1935 Randolph Stow, author and poet, Suburbs of Hell 1935 Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, femnist/author, Ms 1935 Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89 1935 Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies 1935 Michael Holroyd, born in London, England, author, biographer, wrote biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John 1935 Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1935 Carol Shields, Canadian Author 1935 Erich von Daniken, author, Chariots of the Gods 1935 Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1935 John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century 1935 Judith Rossner, author, Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1935 Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' 1935 Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author, Against Our Wills 1935 Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78 1935 David Lodge, British Author 1935 Raymond Briggs, English author, Fungus the Bogeyman 1935 Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle 1935 Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet 1934 Carl Sagan, Brooklyn, astronomer/author/professor, Cosmos, Broca's Brain 1934 Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and author, Charlotte Life or Theater 1934 Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author, Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay 1934 John Brunner, Kilian Houston, UK, sci-fi author, 100th Millennium 1934 Kate Millett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, feminist/author, Sexual Politics 1934 Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter 1934 Delilah L Beasley, U.S. author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61 1934 Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1934 Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author, Chthon, Phthor 1934 [James] Thorne Smith, U.S., sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) 1934 Harlan [Jay] Ellison, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5 1934 Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969 1933 Earnest P van Altena, author/interpreter, Chansons van Earnest 1933 David Reuben, author, Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex 1933 Augustine Birrell, English Author 1933 Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1933 Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Nancy Friday, American Author 1933 Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon 1933 John Bradshaw, born in Houston, Texas, educator, speaker, author, popularized dysfunctional family, wrote 'Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child' 1933 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 1933 Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford, author 1933 Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika 1933 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1933 Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author 1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1933 Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author, Web of Wizardry, Space Trap 1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1933 Sara Teasdale, American Author 1933 Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, U.S., sci-fi author, Deadwalk, Plunder 1933 Sonia Garmers, Justina, Curaeao, author, Dear Queen 1932 Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth 1932 Carry van Bruggen, de Haan, Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51 1932 Marian Christy, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author, Invasions of Privacy 1932 Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left 1932 Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center 1932 Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna 1932 Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author, Cat Karina 1932 Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1932 Carlene Polite, U.S. dancer/activist/author, Sister X 1932 Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake 1932 Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author 1932 Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim 1932 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1932 Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1932 Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1932 Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father 1932 Ronald Allison, British author/broadcaster 1932 Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1932 Umberto Eco, author, Name of the Rose 1931 Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo 1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69 1931 Dervla Murphy, travel author, Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule 1931 Rinus Ferdinandusse, editor/author, Nude on Fence 1931 Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, author, Winters in Wartime 1931 John Le Carre, English Author 1931 Brian Glanville, author/journalist 1931 Kristin Hunter, Eggleston, U.S. author, God Bless the Child 1931 Frank Harris, Irish Author 1931 Alice Munro, author, Dance of the Happy Shades 1931 Julian May, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Torc, Magnificat 1931 Louis W. Ballard, born in Cherokee, Quapaw, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee' 1931 David Eddings, U.S., sci-fi author, Belgariad, Malloreon 1931 Andres Burnier, criminologist/author, Jongensuur 1931 Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries 1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1931 Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, U.S., sci-fi author, Soldier of Arete 1931 Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E 1931 Jane Rule, Canadian Author 1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1931 John McPhee, author, Back to ---- 1931 Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff 1931 Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime 1931 Thomas Bernhard, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist 1931 Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus 1931 Mordecai Richler, Montreal author, Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth 1931 E. L. Doctorow, American Author 1930 John Morressy, U.S., sci-fi author, Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane 1930 J. G. Ballard, British Author 1930 Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, Christmas in Biafra 1930 J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author, Drowned World 1930 Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curaeao 1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February 1930 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 1930 Colin Dexter, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, author, crime writer of 13 detective novels and 33 episode television series featuring fictional character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, portrayed by John Thaw 1930 Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 1930 Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1930 Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire 1930 Warren Burger, U.S., author, The Midas Touch 1930 D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author, Synthajoy, Radio Plays 1930 Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1930 Thomas Sowell, author/activist 1930 Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, U.S., sci-fi author, Thongor of Lemuria 1930 Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen 1930 Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last 1930 Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords 1930 Fred Saberhagen, American Author 1930 Herbert Croly, American Author 1930 Stanley Elkin, American Author 1930 Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63 1930 Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1930 Erica Pedretti, born in Sternberk, Czech Republic, author, writer, artist, painter, sculptress, awarded, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 1930 Harry Mathews, American Author 1930 Kenneth Anger, American Author 1930 Norman Podhoretz, born in Brooklyn, New York, author/editor, New York Post 1930 Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author, Fool's sanctuary 1929 Mary Higgins Clark, born in Bronx, New York, author, Cry in the Night, Stillwatch 1929 Marilyn French, U.S. author, The Women's Room 1929 Renate Rubinstein, Tamar, German/Ned's author/columnist, Tamar 1929 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author, Death of Artemio Cruz 1929 Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author, Verhor von Habana 1929 Ursula K. Le Guin, U.S., sci-fi author, Tombs of Atuan 1929 Ursula K. LeGuin, American Author 1929 Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973 1929 Ira Levin, author, Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day 1929 Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author, Keepers of the House 1929 Eric Carle, American Author 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1929 Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist and child birth educator 1929 Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author, Ipcress File, Fighter 1929 Peter NF Porter, Australian/British author and poet, Chair of Babel 1929 Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, author, Little Murders 1929 John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Philip K[indred] Dick, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo-1963, Blade Runner 1928 Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies 1928 1st celebration of Author's Day 1928 Thomas Burnett Swann, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of Minotaur 1928 Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave 1928 Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1928 Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet 1928 Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space 1928 Robert Sheckley, American Author 1928 Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author, 1st Family, Blood River 1928 Pavel Kohout, born in Czechoslovakia, director/author, Poor Murderer 1928 Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1928 Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap 1928 Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies 1928 Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days 1928 Cynthia Ozick, U.S., author, Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories 1928 James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1928 Tom Sharpe, English historian/author, Riotous Assembly, Want 1928 Michael Harrington, St. Louis, socialist/author, Fragments of Century 1928 Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author, Tormenta de verano 1928 Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend 1928 Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster 1928 Judith Krantz, born in New York City, author, Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle 1928 William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1927 Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author, Heartsease 1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1927 Gunther Grass, German Author 1927 Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator 1927 James Goldman, author/playwright, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid 1927 Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1927 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals 1927 Zilpha Keatly Snyder, U.S., sci-fi author, Headless Cupid 1927 Anthony Lewis, columnist New York Times and author, Gideon's Trumpet 1927 Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1927 Jakov Lind, German/British author, Counting My Footsteps 1927 Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares 1927 Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire 1926 Poul [William] Anderson, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Mirkheim 1926 Alan Owen, English author, Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show 1926 Zig Ziglar, American Author 1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Alice Adams, U.S. author 1926 J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, nee Janet Asimov, author, 2nd Experiment 1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author and poet 1926 Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day 1926 Harper Lee, author, To Kill a Mockingbird 1926 Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1926 Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies 1926 Anne McCaffrey, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragonflight, Dragondrums 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1926 James Merrill, U.S. poet and author, Scripts for the Pageant 1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life 1926 Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1926 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life' 1926 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use 1925 William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author 1925 Dieter Wellershoff, German author, Minotaur 1925 Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln 1925 Arkadi N Strugazki, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of the Troika 1925 Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse' 1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 A. C. Benson, British Author 1925 John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1925 Tony Hillerman, American Author 1925 George MacDonald Fraser, poet and author, Flashman at the Charge 1925 Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy 1925 Harry Harrison, American Author 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1925 Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa 1925 Nina David, Mrs Radcliffe N Salomon, poet/author, dies 1925 Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author, Anak semua bangsa 1925 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author 1925 Russell Hoban, U.S. children's book author, Riddley Walker/Pilgermann 1925 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman 1924 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist and author, Woman with Violin 1924 Herman Heijermans, Jr., author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies 1924 Truman Capote, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, In Cold Blood 1924 James A. Baldwin, American Author 1924 Idries Shah, Indian Author 1924 Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! 1924 August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62 1924 Raf de Linde, Raphael van Hecke, author, Vaarwel on Gertrude 1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1924 Renos Apostolidis, Greek author and poet, Katigoro 1924 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam 1924 Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author, Road to Rome 1924 Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1924 Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1924 Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus 1923 Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi 1923 Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59 1923 Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author, The Arch 1923 Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author, Genetic General 1923 Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian Author 1923 Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1923 Italo Calvino, born in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler 1923 Reninca, Renee Lauwers, Flemish author, Seed in the Wind 1923 Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author 1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1923 Erik Aalbaek Jensen, Danish vicar/author, Perleporten 1923 Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73 1923 Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1923 Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places 1923 Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences 1923 Avram Davidson, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork! 1923 Paula Fox, U.S. children's books author, Poor George 1923 Lloyd Biggle, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Silence is Deadly 1923 Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director, Doctor Noir 1923 Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1923 Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars 1922 Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 1922 Lyman Abbott, American Author 1922 Damon [Francis] Knight, U.S., sci-fi author, CV, Beyond the Barrier 1922 William Henry Hudson, British Author 1922 Mavis Gallant, Canadian Author 1922 [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82 1922 Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author, Det siste paradiset 1922 Harry Clement Stubbs, U.S., sci-fi author, Needle, Iceworld 1922 Dennis Compton, author/crickleter 1922 Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1922 Colin Fletcher, author, Walking Through Time 1922 Mervyn Jones, author, Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers 1922 Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher, Cosmopolitan 1922 Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian, Reluctant Jester 1922 Raymond Baxter, British TV host/author, Fast Lady 1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 1921 Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 1921 Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author 1921 Paulo Freire, born in Recife, Brazil, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phenomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' 1921 Stanislaw Lem, born in Poland, sci-fi author, Solaris, Invincible 1921 Jacqueline Susann, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author, Valley of the Dolls 1921 James Houston, born in Toronto, author/filmmaker, Tikta'Liktak 1921 Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X 1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1921 James Blish, American Author 1921 Wilson Harris, Guayanese author 1921 Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1921 F[rancis] M[arion] Busby, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Star Rebel 1921 John Bouber, Blom, actor/author, Fool of Heideloo 1921 Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author 1920 Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 1920 Paul T B Rodenko, poet and author, Stolen Lover 1920 Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1920 Frank [Patrick] Herbert, U.S., sci-fi author, Dune 1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father 1920 Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Illinois, sci-fi author, Fahrenheit 451 1920 Pierre Berton, Canadian Author 1920 John Howard Griffin, U.S., photographer/author, Black Like Me 1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1920 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1920 Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1920 William D Howells, U.S. author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 1920 Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By 1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark Universe, Last Leap 1919 Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl 1919 Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30 1919 Kathleen Winsor, American Author 1919 Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant 1919 Aya Zikken, author, Atlasvlinder, Rameh 1919 Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator 1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 1919 Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62 1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind 1919 Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1919 Nora Beloff, journalist/author 1919 Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austrian author, dies at 59 1918 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 1918 Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 1918 Jon Trausti, Gudmundur Magnusson, Iceland author (Godir), dies 1918 Marten Baersma, MH Bottema, Fries author, dies at 28 1918 Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast 1918 E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1918 Richard Hoggart, author/warden, Goldsmith's College London 1918 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) 1918 Allen Drury, author, Advise and Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize 1918 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1918 Vernon Howard, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth 1918 Theodore Sturgeon, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, It, Caviar 1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People 1917 Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End 1917 Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1917 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War 1917 Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister 1917 Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen 1917 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, U.S., sci-fi author, Anything Box 1917 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1917 Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Magda Szabo, Hungary, author, Az oz, Abigel 1917 Jessica Mitford, author, American Way of Death 1917 Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1917 Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life 1917 Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy 1917 Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author, Amsterdam Affair 1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho 1917 Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author 1916 Jack London, author, dies at 40 1916 Shelby Foote, American Author 1916 Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade 1916 Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright 1916 Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave 1916 Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables 1916 Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1916 Jack Vance, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume 1916 Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 1916 Ronald Ridout, school textbook author 1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author, Family dictionary 1916 Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions 1916 Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mame), dies at 76 1916 Harold Robbins, New York City, author, Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy 1916 Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author, La Colmena-1951 1916 Beverly Cleary, American Author 1916 Irving Wallace, Author 1915 Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, U.S., sci-fi author, Ginger Star 1915 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76 1915 William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 Alice B[radley] Sheldon, U.S., sci-fi author, Byte Beautiful 1915 Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish author/resistance fighter, Mensch op Weg 1915 Saul Bellow, born in Lachine, Quebec, author, Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976 1915 Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars 1915 Monica Dickens, author/founder, US Samaritians 1915 Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane 1915 Henry Kuttner, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark World, As You Were 1915 Richard Thomas Condon, author 1915 Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author, Das Spiegellabyrinth 1915 Paul Ferris, British author 1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor, author 1915 Jann Willem Holsbergen, author, Zakenmensen Fair as Gold 1915 Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author 1914 [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters 1914 R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, U.S., sci-fi author, Devil is Dead 1914 Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author, Mozart biography 1914 Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine 1914 Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize 1914 Laurie Lee, male poet and author, I Can't Stay Long 1914 Vance Packard, Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, author, Hidden Persuaders 1914 Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1914 Charles Hubert Sisson, author and poet, Christopher Homm 1914 Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author (Andel Miru), dies at 73 1914 Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service 1914 Ralph Ellison, American Author 1914 Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1914 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 1913 Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1913 Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man 1913 Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement 1913 Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author 1913 Ellis Peters, British Author 1913 Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author 1913 Ralph Hammond Innes, English author 1913 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S., sci-fi author, Space Lords 1913 Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president, Antsa 1913 Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter 1913 Aime Cesaire, born in Martinique, Afro-Martinican francophone, educator, poet, author, politician 1913 Mignon McLaughlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, journalist, author, contributed to Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Vogue magazines, Managing Editor, Glamour magazine, famous quote, 'Anything you lose automatically doubles in value' 1913 Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye 1913 Earl Blackwell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, author, Celebrity Register 1913 Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda 1913 William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author 1913 Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1913 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author 1913 Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44 1912 John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania 1912 Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree 1912 Anton Koolhaas, author, Weird White 1912 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83 1912 Ian Serraillier, children author 1912 Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1912 Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author 1912 Studs Terkel, born in New York, author, historian, broadcaster, Pulitzer Prize winner 1912 George Woodcock, author 1912 A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn 1912 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author, Empress of Outer Space 1912 Peter Bull, actor/author, Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr. Strangelove 1912 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1912 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch, female, author 1912 Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, = 1912 Barbara Tuchman, U.S., historian/author, Pulitzer, Guns of August 1912 Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist, Cloak, Aufruf 1912 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author and poet, Spielball der Gotter 1911 William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian 1911 Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author 1911 James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game 1911 Viktor P. Nekrasov, Ukrainian author, Vokopach Stalingrada 1911 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, U.S., sci-fi author, Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman 1911 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment Night 1910 Fritz [Reuter] Leiber, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Bazaar of the Bizarre 1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1910 Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, dies at 79 1910 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher 1910 Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author, A Country 1910 Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys 1910 Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1910 Kalman Mikszath, Hungarian author (Szent Peter Esernyoje), dies at 63 1910 Peter De Vries, Chicago, author, Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon 1910 Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family 1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon 1909 Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce 1909 Paul de Vree, Flemish author, Between Doubt and Tears 1909 Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder, Vrij Netherland 1909 John Baur, museum director/author, American Paintings in 19th Century 1909 Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1909 Laura Hillenbrand, American Author 1909 David Brock, American Author 1909 Helen Fielding, British Author 1909 James Bovard, Author 1909 Tom Bodett, American Author 1909 Sheri S. Tepper, American Author 1909 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator 1909 Edgar Pangborn, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment of Eve, Davy 1909 Keith Davis, voice tutor/author 1908 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist 1908 Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1908 Harry Kemelman, U.S. detective author, rabbi-omnibus 1908 Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author, 50th Anniv of Soviet Union 1908 Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema 1908 Kay Thompson, American Author 1908 Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1908 Fanny Leys, Flemish author, Ontwijding 1908 Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street 1908 Richard Wright, U.S., author, Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children 1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1908 Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author, Bestiari 1908 Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond 1908 Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson, U.S., sci-fi author, Cometeers 1908 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art 1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author, Cheaper by the Dozen 1908 Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author, Hondo, Jubal Sackett 1908 Louis L'Amour, American Author 1908 Frank G Slaughter, author, Sangaree 1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist 1908 Simone de Beauvoir, France, author, Mandarins, 2nd Sex 1907 Rumer Godden, England, author, Thursday's Children 1907 Jo Boer, Dutch author, Catharina and the Magnolias 1907 Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect 1907 Alberto Moravia, Pincherle, Italian author, Indifferent Ones 1907 L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei 1907 Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot 1907 Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author and poet 1907 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking 1907 Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet, Cheese and Bread Game 1907 Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir 1907 Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author 1907 Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author 1907 Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77 1907 Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet 1907 John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line 1907 Nicolas Bentley, British Author 1907 Dorothy West, U.S. journalist/author, Living is Easy 1907 Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess 1907 Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1907 E. 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Swanton, author and sports commentator 1907 Anton Ingolic, Slavic author, After Splavih, After Prelomu 1906 H Allen Smith, Illinois, humorist/author, Low Man on Totem Pole 1906 Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann 1906 Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies 1906 Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1906 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv 1906 Francis Walder, Francois Waldburger, Belgian author 1906 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife 1906 Eleanor Estes, author, Ginger Pye, Moffats 1906 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond 1906 Robert E[rvin] Howard, U.S., sci-fi author, Conan the Conqueror 1905 Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1905 Wazyk, Adam Wagman, Polish poet and author, Eyes and Mouth 1905 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author 1905 Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, daughter of Thomas Mann 1905 Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent 1905 Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish author, Yhdeksan Miehen Saappaat 1905 George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80 1905 Sven Johan Stolpe, Swedish author, Latt, snabb och om 1905 Daniel M K "Daan" Inghelram, Flemish author, Angelique 1905 Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China 1905 Lionel Trilling, author, 1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination 1905 Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Sp author (Pepita Jimenez), dies at 80 1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58 1905 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author, Sputniki 1905 Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer, Stroom 1905 Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides 1904 Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1904 Nancy Mitford, English author, Love in a cold climate 1904 Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies 1904 Marya Mannes, New York City, author, The Reporter 1904 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author, Danger Planet 1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 1904 Karen Aabye, Danish author, Less bedstemor there jomfru 1904 Thanasis Petsalis, Greek author, I Mavrolyki 1904 Christopher Isherwood, American Author 1904 M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author, Gelakte Brain 1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1904 Agnes Yarnall, sculptor, artist, author laa, 1987 1904 Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1904 Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author 1904 Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" 1904 James Thomas Farrell, U.S., author, Studs Lonigan trilogy 1904 Adelle Davis, author, Lets Stay Healthy, nutritionist, died of cancer 1904 Buzurg Alavi, Persian author, Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha 1904 S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist, Around the World in 80 Days 1904 S. J. Perelman, Author 1904 Theodore Brameld, author/educator, Use of Explosive Ideas 1903 Erskine P Caldwell, author, Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre 1903 William Plomer, Transvaal, author, Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa 1903 Kathleen, Kitty, Rosalind Muggeridge, author 1903 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies 1903 Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, Albert Helman, Suriname author 1903 Jean Tardieu, author 1903 Evelyn Waugh, English Author 1903 Irving Stone, U.S., author, Love is Eternal, Lust for Life 1903 John Wyndham P L B Harris, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of the Triffids 1903 Marcia Davenport, American Author 1903 Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet 1903 James Beard, U.S., culinary expert/author, Delights and Prejudices 1903 Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author, Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade 1903 Rabbe A. Enckell, Finnish author and poet, Lutad about Brunnen 1903 Morley Callaghan, Canada, author, Toronto Star, Native Argosy 1903 Raymond Queneau, M Presle, French author, Un Enfant a Dit 1902 Mortimer J Adler, New York City, author, Encyclopedia Brittanica 1902 Jorgen Nielsen, Danish author, regional novels 1902 Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author and poet, Az Ismertlen Illyes 1902 Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress/author 1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author and poet, dies at 73 1902 Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author, True Believer 1902 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin, 1926-37 1902 Bret Harte, American Author 1902 Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor, Netherlands Antilles, author 1902 Quentin Reynolds, New York City, newscaster, Its News to Me, author, FBI 1902 Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet and author, Lutin Sauvage 1902 John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, author, Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962 1902 Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen 1902 Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord 1902 Norman Maclean, American Author 1902 Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author, Moorkeerl 1902 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author, Cold Comfort Farm 1901 Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author, Presenea 1901 Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke 1901 John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road 1901 Barbara Cartland, romance author, Camfield #69 1901 Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, Obscure Blood 1901 Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author, Cheyenne Autumn 1901 Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author, Gyasz/Galilei 1901 Aartje W. "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, Mieke-serial 1901 Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease 1901 Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76 1900 Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only 1900 Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers 1900 Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1900 Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross 1900 Howard Thurman, theologian/author, Deep River, Deep in the Hunger 1900 Margaret Mitchell, author, Gone With the Wind 1900 Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours 1900 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola 1900 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham 1900 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 1900 Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author, Undercurrent, Coral Reef 1900 Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author, Earste Keur 1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home 1900 Ferenc Kormendy, Hungarian/US author, Budapest Kaland 1899 Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1899 William R Burnett, U.S., author, Little Caesar 1899 Eddy du Perron, Dutch author and poet 1899 Horatio Alger, Jr., Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 1899 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author, regional novels 1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1899 Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective 1898 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author, Silver Chair 1898 C. S. Lewis, English Author 1898 Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice 1898 Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik 1898 Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78 1898 Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author, Flowering of New England 1898 Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russian/Australia author, Students 1898 Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author, Kaputt 1898 Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies 1898 Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings 1898 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor, De Standaard 1929-39 1897 Manuel A. Neat, Curaeaos author, Nobleza di Coerazon 1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1897 Dorothy Day, author, Stump the Authors 1897 Naomi Mitchison, author, African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author, Mark of Zorro, Applause 1897 William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet 1897 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon 1897 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author, Village by the River 1896 Eslanda Goode, U.S. anthropology/author under Paul Robeson 1896 , Lady Huxley, Juliette Baillot, author 1896 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author, Il giorno del giudizio 1896 Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher 1896 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul, Minnesota, author, Great Gatsby 1896 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory 1896 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe, U.S. author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 1896 William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte 1896 Thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton 1896 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author, Janne Kubik 1895 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet, Loke Saar Havre 1895 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player 1895 Henry Williamson, English Author 1895 Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author, An American Verdict 1895 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author, Appearance at Kallista 1895 Lin Yutang, Chinese Author 1895 Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author, Sinner and the Girl 1895 Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author 1895 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author 1895 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author, Le petit general 1895 Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads 1895 Vardis A Fisher, U.S. author, Darkness and Deep 1895 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and author, Der Halbe Mensch 1894 John B[oynton] Priestly, author, Good Companions, wed Jessica Hawkes 1894 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden 1894 Aldous Huxley, born in Surrey, England, author, Brave New World 1894 Mark van Doren, born in Illinois, author, Happy Critic, Transients 1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author, Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon 1894 Adela Rogers St. John, journalist/author, Foreign Correspondent 1894 James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor/author/director, dies at 51 1893 Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist/author, Flemish Resurrection 1893 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob 1893 Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author, conservation flora 1893 Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author 1893 Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love 1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit 1893 Voranc Prezikov, Lovro Kuhar, Slovenian author, Samorastniki 1893 Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author 1893 Anita Loos, author, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1893 Pal Szabo, Hungarian farmer and author, Talpalatnyi Fold 1893 Beatrice Wood, potter, artist and author 1893 Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58 1893 Freya Stark, English explorist/author 1893 Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci 1892 Rebecca West, Cicely Isabel Fairfield, English author 1892 Rebecca West, Cicily I F Andrews, English author, Meaning of Treason 1892 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira 1892 George William Curtis, American Author 1892 John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City 1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938 1892 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Bespokojnaja Joenostj, 1892 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Povestj Zjizni, 1892 Thorne Smith, author, Topper, Rain in the Doorway, Stray Lamb 1892 Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, author, One World 1891 Henry Miller, author, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus 1891 Mary Dorna, Dutch author 1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author 1891 Esther Forbes, American Author 1891 Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician, stage, author and resistance fighter 1891 David Vogel, Ukraine, author, Huwelijksleven 1891 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author, Swart mar leaflik 1891 Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author 1891 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author, Ararat/Sud a nap 1891 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet and author, Kamenj 1890 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author, Rembrandt 1890 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79 1890 Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh 1890 Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 1890 Rose Kennedy, American Author 1890 Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author 1890 Christopher Morley, author, Kitty Foil 1890 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Triplanetary 1890 Marten Baersma, MH Bottema, Friesan author, De ljochte kimen 1889 Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52 1889 Hervey Allen, American Author 1889 Cissy van Marxfield, Setske Beek-de Haan, Dutch author 1889 Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1889 Sarah Delany, author/teacher 1889 Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music 1889 Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet, Coeur de Chevre 1889 Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man 1889 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34 1889 Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic, O Absalom 1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56 1888 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac 1888 Benjamin Cremieux, French author, Le premier the la Classe 1888 Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1888 Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author and poet, Gogol 1888 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander Author 1888 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 1888 S S Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, author, Canary Murder Case 1888 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1888 Louisa May Alcott, U.S. author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55 1888 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1887 Rene Maran, Martinique, author, Batouala, Prix Goncourt 1887 Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author, Erziehung vor Verdun 1887 Rie Cramer, Marie Holman, Dutch cartoonist/author 1887 Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels 1887 Edna Ferber, U.S., author, American Beauty, Cimarron 1887 James Norman Hall, American Author 1887 Josef Capek, Czechoslovakian painter/author/critic, Kulhavy Poutnik 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 1887 Diego Valeri, Italian author and poet, Le Gaie Tristezze 1887 Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine 1886 Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1886 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author 1886 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 1886 Bruce Barton, American Author 1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies 1886 Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies 1886 Francis Carcopino, French author/critic, L'Homme Traque 1886 Emmet Fox, American Author 1886 Karl Barth, born in Basel, Switzerland, theologian and author, Action in Waiting 1886 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth 1886 Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author, Madrid Escenas 1886 Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author 1886 Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu 1885 Johannes Kneppelhout, Klikspaan, Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71 1885 Will Durant, U.S., author/historian, Story of Civilization 1885 Ernest Claes, Belgian author, Saints from Zichem 1885 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall 1885 Edna Ferber, author, playwright 1885 Victor Hugo, French Author 1885 Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies 1885 Susanna Moodie, British Author 1884 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1884 Apie Prince, Dutch author, Me Own Way 1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series 1884 A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! 1884 Arthur Ransome, English author, Swallows and Amazons 1883 Napolean Hill, American Author 1883 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist 1883 Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life 1883 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika 1883 Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author, Lock of Hair 1883 William Chambers, author/publisher, dies 1883 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies 1883 Max Eastman, American Author 1882 Anthony Trollope, English Author 1882 Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God 1882 Will Vesper, German author, Vom grossen Krieg 1882 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author, To the Invisible 1882 George Jean Nathan, U.S., editor/author/critic, American Mercury 1882 Virginia Woolf, born in London, author, Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse 1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh 1882 A. 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Milne, English Author 1881 Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1881 Jacqueline [Pierrette] R van Stuwe, Eline vs. S, Dutch author 1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1881 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1881 Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 1881 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author, Less bror Harris 1881 Carry van Bridges, de Haan, Dutch author, Heleen, Eva 1880 Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf 1880 Leonard Woolf, British Author 1880 Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless 1880 Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1880 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author 1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1880 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 1880 Ida Grafin von Hahn-Hahn, author (Aus der Gesellschaft), dies at 74 1879 Karel van den Oever, Flemish author and poet, Geuzenstad 1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite 1879 Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63 1879 Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67 1879 Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish, stage, author, Tille 1879 Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten, Wassend Cereal 1878 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, El Crimen del Otro 1878 Upton Sinclair, American Author 1878 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1877 Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and author, Emergency Horn 1877 Herman Hesse, German Author 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, Theodora, Dutch author/actress, Dead Water 1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet, L'homme Jeune 1876 Sherwood Anderson, born in Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher, Winesburg 1876 Alfred L. Kroeber, Hoboken, New Jersey, author, Anthropologist looks at History 1876 George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 1876 Saint-Georges de Bouchelier, French author, Le Rois Sans Couronne 1876 Ivan Cankar, Slavs author, Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica 1876 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, dies at 70 1876 Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1875 Wladyslaw Orkan, Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky, Pol author, Nowele Zebrane 1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies 1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga 1875 Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author 1875 Eliphas Levi, French Author 1875 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author, Un homme si simple 1875 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary 1875 Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare 1875 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author, Ulla Bella 1874 Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel 1874 Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father 1874 Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra 1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1874 Michel H. Campen, author/critic, Bikoerim 1874 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaeao, dies at 86 1874 Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1874 Gertrude Stein, Penn, author, Autobiography of Alice B Toklas 1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess, author, Peter Rabbit 1873 Willa Cather, U.S., author, My Antonia 1873 Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52 1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author, Kvinnen og Den 1873 Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon 1873 Walter de la Mare, English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life 1873 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author 1872 Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 1871 Emanuel Querido, Joost Mendes, author/publisher 1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author, Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928 1871 John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75 1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria 1870 Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Ada Negri, Italian poet and author, Il Libro di Mara 1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1869 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies 1869 Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author, Catherina, Sprotje 1869 Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 1869 Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life 1869 Herbert Croly, American Author 1868 Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish author, Wrakken 1868 Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author and poet, dies at about 60 1868 Patty Smith Hill, author and songwriter, Happy Birthday To You 1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 1868 Catharina A. M. de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author, Belief 1867 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru 1867 John Galsworthy, England, author, Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932 1867 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author, Ewige Hochzeit 1867 Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author, Kokoro 1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie 1867 Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1867 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1866 Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 1866 H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine 1866 Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet, Vredens Born 1866 Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit 1866 Gelett Burgess, author, Purple Cow 1865 Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author, Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907 1865 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author 1865 Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright, Victoria Regina 1865 Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author, Will Power 1864 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author 1864 Walter Savage Landor, author, dies 1864 Richard Harding Davis, U.S., journalist/author, In The Fig 1864 Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist, Children of Ghetto 1864 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists 1864 Margot Asquith, English Author 1864 Frank Bacon, actor/author, Lightnin 1863 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author, Dizionario Moderno 1863 Hans Aanrud, Norse author, Solve Solfeng 1863 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author 1862 Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author, Before Dawn-Nobel 1912 1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, U.S., politician/author, Progressive 1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor 1862 Henry Newbolt, English Author 1862 August Cuppens, Flemish author/pastor 1862 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet, Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya 1862 A. 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Benson, British Author 1862 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 1862 Mori Ogai [Mori Rintaro], Japanese author, Maihime/Gan 1862 Edith Wharton, American Author 1862 Bozena Nemcova, Barnora Panklova, Czechoslovakian author, dies at 41 1861 Jose Protasio Rizal, Philippine optician/author/nationalist 1861 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author, Im Kampf um Gott 1861 Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/translator/forger, dies at 69 1860 Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author, Buffalo Wind-1938 1860 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist 1860 Dean Inge, English Author 1860 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies 1860 Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, Monsieur Venus 1860 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author, Journal 1859 Thomas De Quincey, English Author 1859 Washington Irving, U.S. author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies 1859 Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author, Lonely Flowers 1859 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro 1859 Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful 1859 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice 1859 Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1859 Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austria, author, Lebensabend 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author, Wind, Willows 1859 Sholem Aleichem, Solomon Rabinowitz, author, Fiddler on the Roof 1859 Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature 1858 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73 1858 Edith Nesbit, England, children books author, Railway Children 1858 Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist and author, From Life 1858 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic, dies at 54 1858 Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1858 Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1858 Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra 1858 Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author, Boken om Lillebror 1857 George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life 1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research 1857 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author, HW Knife Day 1857 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84 1856 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1856 Violet Paget, Vernon Lee, British author, Satan the master 1856 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 1856 Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn 1856 Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia 1856 L. Frank Baum, American Author 1856 L'udovit Stur, Slovaaks author/linguistic (Das Slawentum), dies at 40 1855 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet 1855 Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 1855 Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83 1854 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist, Pass the Bile 1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author 1854 James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough 1853 Howard Pyle, illustrator, painter and author, King Stork 1853 Gustav Falke, German author and poet, Der Mann im Nebel 1852 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1852 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island 1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1850 Guy de Maupassant, born in France, author, Boule de Suif 1850 Lafcadio Hearn, U.S., journalist/author, Chita 1850 Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward 1850 Kate Chopin, American Author 1850 Augustine Birrell, English Author 1849 Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher, skepticism 1849 Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden 1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs 1849 William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1848 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies 1847 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author, Dracula 1847 George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions 1847 Cornelie Huygens, feminist/author, Barthold Meryan 1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 1846 Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author, Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905 1845 Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Queiros, Portuguese author, Contos 1844 Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book 1843 Gleb Uspensky, Russia, author, Power of the Soil 1843 Washington Allston, U.S. painter/author, dies at 63 1843 [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician 1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author and poet, dies at 80 1842 Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author 1842 Stendhal, Marie-Henri Beyle, French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 1841 William Henry Hudson, British Author 1841 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author, And fremmed Fugl 1840 Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet and author, Fatherland-1872 1840 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author and poet, Flemish Movement 1840 Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author, Moderni Upiri 1840 Gerald Griffin, American Author 1840 Odilon Redon, French painter/author, La nuit, Raves 1839 Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies 1839 Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer 1839 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic, Roccaverdina 1838 August Senoa, Croatian author, Zlatarevo zlato 1837 Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author, Amintiti the Copilarie 1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S., author/editor, Story of a Bad Boy 1836 Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author, Salon/Nouvelle Revue 1836 Bret Harte, U.S., author, Outcasts of Poker Flat 1836 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies 1835 Lyman Abbott, American Author 1835 Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh 1835 Mark Twain, Samuel L Clemens, author, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn 1835 Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1835 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter 1835 Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker 1834 Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author, El Zarco 1834 Charles-Albert Gobat, born in Switzerland, politician, lawyer, and author, Nobel 1902 1834 Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1834 Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1833 Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1833 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61 1833 Marie-Antoine Careme, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at 48 1832 Louisa May Alcott, Germantown, Pennsylvania, author, Little Women 1832 Jules Valles, French journalist/communard/author, L'insurge 1832 John George Nicolay, U.S., author, Abe Lincoln's biographer 1831 Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona 1831 Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, Der Hungerpastor 1831 Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1830 Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor, The Time 1829 Charles Dudley Warner, Massachusetts, newspaperman/author, Being a Boy 1829 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake 1829 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author, Blood to Bridge 1827 Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies 1827 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author, Overbetuwsche Novellen 1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur 1826 Collodi, Carlo Lorenzini, Italian author, Pinocchio 1826 Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1825 Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1825 Richard D. Blackmore, England, author, Norie, Lorna Doone 1824 George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author, Princess and Curdie 1824 Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez 1824 George William Curtis, American Author 1823 Thomas Hughes, England, author, Tom Brown's School Days 1823 Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail 1823 Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 1823 Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1822 Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1822 Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author, Goethe 1821 Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 1821 Ernest Feydeau, French author, Georges Feydeau 1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1820 Nadar, Felix Tournachon, French painter, cartoonist, author and ballonist 1820 Bozena Nemcova, Barnora Panklova, Czechoslovakian author, Babicka 1819 George Eliot, Mary A Evans, England, author, Silas Marner 1819 Herman Melville, U.S., author, Moby Dick, Billy Budd 1819 Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic 1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist 1819 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer 1818 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Joachim H Campe, German theory/author, dies at 72 1818 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio 1817 Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author, Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902 1817 Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China 1817 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author 1816 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 1815 Thomas Couture, French painter/author 1815 Ida von Duringsfeld, German author, Vd Schelde bis zur Mas 1814 Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 John Lothrop Motley, U.S., historian/author, Rise of Dutch Rep 1814 Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey 1813 Hermann Kurz, German author and poet 1813 Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author, Pensees 1812 Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty 1812 Berthold Auerbach, German author, Schwarzwalder Dorfgeschichten 1811 Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author 1811 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, Rozeken Pot 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author, Uncle Tom's Cabin 1811 Vissarion Belinsky, born in Sveaborg, Finland, Russian author, Literary Review 1810 Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism 1810 Eliphas Levi, French Author 1809 Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author, dies at 46 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author, Pit and the Pendulum 1808 Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author, Future 1808 Martha Finley, children's book author 1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1806 Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1805 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, Knife 1805 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author, Nachsommer 1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 1805 Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Massachusetts, author, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter 1804 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic 1803 Gerald Griffin, American Author 1803 Susanna Moodie, British Author 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag 1802 Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 1802 Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60 1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1802 Lydia Maria Child, U.S., author/abolitionist, Juvenile Miscellany 1802 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer, Gramatica 1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1801 John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author, Dream of Gerontius 1800 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author, Povesti 1800 Michael Dennis, jesuit/author, dies at 71 1800 William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding 1799 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail 1798 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1797 Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, born in London, England, author, Frankenstein 1797 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1796 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author 1796 George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes 1796 Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools 1796 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author 1795 Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author 1794 Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician, dies 1793 Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 1792 Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son 1791 Lydia Sigourney, U.S., religious author, How to Be Happy 1791 Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/interpreter/forger 1791 John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home 1789 Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire 1789 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author, Tomorrow- og Aftensange 1788 Sarah Josepha Hale, author, Mary Had a Little Lamb 1787 Robert Lowth, English Author 1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall 1785 Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner 1784 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1781 Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 1780 William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book 1780 Claire EJ, countess of Remusat/Vergennes/French author, Salon 1779 Washington Allston, U.S. painter/author 1779 Clement Clarke Moore, U.S., author, 'Twas the Night Before Xmas 1777 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 1776 Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1775 Margaretha J de Neufville, author, Small Pligten 1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant 1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet, El Duque de Viseo 1771 Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1771 Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author 1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author 1771 Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author, Das Goldmacherdorf 1771 Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Bremer Beitrage), dies at 56 1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66 1770 Etienne P de Senancour, French author, Obermann 1766 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author 1765 Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1764 Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1763 Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author 1763 Caroline von Wolzogen, von Lengefeld, German author 1762 Petronella Moens, Frisian author and poet 1760 Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Schaferfest), dies at 63 1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer, Marseillaise 1760 Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect 1759 Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician 1758 Elizabeth Hamilton, author, Cats: A Celebration 1756 Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author 1754 Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 1753 August G Meissner, German author 1752 Fanny Burney, England, author, Camille, Evelina 1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 1746 Joachim H Campe, German author, Robinson of the Jungere 1741 Johann J Angel, German author, Herr Lorenz Stark 1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg 1738 Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author and poet, Sara Burgerhart 1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1733 Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 1732 Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 1729 Michael Dennis, jesuit/author 1729 Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1729 Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author 1726 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies 1725 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1714 Gottlieb W. Rabener, German author, Vom Misbrauch of the Satire 1710 Robert Lowth, English Author 1709 Samuel Johnson, English Author 1705 Ninon de L'Enclos, French Author 1703 Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies 1697 Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author, Allerkostbarste Schatz 1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer, Georgia 1696 Jean de La Bruyere, French author, dies at 50 1692 Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon, Insel Felsenburg 1691 Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author, Introduction l'amour 1690 Gedeon Tallemant van de Reaux, French author (Historiettes), dies at 71 1688 John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies 1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer, Lettera Famigliare 1685 John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera 1684 John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48 1673 Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies 1672 Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar, author and poet (Hercules), dies at 73 1668 Alain R Lesage, French author, Turcaret ou le Financier 1667 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies 1666 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 1655 Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36 1654 Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies 1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies 1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 1645 Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64 1645 Jean de La Bruyere, French author 1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author 1640 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies 1633 George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax/author, Character of a Trimmer 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1628 John Bunyan, England, cleric/author, Pilgrim's Progress 1627 Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color 1625 James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 1619 Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux, French author, Historiettes 1616 William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1611 James Harrington, England, political author, Commonwealth of Oceans 1608 Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author, Epanaforas 1602 William Lilly, England, astrologer, author, and almanac compiler 1596 Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 1592 John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author 1587 John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies 1573 Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies 1563 Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54 1561 Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author 1556 Pietro Aretino, Italian author, poet and playwright, said to have died from laughing 1553 Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 1549 Philippe du Plessis, France, author 1542 Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies 1533 Peter Bornemisza, Hungarian vicar/author/publisher, Tragoedia 1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 1514 Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah 1501 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59 1500 Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author, Perseus 1492 Pietro Aretino, born in Arezzo, Italy, Italian author, poet and playwright 1492 Andreas Alicatus, Italian author 1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 1466 Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly 1441 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub 1400 Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London 1391 Eduard, Dom Duarte, King of Portugal, 1433 - 1438, author 1321 Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies 1272 David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies 1171 Dionysius bar Salibi, author (Diarbekir), dies 994 Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain 967 Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies 833 Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 |
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