2014 Event French author Patrick Modiano receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the award over noted poet Adonis and writers Haruki Murakami, Svetlana Alexievich, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2013 Event Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years 2013 Event Best-selling American author Tom Clancy dies at the age of 66; the author's debut book, 'The Hunt for Red October' has been cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written 2013 Event In Lagos, a funeral processional greets the body of Nigerian Chinua Achebe, author of the novel, 'Things Fall Apart' 2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2012 Event An early work by noted childhood fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, titled, 'The Tallow Candle", is found at the bottom of a filing box at the National Archives of Funen 2012 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, famous for the hallucinatory realism writing style 2012 Event The brother of Columbian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1982 Nobel Prize of Literature recipient, announces he suffers from Dementia and can no longer write 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2012 Event Author JK Rowling announces that the Pottermore website, her version of the Harry Potter universe will launch in early April, 2012 2011 Event Famed 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling leaves her agent, Christopher Little, ending their 15-year working relationship 2010 Death J.D. Salinger, 'Catcher in the Rye' author, dies at the age of 91 2009 Death 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 Death 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 Death 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 Death John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49 2006 Death Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies 2005 Death Robert Sheckley, American Author 2005 Death Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author 2005 Death Shelby Foote, American Author 2005 Death Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 2004 Death Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author, Masterpiece Theater, dies at 95 2003 Death Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life', committed suicide 2003 Death Carol Shields, Canadian Author 2003 Death Carol Shields, author, The Stone Diaries, dies at 68 2003 Death Kathleen Winsor, American Author 2003 Death Paul Zindel, playwright/YA author, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, dies at 66 2003 Death Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2002 Death Walter Lord, American Author 2002 Death Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 2001 Death Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dies at 66 2001 Death Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 2001 Death Auberon Waugh, British Author 2000 Death Edward Gorey, author, Amphigorey, dies at 75 2000 Death Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 2000 Death Patrick O'Brian, author of sea-faring novels, Aubrey-Maturin series, dies at 85 1999 Death Sarah Delany, author/teacher, Having Our Say, dies at 109 1998 Death Allen Drury, author/journalist, Advise and Consent, dies at 80 1998 Death Kay Thompson, American Author 1998 Death Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist/author, dies at 108 1998 Death Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69 1998 Death Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Death Jo Clayton, author, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Event Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1997 Death 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 Death Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1997 Death James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1997 Death William S. Burroughs, author, Naked Lunch, dies at 83 1997 Death 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 Death Helene Hanff, author, 84 Charing Cross Road, dies at 80 1997 Death Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1996 Death William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85 1996 Death Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 1996 Death Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 1996 Death William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1996 Death Michael Bentine, British author/comedian (Reluctant Jester), dies at 74 1996 Death Idries Shah, Indian Author 1996 Death James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 1996 Death Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 Death 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 Death Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 1996 Death Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77 1996 Death Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81 1996 Death 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 Death 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 Death William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 1995 Death Ross Thomas, author, dies at 69 1995 Death Robertson Davies (author), dies at 82 1995 Death Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84 1995 Death Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84 1995 Death Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53 1995 Death Kingsley Amis, author, dies of injuries from a fall at 73 1995 Death Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82 1995 Death Ellis Peters, British Author 1995 Death Elleston Trevor, author, dies 1995 Death Aziz Nesin, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, dies at 79 1995 Death Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1995 Death Stanley Elkin, American Author 1995 Death Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67 1995 Death Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90 1995 Death Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 1995 Death Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81 1995 Death Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74 1995 Death Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81 1995 Death Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author, dies at 80 1995 Death Helene Weijel, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44 1995 Death James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 1995 Death Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1995 Death Arthur S Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 1995 Death Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70 1995 Death George Woodcock, author, dies at 82 1995 Death Jean Tardieu, author, dies at 91 1995 Death Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48 1995 Death Rose Kennedy, American Author 1994 Death Hans Berghuis, author and poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70 1994 Death Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82 1994 Death Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Death Mary Durack, poet, author, historian, dies at 81 1994 Death Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78 1994 Death Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies 1994 Death David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37 1994 Death Nyanaponika, Siegmund Feniger, German scholar/author, dies at 93 1994 Death Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96 1994 Death 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 Death Jessie Kesson, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright, dies at 77 1994 Death Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66 1994 Death Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46 1994 Death Keith Davis, voice Tutor/Author, dies at 85 1994 Death James Clavell, author (Shogun, Tai-Pan), dies at 69 1994 Death James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69 1994 Death Pieter C "Piet" Author, sailor/corrector, dies at 71 1994 Death Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70 1994 Death Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74 1994 Death Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89 1994 Death Elias Canetti, Swiss Author 1994 Death Aartje W. "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, dies at 93 1994 Death Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96 1994 Death James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52 1994 Death Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies 1994 Death A "Bob" den Doolaard, author (Inn with the horseshoe), dies at 93 1994 Death Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90 1994 Death John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69 1994 Death Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81 1994 Death Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74 1994 Death Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 1994 Death Samuel Selvon, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, dies at 70 1994 Death Ralph Ellison, American Author 1994 Death Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 1994 Death Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer 1994 Death Charles Bukowski, author and poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 Death Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61 1993 Death Margaret Landon, U.S. author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at 90 1993 Death Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Death Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88 1993 Death Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 1993 Death Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1993 Death Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 1993 Death Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 1993 Death William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81 1993 Death Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 1993 Death Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author 1993 Death Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author, Heir, dies at 85 1993 Death John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78 1993 Death Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 1993 Death Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91 1993 Death Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75 1993 Death Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50 1992 Death Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77 1992 Death Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies 1992 Death William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1992 Death James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 1992 Death Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 1992 Death Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 1992 Death 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 Death Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S. author (American Glass Animals), dies 1992 Event U.S. actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone 1992 Death M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83 1992 Death Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies 1992 Death Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 1992 Death Anita Colby, U.S. model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at 77 1992 Death Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61 1991 Death Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Philadelphia 1991 Death Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45 1991 Death Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1991 Death Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 1991 Death Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77 1991 Death Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57 1991 Death Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81 1990 Event Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years 1990 Death Horst Bienek, German author, dies 1990 Death Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies 1990 Death Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1990 Death K L Poll, journalist/author, dies 1990 Death Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1990 Death Anya Seton, U.S. author, dies 1990 Death Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1990 Death Norman Maclean, American Author 1990 Death Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 1990 Death 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 Death Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70 1990 Death Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1989 Death Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 1989 Death Mary McCarthy, author (Group), dies, at 77 1989 Event Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1989 Death Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81 1989 Death 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 Death Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62 1989 Event U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1989 Death Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1988 Death Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 1988 Death Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 1988 Death Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 1988 Death Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1988 Death Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies 1987 Death [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60 1987 Death Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing 1987 Death Marguerite Yourcenard, author (Memoirs of Hadrien), dies at 84 1987 Death James A. Baldwin, American Author 1987 Death Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1987 Death Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1987 Death Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1987 Death Bob Tadema Sporry, author, dies at 75 1987 Death Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76 1987 Death Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 1987 Death C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76 1987 Death Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60 1987 Death Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91 1986 Death Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 1986 Death Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1986 Death 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 Death Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 1986 Death Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80 1986 Death Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxieme Sexe), dies at 86 1986 Death Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 1986 Death Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65 1986 Death L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74 1986 Death Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumiere du Soir), dies at 86 1985 Death Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85 1985 Event French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Death Charlotte White, U.S. author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 1985 Death Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr. Palomar), dies at 61 1985 Death Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 1985 Death Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick and Jane), dies 1984 Death Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Death Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37 1984 Death Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59 1984 Death Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72 1984 Death A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72 1983 Death 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 Death Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78 1983 Death Benjamin V Cohen, U.S. author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88 1983 Death Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65 1983 Death Rebecca West, Irish Author 1983 Death [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1982 Death Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80 1982 Death Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80 1982 Death John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining 1982 Death Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85 1982 Death Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr. Futurity), dies at 53 1981 Death Will Durant, U.S. author (story of civilization), dies at 96 1981 Death Ariel Durant, U.S. author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83 1981 Birthday Nicole Richie, actress, socialite, known for television series, 'The Simple Life' with Paris Hilton, author of 'The Truth About Diamonds' 1981 Death Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 1981 Death D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 1981 Death A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 1980 Death Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors), dies at 83 1980 Death Katherine A Porter, U.S. author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90 1980 Death Henry Miller, American Author 1980 Death Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94 1980 Death Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 Death 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 Death Jean Stafford, U.S. author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 1978 Death Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 1978 Death Nicolas Bentley, British Author 1978 Death Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, author (Ginger Star), dies at 62 1978 Death Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84 1978 Death Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 1978 Death Vitorino Nemesio, Portuguese author (Presenea), dies at 76 1977 Death Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66 1977 Death HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78 1977 Death Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies 1977 Event Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize 1977 Death 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 Death Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1976 Death Andre Malraux, Berger, author (Conquerors)/Minister of Culture, dies 1976 Death Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 1976 Death Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85 1976 Death Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 1976 Death Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1975 Death Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53 1975 Death James Blish, American Author 1975 Death James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1975 Death William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Death 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 Death Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75 1975 Death Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73 1975 Death Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77 1975 Birthday Danica McKellar, born in LaJolla, California, actress, author, mathematician, appeared on 'The Wonder Years' television show, wrote, 'Math Doesn't Suck' and 'Kiss My Math' 1974 Death Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 1974 Death Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62 1974 Death Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 1974 Death Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53 1974 Death Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67 1974 Death Par Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Dwarf, Nobel 1951), dies at 83 1974 Death Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 1973 Death Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 1973 Death Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 1973 Death M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author 'People that Mutiny', dies at 68 1973 Death Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80 1973 Death Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67 1972 Death Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 1972 Death Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76 1972 Death Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63 1972 Death Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 1972 Birthday Geri Halliwell, born in Watford, England, author, philanthropist, known as 'Ginger Spice' from band, the Spice Girls, representative for the United Nations Population Fund 1972 Birthday Adriaan J. Zoetmulder, author/director, Eindhovens Newspaper 1972 Death Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 1972 Death Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1972 Death Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 1972 Death Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1971 Death Walter Van Tilburg Clark, U.S. author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62 1971 Death Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72 1971 Death Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1971 Death Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79 1970 Death Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91 1970 Event French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia 1970 Death Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55 1970 Death Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 1970 Death Napolean Hill, American Author 1970 Death Unica Zurn, author, painter, dies at 54 1970 Event Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1970 Birthday Aisha Tyler, born in San Francisco, California, actress, writer, author, appeared on 'Ghost Whisperer', 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', 'Friends' television shows 1970 Death 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 Death John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 1970 Death Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 1970 Death Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 1970 Death Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 1969 Birthday Sarah Vowell, American Author 1969 Death Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67 1969 Event Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union 1969 Birthday Bryant H. McGill, born in Mobile, Alabama, editor, author, celebrity publicist, creator, celebrity verification group, books include the 'McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme' 1969 Death Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 Death Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies 1969 Death Leonard Woolf, British Author 1969 Death Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64 1969 Death Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 1969 Death Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 1969 Death Max Eastman, American Author 1969 Death Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87 1969 Death John Wyndham, Parkes Lucas B Harris, author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 1969 Death Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 1968 Death John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel 1940, 62), dies at 66 1968 Death Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 1968 Death Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 1968 Death Upton B Sinclair, U.S. author (Jungle), dies at 90 1968 Death Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies 1968 Death Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 1968 Death Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1968 Death Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 1968 Death Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60 1968 Death Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1968 Death Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1968 Death Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1968 Death Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78 1968 Death Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80 1968 Death Fannie Hurst, U.S. author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 1968 Birthday Warren Ellis, British Author 1967 Death Manuel A Fraai, Curaeaos author (Silly Aguero), dies at 70 1967 Event French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia 1967 Death Carson McCullers, U.S. author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50 1967 Death Esther Forbes, American Author 1967 Death Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversiere), dies at 29 1967 Death Bruce Barton, American Author 1967 Death Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies 1967 Birthday Poppy Z. Brite, American Author 1967 Death J Langston Hughes, U.S. author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 1967 Event French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia 1967 Event Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4 years 1967 Birthday Michael Easton, born in Long Beach, California, actor, appeared on television shows, Ally McBeal and The Practice, poet, author, wrote Soul Stealer 1967 Birthday Meg Cabot, American Author 1966 Death Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88 1966 Birthday Sarah Zettel, American Author 1966 Birthday Matt Drudge, American Celebrity, author of "The Drudge Report" 1966 Death Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75 1966 Death Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53 1966 Death Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1966 Death Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66 1966 Death Mari Sandoz, U.S. author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64 1966 Event Author Valery Tarsis banished in U.S.S.R. 1966 Death Kathleen Norris, U.S. author, dies at 85 1965 Birthday 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 Death William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 Death Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66 1965 Death E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75 1965 Death Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 1965 Birthday J. K. Rowling, born in Yate, England, author, 'Harry Potter' series of fantasy novels, listed as the 12th richest woman in Britain, 2008, with a net worth of $798 million 1965 Birthday Chris A. Bridges, American Author 1965 Death Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57 1965 Death Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Death Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 1965 Death Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1965 Birthday Kevin Williamson, American Author 1965 Death George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65 1965 Birthday Alan Cumming, born in Aberfeldy, Scotland, actor, director, author, played Boris Ivanovich Grishenko in 'GoldenEye' James Bond film 1964 Death Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 1964 Birthday Don Cheadle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, producer, author, appeared in film, 'Boogie Nights' and Academy Award-nominated 'Hotel Rwanda' 1964 Death Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60 1964 Death H[enry] Beam Piper, U.S., sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60 1964 Event French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1964 Birthday Tavis Smiley, American Author 1964 Birthday Dan Brown, American Author 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1964 Birthday Margaret Haddix, American Author 1964 Death Rachel L Carson, U.S. biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56 1964 Death A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at 46 1964 Death Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 1963 Death Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69 1963 Death C[live] S[taples] Lewis, Hamilton, author (Silver Chair), dies at 64 1963 Death William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 Death C. S. Lewis, English Author 1963 Death Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 1963 Death Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 1963 Death Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Le siecle of Gueux), dies at 89 1963 Death William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 Death Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64 1963 Birthday Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1962 Death Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62 1962 Event American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 1962 Birthday Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University 1962 Birthday Tammy Bruce, American Author 1962 Death Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 1962 Death Herman Hesse, German Author 1962 Death Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 1962 Birthday Gina Gershon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film roles include, 'Cocktail', 'Bound', 'Showgirls', author of children's book, 'Camp Creepy Time' 1962 Death Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 1962 Birthday David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1961 Birthday Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)' 1961 Birthday Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary 1961 Death Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 1961 Death Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97 1961 Death Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Stenkol), dies at 65 1961 Birthday Tom Holt, born in London, author, British novelist, writes mythopoeic novels that parody mythology, history, literature 1961 Birthday Greg Egan, born in Perth, Western Australia, author, science fiction, books include, 'Permutation City', 'Diaspora', 'Incandescence' 1961 Death Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 1961 Death J H F Gronloh, Nescio, author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 1961 Birthday David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk' 1961 Birthday Jim Goad, Australian Author 1961 Birthday Daniel Clowes, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, cartoonist, creator of 'Eightball', published graphic novels including, 'Ghost World' 1961 Death Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 1960 Death Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France 1960 Birthday Neil Gaiman, born in Portchester, Hampshire, author, science fiction, wrote, 'Good Omens', 'The Sandman' comic book series 1960 Death Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63 1960 Birthday 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 Death Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70 1960 Birthday Jaron Lanier, born in New York City, New York, visual artist, author, computer scientist, popularized the term, 'virtual reality' 1960 Death 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 Birthday Tony Robbins, born in North Hollywood, California, self-help author, motivational speaker, books include, 'Awaken the Giant Within', founder, 'Anthony Robbins Foundation' 1960 Death Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Australia author (Town like Alice), dies at 60 1960 Death Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1960 Death Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 1959 Birthday Neal Stephenson, born in Fort Meade, Maryland, author books include, 'The System of the World', ''Anathem', 'Quicksilver', 'The Confusion' 1959 Death Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68 1959 Birthday 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 Death Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian author (Cement), dies at 75 1958 Birthday Cornelia Funke, German Author 1958 Death Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Death Theodore Krieger, German author (Forgotten Village), dies at 61 1958 Birthday Anneka Rice, born in Cowbridge, Wales, born Anne Rice, television hostess, ITV's cooking show, 'Sunday Feast', author, star in 'The Vagina Monologues' 1958 Death Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1958 Death Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62 1958 Birthday Meredith Ann Pierce, U.S., sci-fi author, Darkangel 1958 Death Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 1958 Death Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71 1958 Birthday Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1958 Death Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58 1958 Birthday Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1958 Death Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 1957 Birthday Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host, Susan Powter Show 1957 Death Dorothy Sayers, Atherton Fleming, author (Whose body), dies at 64 1957 Death Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author 1957 Birthday Eric S. Raymond, American Author 1957 Death Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88 1957 Death Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies 1957 Birthday Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author, Project Mankind 1957 Death Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 Event French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 Death Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59 1957 Death Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 1957 Birthday Faye Resnick, author, Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary 1957 Death Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1957 Birthday Richard Powers, born in Evanston, Illinois, author, wrote novel, 'The Time of Our Singing', 'Plowing the Dark', 'The Echo Maker', 'Generosity: An Enhancement' 1957 Birthday Jeff Hawkins, born in Huntington, New York, founder of Palm Computing, inventor of the Palm Pilot, founder of Handspring, inventor of Trio, author of, 'On Intelligence' 1957 Birthday Duncan Goodhew, born in England, Olympic gold medalist, most famous swimmer in the UK, author, motivational speaker 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1957 Birthday John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?' 1957 Death Christopher Morley, American Author 1957 Death Wyndham Lewis, English Author 1957 Death Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90 1957 Death Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75 1956 Death Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 Birthday Michael Connelly, American Author 1956 Death Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 1956 Birthday Anthony Bourdain, born in New York City, New York, chef, author, 'Kitchen Confidential', host of television show, 'Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations' 1956 Birthday Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, U.S., sci-fi author, Hawk of May 1956 Death Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 1956 Birthday David Guterson, American Author 1956 Death A. A. Milne, English Author 1956 Birthday Lynda Barry, born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, cartoonist, author, known for comic strip, 'Ernie Pook's Comeek', wrote 'The Good Times are Killing Me', 'What It Is' 1955 Birthday Tracy [Raye] Hickman, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1955 Birthday Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer 1955 Birthday Steven Brust, Karl Zoltan, U.S., sci-fi author, Yendi, Jhereg 1955 Death W H van Eemlandt, Haasse, author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies 1955 Birthday Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1955 Birthday Caleb Carr, born in Manhattan, New York City, author, military historian, wrote, 'The Italian Secretary', 'Casing the Promised Land', 'The Alienist' 1955 Birthday Timothy Garton Ash, British Author 1955 Birthday 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 Birthday Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica 1955 Birthday Jay McInerney, author, Bright Lights, Big City 1954 Death James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54 1954 Birthday Sandra Cisneros, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, wrote, 'The House on Mango Street', 'Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories', a figure in Chicana literature 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author 1954 Death Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 1954 Death Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Froken Liwin), dies at 78 1954 Birthday Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, U.S., sci-fi author, Enigma, Empery 1954 Birthday Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu 1954 Birthday Louise Erdrich, born in Little Falls, Minnesota, author, short story writer, wrote, 'Love Medicine, 'The Plague of Doves' 1954 Death Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 1954 Birthday Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix 1954 Birthday Anne Lamott, born in San Fransisco, California, author and activist, wrote 'Grace: Thoughts on Faith' and 'Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith' 1954 Death Dean Inge, English Author 1954 Birthday Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1954 Birthday Michael Bergdahl, American Author 1953 Birthday Tina Brown, born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, journalist, magazine editor, talk-show host, columnist, author of The Diana Chronicles 1953 Birthday Alex Grey, born in Columbus, Ohio, sacred, visionary, psychedelic artist, co-founder, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, author of 'Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics' 1953 Birthday Alan Moore, born in Northampton, England, author, wrote comic book series, 'Watchmen', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta', wrote novel, 'Voice of Fire' 1953 Birthday Jennifer Roberson, U.S., sci-fi author, Shapechangers, Sword-Maker 1953 Birthday Michael Stean, born in London, England, professional chess player, author, winner, International Master and International Grandmaster titles in 1975 and 1977 1953 Death Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1953 Birthday Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist 1953 Death Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 1953 Birthday Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, actress, Shogun 1953 Death Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, dies at 93 1953 Death Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 1953 Birthday Paul Krugman, born in New York, economist, liberal, political columnist, author, op-ed columnist for 'The New York Times', wrote, 'The Conscience of a Liberal' 1953 Birthday John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona 1953 Birthday 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 Death Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 1952 Birthday Somtow Sucharitkul, SP Somtow, Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters 1952 Birthday Mel Smith, author, Morons From Outer Space 1952 Death Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82 1952 Birthday Gloria Jean Watkins, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, born Gloria Jean Watkins, author, feminist, focus on race, class, gender, wrote, 'Ain't I a Woman? : Black Women and Feminism' 1952 Birthday Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio, author, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress 1993 1952 Birthday Alexei Sayle, born in Anfield, England, actor, comedian, author, films include, 'Gorky Park', 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', wrote, 'Mister Roberts' 1952 Birthday Gus Van Sant, born in Louisville, Kentucky, film director, musician, author, Academy-Award winning director of film, 'Good Will Hunting', other movies include, 'Milk', 'Elephant' 1952 Birthday Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk 1952 Birthday 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 Birthday Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne 1952 Birthday Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire 1952 Birthday Alice Hoffman, born in New York City, New York, author, known for novel, 'Practical Magic', adapted for film 1952 Birthday Douglas Adams, born in England, author, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1952 Birthday Tim[othy] Powers, U.S., sci-fi author, Epitaph in Rust, Night Moves 1952 Birthday Amy Tan, born in Oakland, California, author, wrote, 'The Bonesetter's Daughter', 'Saving Fish From Drowning', novel, 'The Joy Luck Club', became successful film 1951 Birthday Charles de Lint, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow 1951 Death Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65 1951 Birthday Terry McMillan, American Author 1951 Birthday Nicholas Yermakov, U.S., sci-fi author, Epiphany, Jehad, Clique 1951 Birthday Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike 1951 Birthday Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1951 Birthday Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity 1951 Death Emmet Fox, American Author 1951 Death James Norman Hall, American Author 1951 Birthday Suze Orman, born in Chicago, Illinois, television host, financial advisor, author, host of 'The Suzie Orman Show' on CNBC, books include, 'The Road to Wealth' 1951 Death Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 1951 Birthday Roxanne Pulitzer, born in Glendale California, author, Prize Pulitzer 1951 Death Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 1951 Birthday Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing 1950 Birthday Karl Rove, born in Denver, Colorado, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, author, 'Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight' 1950 Birthday Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Caverns, Reefs, Lava 1950 Death Hedwig Courts-Mahler, German author, dies at 83 1950 Death Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author 1950 Death George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94 1950 Birthday Fran Lebowitz, author/actress, Resident Alien 1950 Death Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author 1950 Birthday 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 Birthday Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books 1950 Birthday David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman 1950 Birthday Carel P de Haseth, Curaeaos author/publisher, Bida after kolo 1950 Birthday James P[aul] Blaylock, U.S., sci-fi author, Elfin Ship, Homunculus 1950 Birthday Helene Weijel, author, In the Street Without a Coat 1950 Birthday Peggy Noonan, author, What I Saw at the Revolution 1950 Birthday Robyn Davidson, born in Miles, Australia, author, travel writer, wrote 'Tracks' 1950 Birthday Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn 1950 Birthday Mercedes Lackey, American Author 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Death Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1950 Death M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76 1950 Death Voranc Prezikov, Lovro Kuhar, Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56 1950 Death Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56 1950 Birthday 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 Birthday Gloria Naylor, U.S. author, Women of Brewster Place 1950 Death George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1949 Death Hervey Allen, American Author 1949 Birthday R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, U.S., sci-fi author, Damiano's Lute, Raphael 1949 Birthday Mary Gordon, U.S., author 1949 Birthday Gayl Jones, U.S. author and poet, Corregidora, Song for Anninho 1949 Birthday Peter Ackroyd, British Author 1949 Birthday Martin Amis, British Author 1949 Birthday Chris Van Allsburg, American Author 1949 Death Sigrid Undset, Norse author (Olav Audunsson, Nobel 1928), dies at 67 1949 Birthday Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1949 Birthday Graham Swift, British Author 1949 Birthday Christopher Hitchens, American Author 1949 Birthday Larry Wall, Canadian Author 1949 Birthday Elizabeth George, American Author 1949 Birthday Jonathan Carroll, American Author 1948 Birthday Dick Morris, American Author 1948 Birthday Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret 1948 Death Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair and loen), dies at 65 1948 Birthday Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' 1948 Birthday 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 Birthday George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, U.S., sci-fi author, Wild Cards 1948 Birthday Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame 1948 Birthday Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek II, III, IV 1948 Birthday Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth 1948 Birthday Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author, Day of Wrath 1948 Birthday Ian Mcewan, British Author 1948 Death Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Birthday Terry Pratchett, English Author 1948 Birthday Terry Prachett, English Author 1948 Birthday Dan Simmons, American Author 1948 Birthday Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Dune 1948 Birthday Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives 1948 Birthday William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero 1948 Birthday Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1948 Birthday Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run 1948 Death Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 1948 Birthday Lynn Abbey, American Author 1947 Birthday Brian C Daley, U.S., sci-fi author, Exploits of Han Solo, Tron 1947 Death St-Georges de Bouchelier, French author (Children's Carnival), dies at 71 1947 Death Arthur Machen, Welsh Author, dies 1947 Death Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tur), dies at 26 1947 Death Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82 1947 Death Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66 1947 Birthday Stephen King, U.S., sci-fi author, Carrie, Shining, Kujo 1947 Birthday Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun 1947 Birthday Willy Russell, author/playwright, Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita 1947 Birthday Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy 1947 Birthday 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 Birthday Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed 1947 Birthday Linda Chavez, American Author 1947 Birthday Sara Paretsky, American Author 1947 Birthday Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1947 Birthday Stephen R. Donaldson, U.S., sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane 1947 Death Willa Cather, American Author 1947 Birthday Robert Kiyosaki, American Author 1947 Birthday James Patterson, American Author 1947 Birthday Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author 1947 Birthday 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 Birthday Paul Auster, U.S. author, poet and director, Mr Vertigo, Smoke 1947 Birthday George Alec Effinger, U.S., sci-fi author, Nick of Time 1947 Death Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 1946 Birthday Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux 1946 Death Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, author/Radio Orange, dies 1946 Birthday 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 Birthday Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author 1946 Birthday Jerome Corsi, American Author 1946 Birthday Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 1946 Death H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1946 Death H. G. Wells, English Author 1946 Death Gertrude Stein, American Author 1946 Death Gertrude Stein, U.S./French author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72 1946 Birthday Michael Shea, U.S., sci-fi author, Fat Face, Polyphemus 1946 Birthday Robert Asprin, American Author 1946 Birthday Elizabeth A. Lynn, U.S., sci-fi author, Watchtower, Red Hawk 1946 Birthday Janet E[llen] Morris, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus 1946 Birthday 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 Birthday Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Wetware 1946 Birthday Phyllis Eisenstein, U.S., sci-fi author, Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile 1946 Birthday 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 Death Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39 1945 Birthday Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds 1945 Birthday Tracy Kidder, American Author 1945 Birthday Rachid Mimouni, born in Boudouaou, Algeria, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction' 1945 Birthday Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces 1945 Event Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes 1945 Birthday David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1945 Birthday Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer 1945 Death Margot Asquith, English Author 1945 Birthday Dean Koontz, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Quest, Beastchild 1945 Birthday Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1945 Birthday Elizabeth Moon, American Author 1945 Birthday Thomas Brasch, born in Germany, writer, author, poet, film director, Best Director, 1981 Bavarian Film Awards 1945 Birthday Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach 1945 Birthday 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 Birthday [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings 1945 Death Ada Negri, Italian poet/author (Fatalit ), dies at 74 1945 Birthday Barry Holstein Lopez, U.S. author, Of Wolves and Men 1945 Birthday Barry Lopez, American Author 1944 Birthday Jack L[aurence] Chalker, U.S., sci-fi author, Saga of Well World 1944 Death Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43 1944 Birthday Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author, 7 Stories 1944 Birthday Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber 1944 Birthday Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Molly Ivins, born in California, newspaper columnist, author, political commentator 1944 Birthday Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End 1944 Birthday Janet Dailey, U.S., author 1944 Death Max Brand, Frederick Schiller Faust, western author, dies 1944 Birthday Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer 1944 Death Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 1944 Birthday Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 1944 Birthday Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, U.S., sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx 1944 Death Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55 1944 Death David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 1944 Birthday Richard Ford, U.S. author, Sportswriter 1944 Event Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested 1944 Birthday David Gerrold, Jerrold David Friedman, author, World of Star Trek 1944 Birthday Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 1944 Birthday Terry Brooks, U.S., sci-fi author, Sword of Shannara 1944 Birthday Henry Kravis, author, The Money Machine 1943 Death John Bouber, Blom, actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 1943 Death Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38 1943 Birthday Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author, Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid 1943 Death A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1943 Birthday Nelson DeMille, American Author 1943 Birthday Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Birthday Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1943 Birthday Joe Haldeman, American Author 1943 Birthday Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon 1943 Birthday Ewald Vanvugt, author, Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love 1943 Birthday Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Birthday Joe McGinniss, Rye, New York, author, Selling of President 1968 1942 Birthday John Crowley, U.S., sci-fi author, Deep, Beasts, Novelty 1942 Birthday 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 Birthday Shere Hite, author/sex therapist 1942 Birthday Donna Leon, American Author 1942 Birthday Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania 1942 Birthday Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Summerfair 1942 Birthday C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy 1942 Birthday Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1942 Birthday James Topping, author of CP/M 1942 Death [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 1942 Birthday Barry B[rookes] Longyear, U.S., sci-fi author, City of Baraboo 1942 Birthday Kitty Kelley, author, Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra 1942 Birthday Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona 1942 Birthday Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying 1942 Birthday Jacqueline Lichtenberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy 1942 Birthday Ama Ata Aidoo, born in Saltpond, Ghana, Ghanaian author and playwright, wrote 'The Dilemma of a Ghost' 1942 Birthday Paul Preuss, U.S., sci-fi author, Medusa Encounter, Starfire 1942 Birthday Michael D[iamond] Resnick, sci-fi author, Sideshow, Eros Ascending 1942 Birthday Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host, Nathan Sid, In Africa 1941 Birthday Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author 1941 Birthday Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 Death Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46 1941 Birthday Anne Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, Interview with a Vampire 1941 Birthday James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author, Giants' Star 1941 Death Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies 1941 Birthday Michael Pennington, actor/author, Return of Sherlock Holmes 1941 Event Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn 1941 Birthday Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author, Mussert 1941 Birthday George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1941 Death Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 1941 Death Virginia Woolf, British Author 1941 Birthday Stephen Dobyns, U.S. author and poet, Cold Dog Soup 1940 Death F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44 1940 Death Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist 1940 Death Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies 1940 Birthday Maxine Hong Kingston, U.S., author 1940 Birthday Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Birthday George Greenstein, author, Secret of a Jewish Baker 1940 Birthday Timothy Severin, author/explorer 1940 Birthday Norman [Richard] Spinrad, U.S., sci-fi author, Child of Fortune 1940 Birthday Norman Spinrad, American Author 1940 Death Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& dodsnat), dies at 72 1940 Birthday Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1940 Birthday Joseph Brodsky, U.S.S.R., author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987 1940 Death Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies 1940 Death Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 1940 Birthday Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest 1940 Birthday Jeffrey Archer, born in England, Tory-Commons, author, Matter of Honor 1940 Birthday Russell Banks, American Author 1940 Death Selma O Lagerlof, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81 1940 Birthday Thomas M[ichael] Disch, U.S., sci-fi author, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs 1939 Birthday Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author, Alien Heat, Bull and Spear 1939 Birthday Margaret E Atwood, author and poet 1939 Birthday Auberon Waugh, British Author 1939 Birthday Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo 1939 Birthday Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 1939 Birthday M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Gameplayers of Zan 1939 Birthday Christina Crawford, author, Joan's daughter, Mommie Dearest 1939 Birthday Margaret Drabble, British author, Needle's Eye 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael 1939 Death Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 1939 Death Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 1939 Birthday Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four 1939 Birthday Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Birthday Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters 1939 Birthday Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, U.S., sci-fi author, Spider Jane, Heart's Blood 1939 Birthday Rachel English, London, author, My 1st 500 1939 Birthday Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich 1939 Death Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1939 Death Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1938 Birthday Janet Hough Bryant, author/performing artist/educator 1938 Death Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (Bila Nemoc), dies at 48 1938 Birthday Stewart Brand, American Author 1938 Birthday Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1938 Birthday Judith Martin, author/journalist/columnist, Miss Manners 1938 Birthday Frederick Forsyth, author, Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File 1938 Death Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67 1938 Birthday Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Event Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal, kid books author 1938 Birthday Margaret Forster, British Author 1938 Birthday Larry Niven, U.S., sci-fi author, 5 Hugo, Neutron Star 1938 Death Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green and Gray), dies at 75 1938 Death Henry Newbolt, English Author 1938 Death Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 Birthday David Irving, British Author 1938 Birthday Michael J[oseph] Kurland, U.S., sci-fi author, Infernal Device 1938 Birthday Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red 1938 Death Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 1938 Birthday Judy Blume, author, Wifey 1938 Birthday John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom 1937 Birthday John [Thomas] Sladek, U.S., sci-fi author, Tik-Tok, Bugs 1937 Birthday Brian Lumley, England, sci-fi author, Compleat Crow, Psychomech 1937 Birthday Gail Sheehy, author, Hustling 1937 Birthday Jackie Collins, London, author, Bitch, Stud 1937 Birthday Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1937 Birthday Albertine Sarrazin, French author, L'astragale, La Cavale 1937 Birthday Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard 1937 Birthday Jared Diamond, American Author 1937 Birthday William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 1937 Death Edith Wharton, American Author 1937 Birthday Brooke Hayward, born in Los Angeles, California, author, Haywire 1937 Birthday Mirabel Morgan, author, Total Woman 1937 Birthday Gail Godwin, U.S., author, Perfectionists, Odd Woman 1937 Birthday Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story 1937 Birthday Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Birthday Robert Fulghum, American Author 1937 Birthday Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber 1937 Birthday George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1937 Birthday Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions 1937 Birthday Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, born in UK, sci-fi author, Collision Course 1937 Death Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58 1937 Birthday 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 Birthday Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx 1937 Birthday Jilly Cooper, British Author 1937 Death Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 1936 Birthday Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1936 Birthday K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author 1936 Death Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, dies at 76 1936 Death Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1936 Birthday Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author 1936 Death Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99 1936 Death Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 1936 Birthday Richard L[ouis] Tierney, U.S., sci-fi author, Winds of Zarr 1936 Birthday Tom Robbins, American Author 1936 Birthday 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 Birthday Lars Gustafsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, professor, University of Texas at Austin, author, wrote 'The Death of a Beekeeper' 1936 Birthday Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, U.S., sci-fi author, Jupiter Theft 1936 Birthday Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers 1936 Birthday Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright, Are You Lonesome Tonight 1936 Birthday Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author 1936 Birthday Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet, Dimri i Madh 1936 Birthday Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author, Instant Replay 1936 Death Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 1936 Birthday Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, author, Last Wish 1935 Birthday Calvin Trillin, author, New Yorker 1935 Death Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1935 Birthday Randolph Stow, author and poet, Suburbs of Hell 1935 Birthday Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, femnist/author, Ms 1935 Death Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89 1935 Birthday Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1935 Death Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies 1935 Birthday Michael Holroyd, born in London, England, author, biographer, wrote biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John 1935 Birthday Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1935 Birthday Carol Shields, Canadian Author 1935 Birthday Erich von Daniken, author, Chariots of the Gods 1935 Death Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1935 Birthday John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century 1935 Birthday Judith Rossner, author, Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1935 Birthday 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 Birthday Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author, Against Our Wills 1935 Death Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78 1935 Birthday David Lodge, British Author 1935 Birthday Raymond Briggs, English author, Fungus the Bogeyman 1935 Birthday Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle 1935 Birthday Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet 1934 Birthday Carl Sagan, Brooklyn, astronomer/author/professor, Cosmos, Broca's Brain 1934 Birthday Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and author, Charlotte Life or Theater 1934 Birthday Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author, Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay 1934 Birthday John Brunner, Kilian Houston, UK, sci-fi author, 100th Millennium 1934 Birthday Kate Millett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, feminist/author, Sexual Politics 1934 Birthday Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter 1934 Death Delilah L Beasley, U.S. author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61 1934 Birthday Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1934 Birthday Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author, Chthon, Phthor 1934 Death [James] Thorne Smith, U.S., sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) 1934 Birthday Harlan [Jay] Ellison, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5 1934 Birthday Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 Birthday David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Birthday [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969 1933 Birthday Earnest P van Altena, author/interpreter, Chansons van Earnest 1933 Birthday David Reuben, author, Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex 1933 Death Augustine Birrell, English Author 1933 Birthday Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1933 Birthday Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Birthday Nancy Friday, American Author 1933 Birthday Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 Birthday Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon 1933 Birthday John Bradshaw, born in Houston, Texas, educator, speaker, author, popularized dysfunctional family, wrote 'Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child' 1933 Death John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday Barbara Taylor Bradford, author 1933 Birthday Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika 1933 Death 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 Birthday Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author 1933 Birthday William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1933 Birthday Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author, Web of Wizardry, Space Trap 1933 Birthday 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 Death Sara Teasdale, American Author 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, U.S., sci-fi author, Deadwalk, Plunder 1933 Birthday Sonia Garmers, Justina, Curaeao, author, Dear Queen 1932 Birthday Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth 1932 Death Carry van Bruggen, de Haan, Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51 1932 Birthday Marian Christy, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author, Invasions of Privacy 1932 Birthday Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left 1932 Birthday Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center 1932 Event Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna 1932 Birthday Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author, Cat Karina 1932 Birthday Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 Birthday Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1932 Birthday Carlene Polite, U.S. dancer/activist/author, Sister X 1932 Birthday Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake 1932 Death Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author 1932 Birthday Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim 1932 Death Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1932 Birthday Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1932 Birthday Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1932 Birthday Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father 1932 Birthday Ronald Allison, British author/broadcaster 1932 Birthday Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1932 Birthday Umberto Eco, author, Name of the Rose 1931 Birthday Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo 1931 Death Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69 1931 Birthday Dervla Murphy, travel author, Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule 1931 Birthday Rinus Ferdinandusse, editor/author, Nude on Fence 1931 Birthday Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, author, Winters in Wartime 1931 Birthday John Le Carre, English Author 1931 Birthday Brian Glanville, author/journalist 1931 Birthday Kristin Hunter, Eggleston, U.S. author, God Bless the Child 1931 Death Frank Harris, Irish Author 1931 Birthday Alice Munro, author, Dance of the Happy Shades 1931 Birthday Julian May, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Torc, Magnificat 1931 Birthday Louis W. Ballard, born in Cherokee, Quapaw, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee' 1931 Birthday David Eddings, U.S., sci-fi author, Belgariad, Malloreon 1931 Birthday Andres Burnier, criminologist/author, Jongensuur 1931 Birthday Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries 1931 Birthday Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1931 Birthday Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, U.S., sci-fi author, Soldier of Arete 1931 Birthday Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E 1931 Birthday Jane Rule, Canadian Author 1931 Birthday 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 Birthday John McPhee, author, Back to ---- 1931 Birthday Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff 1931 Birthday Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime 1931 Birthday Thomas Bernhard, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist 1931 Birthday Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus 1931 Birthday Mordecai Richler, Montreal author, Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1931 Birthday Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth 1931 Birthday E. L. Doctorow, American Author 1930 Birthday John Morressy, U.S., sci-fi author, Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane 1930 Birthday J. G. Ballard, British Author 1930 Birthday Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, Christmas in Biafra 1930 Birthday J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author, Drowned World 1930 Birthday Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curaeao 1930 Birthday Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February 1930 Death Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 1930 Birthday 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 Death Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire 1930 Birthday Warren Burger, U.S., author, The Midas Touch 1930 Birthday D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author, Synthajoy, Radio Plays 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Thomas Sowell, author/activist 1930 Birthday Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, U.S., sci-fi author, Thongor of Lemuria 1930 Birthday Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen 1930 Birthday Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last 1930 Birthday Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords 1930 Birthday Fred Saberhagen, American Author 1930 Death Herbert Croly, American Author 1930 Birthday Stanley Elkin, American Author 1930 Death Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Erica Pedretti, born in Sternberk, Czech Republic, author, writer, artist, painter, sculptress, awarded, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 1930 Birthday Harry Mathews, American Author 1930 Birthday Kenneth Anger, American Author 1930 Birthday Norman Podhoretz, born in Brooklyn, New York, author/editor, New York Post 1930 Birthday Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author, Fool's sanctuary 1929 Birthday Mary Higgins Clark, born in Bronx, New York, author, Cry in the Night, Stillwatch 1929 Birthday Marilyn French, U.S. author, The Women's Room 1929 Birthday Renate Rubinstein, Tamar, German/Ned's author/columnist, Tamar 1929 Birthday Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author, Death of Artemio Cruz 1929 Birthday Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author, Verhor von Habana 1929 Birthday Ursula K. Le Guin, U.S., sci-fi author, Tombs of Atuan 1929 Birthday Ursula K. LeGuin, American Author 1929 Birthday Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973 1929 Birthday Ira Levin, author, Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day 1929 Death 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 Birthday Shirley Ann Grau, author, Keepers of the House 1929 Birthday Eric Carle, American Author 1929 Birthday Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1929 Birthday Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist and child birth educator 1929 Birthday Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author, Ipcress File, Fighter 1929 Birthday Peter NF Porter, Australian/British author and poet, Chair of Babel 1929 Birthday Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, author, Little Murders 1929 Birthday 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 Birthday Philip K[indred] Dick, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo-1963, Blade Runner 1928 Death Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies 1928 Event 1st celebration of Author's Day 1928 Birthday Thomas Burnett Swann, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of Minotaur 1928 Birthday Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave 1928 Birthday Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1928 Birthday Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet 1928 Birthday Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space 1928 Birthday Robert Sheckley, American Author 1928 Birthday Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author, 1st Family, Blood River 1928 Birthday Pavel Kohout, born in Czechoslovakia, director/author, Poor Murderer 1928 Birthday Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1928 Birthday Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap 1928 Death Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies 1928 Birthday Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days 1928 Birthday Cynthia Ozick, U.S., author, Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories 1928 Birthday James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1928 Birthday Tom Sharpe, English historian/author, Riotous Assembly, Want 1928 Birthday Michael Harrington, St. Louis, socialist/author, Fragments of Century 1928 Birthday Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author, Tormenta de verano 1928 Birthday Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend 1928 Birthday Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster 1928 Birthday Judith Krantz, born in New York City, author, Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle 1928 Birthday William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1927 Birthday Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author, Heartsease 1927 Death Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1927 Birthday Gunther Grass, German Author 1927 Birthday Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator 1927 Birthday James Goldman, author/playwright, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid 1927 Death Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1927 Birthday Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals 1927 Birthday Zilpha Keatly Snyder, U.S., sci-fi author, Headless Cupid 1927 Birthday Anthony Lewis, columnist New York Times and author, Gideon's Trumpet 1927 Birthday 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 Birthday Jakov Lind, German/British author, Counting My Footsteps 1927 Birthday Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares 1927 Birthday Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire 1926 Birthday Poul [William] Anderson, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Mirkheim 1926 Birthday Alan Owen, English author, Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show 1926 Birthday Zig Ziglar, American Author 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 Birthday John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Birthday Alice Adams, U.S. author 1926 Birthday J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, nee Janet Asimov, author, 2nd Experiment 1926 Birthday Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author and poet 1926 Birthday Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day 1926 Birthday Harper Lee, author, To Kill a Mockingbird 1926 Death Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1926 Death Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies 1926 Birthday Anne McCaffrey, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragonflight, Dragondrums 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday James Merrill, U.S. poet and author, Scripts for the Pageant 1926 Birthday Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life 1926 Birthday Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1926 Birthday Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life' 1926 Birthday Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use 1925 Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Birthday Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author 1925 Birthday Dieter Wellershoff, German author, Minotaur 1925 Birthday Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln 1925 Birthday Arkadi N Strugazki, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of the Troika 1925 Birthday Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse' 1925 Birthday Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Birthday Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Death A. C. Benson, British Author 1925 Birthday John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1925 Birthday Tony Hillerman, American Author 1925 Birthday George MacDonald Fraser, poet and author, Flashman at the Charge 1925 Birthday Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy 1925 Birthday Harry Harrison, American Author 1925 Birthday 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 Birthday Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa 1925 Death Nina David, Mrs Radcliffe N Salomon, poet/author, dies 1925 Birthday Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author, Anak semua bangsa 1925 Birthday Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author 1925 Birthday Russell Hoban, U.S. children's book author, Riddley Walker/Pilgermann 1925 Birthday Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman 1924 Birthday Ida Haendel, Polish violinist and author, Woman with Violin 1924 Death Herman Heijermans, Jr., author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies 1924 Birthday Truman Capote, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, In Cold Blood 1924 Birthday James A. Baldwin, American Author 1924 Birthday Idries Shah, Indian Author 1924 Birthday Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! 1924 Death August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62 1924 Birthday Raf de Linde, Raphael van Hecke, author, Vaarwel on Gertrude 1924 Death Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1924 Birthday Renos Apostolidis, Greek author and poet, Katigoro 1924 Birthday Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam 1924 Birthday Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author, Road to Rome 1924 Birthday Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1924 Birthday Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1924 Birthday Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus 1923 Birthday Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi 1923 Birthday 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 Birthday Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 Death French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59 1923 Birthday Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author, The Arch 1923 Birthday Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author, Genetic General 1923 Birthday Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian Author 1923 Birthday Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1923 Birthday Italo Calvino, born in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler 1923 Birthday Reninca, Renee Lauwers, Flemish author, Seed in the Wind 1923 Birthday Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author 1923 Death Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1923 Birthday Erik Aalbaek Jensen, Danish vicar/author, Perleporten 1923 Death Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73 1923 Birthday 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 Birthday Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1923 Birthday John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places 1923 Birthday 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 Birthday Avram Davidson, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork! 1923 Birthday Paula Fox, U.S. children's books author, Poor George 1923 Birthday Lloyd Biggle, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Silence is Deadly 1923 Birthday Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director, Doctor Noir 1923 Birthday Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage 1923 Birthday Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars 1922 Death Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 1922 Death Lyman Abbott, American Author 1922 Birthday Damon [Francis] Knight, U.S., sci-fi author, CV, Beyond the Barrier 1922 Death William Henry Hudson, British Author 1922 Birthday Mavis Gallant, Canadian Author 1922 Death [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Birthday James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 Birthday Terje Stigen, Norwegian author, Det siste paradiset 1922 Birthday Harry Clement Stubbs, U.S., sci-fi author, Needle, Iceworld 1922 Birthday Dennis Compton, author/crickleter 1922 Birthday Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1922 Birthday Colin Fletcher, author, Walking Through Time 1922 Birthday Mervyn Jones, author, Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers 1922 Birthday Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher, Cosmopolitan 1922 Birthday Michael Bentine, England, author/comedian, Reluctant Jester 1922 Birthday Raymond Baxter, British TV host/author, Fast Lady 1922 Event Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 1921 Birthday Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 1921 Birthday Ilse Aichinger, Austria, author 1921 Birthday 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 Birthday Stanislaw Lem, born in Poland, sci-fi author, Solaris, Invincible 1921 Birthday Jacqueline Susann, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author, Valley of the Dolls 1921 Birthday James Houston, born in Toronto, author/filmmaker, Tikta'Liktak 1921 Birthday Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X 1921 Birthday James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1921 Birthday James Blish, American Author 1921 Birthday Wilson Harris, Guayanese author 1921 Birthday 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 Birthday F[rancis] M[arion] Busby, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Star Rebel 1921 Birthday John Bouber, Blom, actor/author, Fool of Heideloo 1921 Birthday Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author 1920 Birthday Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 1920 Birthday Paul T B Rodenko, poet and author, Stolen Lover 1920 Death Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1920 Birthday Frank [Patrick] Herbert, U.S., sci-fi author, Dune 1920 Birthday Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father 1920 Birthday Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Illinois, sci-fi author, Fahrenheit 451 1920 Birthday Pierre Berton, Canadian Author 1920 Birthday John Howard Griffin, U.S., photographer/author, Black Like Me 1920 Birthday 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 Birthday Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1920 Birthday Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1920 Death William D Howells, U.S. author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 1920 Birthday Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By 1920 Birthday Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark Universe, Last Leap 1919 Birthday Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl 1919 Death Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30 1919 Birthday Kathleen Winsor, American Author 1919 Birthday Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant 1919 Birthday Aya Zikken, author, Atlasvlinder, Rameh 1919 Birthday Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator 1919 Birthday 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 Death Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62 1919 Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind 1919 Birthday Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1919 Birthday Nora Beloff, journalist/author 1919 Death Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austrian author, dies at 59 1918 Death Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 1918 Death Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 1918 Death Jon Trausti, Gudmundur Magnusson, Iceland author (Godir), dies 1918 Death Marten Baersma, MH Bottema, Fries author, dies at 28 1918 Birthday Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1918 Birthday Richard Hoggart, author/warden, Goldsmith's College London 1918 Death Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) 1918 Birthday Allen Drury, author, Advise and Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize 1918 Death Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1918 Birthday 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 Birthday Theodore Sturgeon, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, It, Caviar 1918 Birthday Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1917 Death 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 Birthday [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War 1917 Birthday Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister 1917 Birthday Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen 1917 Birthday Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, U.S., sci-fi author, Anything Box 1917 Birthday Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1917 Birthday Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Birthday Magda Szabo, Hungary, author, Az oz, Abigel 1917 Birthday Jessica Mitford, author, American Way of Death 1917 Birthday 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 Birthday Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy 1917 Birthday Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author, Amsterdam Affair 1917 Birthday Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho 1917 Birthday Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author 1916 Death Jack London, author, dies at 40 1916 Birthday Shelby Foote, American Author 1916 Birthday Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade 1916 Birthday Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright 1916 Birthday Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave 1916 Birthday Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables 1916 Birthday Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1916 Birthday Jack Vance, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume 1916 Birthday Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 1916 Birthday Ronald Ridout, school textbook author 1916 Birthday Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author, Family dictionary 1916 Birthday Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions 1916 Death Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mame), dies at 76 1916 Birthday Harold Robbins, New York City, author, Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy 1916 Birthday Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author, La Colmena-1951 1916 Birthday Beverly Cleary, American Author 1916 Birthday Irving Wallace, Author 1915 Birthday Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 Birthday William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1915 Birthday Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 Birthday Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, U.S., sci-fi author, Ginger Star 1915 Death Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76 1915 Birthday 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 Birthday Alice B[radley] Sheldon, U.S., sci-fi author, Byte Beautiful 1915 Birthday Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish author/resistance fighter, Mensch op Weg 1915 Birthday Saul Bellow, born in Lachine, Quebec, author, Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976 1915 Birthday Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars 1915 Birthday Monica Dickens, author/founder, US Samaritians 1915 Birthday Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane 1915 Birthday Henry Kuttner, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark World, As You Were 1915 Birthday Richard Thomas Condon, author 1915 Birthday Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author, Das Spiegellabyrinth 1915 Birthday Paul Ferris, British author 1915 Birthday Patrick Leigh Fermor, author 1915 Birthday Jann Willem Holsbergen, author, Zakenmensen Fair as Gold 1915 Birthday Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author 1914 Birthday [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters 1914 Birthday R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, U.S., sci-fi author, Devil is Dead 1914 Birthday Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author, Mozart biography 1914 Birthday 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 Birthday Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize 1914 Birthday Laurie Lee, male poet and author, I Can't Stay Long 1914 Birthday Vance Packard, Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, author, Hidden Persuaders 1914 Birthday 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 Birthday Charles Hubert Sisson, author and poet, Christopher Homm 1914 Death Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author (Andel Miru), dies at 73 1914 Birthday Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service 1914 Birthday Ralph Ellison, American Author 1914 Birthday 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 Death Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 1913 Birthday Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1913 Birthday Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man 1913 Birthday Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement 1913 Birthday Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author 1913 Birthday Ellis Peters, British Author 1913 Birthday Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author 1913 Birthday Ralph Hammond Innes, English author 1913 Birthday Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S., sci-fi author, Space Lords 1913 Birthday Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president, Antsa 1913 Birthday Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter 1913 Birthday Aime Cesaire, born in Martinique, Afro-Martinican francophone, educator, poet, author, politician 1913 Birthday 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 Birthday Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye 1913 Birthday Earl Blackwell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, author, Celebrity Register 1913 Birthday Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda 1913 Birthday William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author 1913 Birthday Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1913 Birthday Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author 1913 Death Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44 1912 Birthday John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania 1912 Birthday Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree 1912 Birthday Anton Koolhaas, author, Weird White 1912 Death Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83 1912 Birthday Ian Serraillier, children author 1912 Birthday Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1912 Birthday Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author 1912 Birthday Studs Terkel, born in New York, author, historian, broadcaster, Pulitzer Prize winner 1912 Birthday George Woodcock, author 1912 Birthday A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn 1912 Birthday A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author, Empress of Outer Space 1912 Birthday Peter Bull, actor/author, Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr. Strangelove 1912 Birthday Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1912 Birthday Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch, female, author 1912 Birthday Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, = 1912 Birthday Barbara Tuchman, U.S., historian/author, Pulitzer, Guns of August 1912 Birthday Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist, Cloak, Aufruf 1912 Birthday Rudolf Hagelstange, German author and poet, Spielball der Gotter 1911 Birthday William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian 1911 Birthday Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author 1911 Birthday James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game 1911 Birthday Viktor P. Nekrasov, Ukrainian author, Vokopach Stalingrada 1911 Birthday Gardner F[rancis] Fox, U.S., sci-fi author, Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman 1911 Birthday C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment Night 1910 Birthday Fritz [Reuter] Leiber, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Bazaar of the Bizarre 1910 Death Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1910 Death Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, dies at 79 1910 Birthday Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher 1910 Birthday Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author, A Country 1910 Birthday Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys 1910 Death Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1910 Death Kalman Mikszath, Hungarian author (Szent Peter Esernyoje), dies at 63 1910 Birthday Peter De Vries, Chicago, author, Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon 1910 Birthday Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free 1910 Birthday 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 Birthday James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family 1909 Birthday Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon 1909 Birthday Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce 1909 Birthday Paul de Vree, Flemish author, Between Doubt and Tears 1909 Birthday Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder, Vrij Netherland 1909 Birthday John Baur, museum director/author, American Paintings in 19th Century 1909 Birthday Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1909 Birthday Laura Hillenbrand, American Author 1909 Birthday David Brock, American Author 1909 Birthday Helen Fielding, British Author 1909 Birthday James Bovard, Author 1909 Birthday Tom Bodett, American Author 1909 Birthday Sheri S. Tepper, American Author 1909 Birthday Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator 1909 Birthday Edgar Pangborn, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment of Eve, Davy 1909 Birthday Keith Davis, voice tutor/author 1908 Birthday Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist 1908 Birthday Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1908 Birthday Harry Kemelman, U.S. detective author, rabbi-omnibus 1908 Birthday Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author, 50th Anniv of Soviet Union 1908 Birthday Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema 1908 Birthday Kay Thompson, American Author 1908 Death Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1908 Birthday Fanny Leys, Flemish author, Ontwijding 1908 Birthday Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street 1908 Birthday Richard Wright, U.S., author, Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children 1908 Birthday Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1908 Birthday Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author, Bestiari 1908 Birthday Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond 1908 Death Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1908 Birthday Jack [Stewart] Williamson, U.S., sci-fi author, Cometeers 1908 Birthday Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art 1908 Birthday Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author, Cheaper by the Dozen 1908 Birthday Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author, Hondo, Jubal Sackett 1908 Birthday Louis L'Amour, American Author 1908 Birthday Frank G Slaughter, author, Sangaree 1908 Birthday Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist 1908 Birthday Simone de Beauvoir, France, author, Mandarins, 2nd Sex 1907 Birthday Rumer Godden, England, author, Thursday's Children 1907 Birthday Jo Boer, Dutch author, Catharina and the Magnolias 1907 Birthday Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect 1907 Birthday Alberto Moravia, Pincherle, Italian author, Indifferent Ones 1907 Birthday L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei 1907 Birthday Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot 1907 Birthday Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author and poet 1907 Birthday Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking 1907 Birthday Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet, Cheese and Bread Game 1907 Birthday Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir 1907 Birthday Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author 1907 Birthday Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author 1907 Death Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77 1907 Birthday Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet 1907 Birthday John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line 1907 Birthday Nicolas Bentley, British Author 1907 Birthday Dorothy West, U.S. journalist/author, Living is Easy 1907 Birthday Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess 1907 Birthday Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1907 Birthday E. 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Swanton, author and sports commentator 1907 Birthday Anton Ingolic, Slavic author, After Splavih, After Prelomu 1906 Birthday H Allen Smith, Illinois, humorist/author, Low Man on Totem Pole 1906 Birthday Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann 1906 Death Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies 1906 Birthday Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Birthday Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1906 Birthday Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv 1906 Birthday Francis Walder, Francois Waldburger, Belgian author 1906 Birthday Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife 1906 Birthday Eleanor Estes, author, Ginger Pye, Moffats 1906 Birthday Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond 1906 Birthday Robert E[rvin] Howard, U.S., sci-fi author, Conan the Conqueror 1905 Birthday Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1905 Birthday Wazyk, Adam Wagman, Polish poet and author, Eyes and Mouth 1905 Birthday Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author 1905 Birthday Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, daughter of Thomas Mann 1905 Birthday Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent 1905 Birthday Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish author, Yhdeksan Miehen Saappaat 1905 Death George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80 1905 Birthday Sven Johan Stolpe, Swedish author, Latt, snabb och om 1905 Birthday Daniel M K "Daan" Inghelram, Flemish author, Angelique 1905 Birthday Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China 1905 Birthday Lionel Trilling, author, 1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination 1905 Death Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Sp author (Pepita Jimenez), dies at 80 1905 Death Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 1905 Death B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58 1905 Birthday Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author, Sputniki 1905 Birthday Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer, Stroom 1905 Birthday Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides 1904 Birthday Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1904 Birthday Nancy Mitford, English author, Love in a cold climate 1904 Death Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies 1904 Birthday Marya Mannes, New York City, author, The Reporter 1904 Birthday Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author, Danger Planet 1904 Death Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 1904 Birthday Karen Aabye, Danish author, Less bedstemor there jomfru 1904 Birthday Thanasis Petsalis, Greek author, I Mavrolyki 1904 Birthday Christopher Isherwood, American Author 1904 Birthday M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author, Gelakte Brain 1904 Birthday Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1904 Birthday Agnes Yarnall, sculptor, artist, author laa, 1987 1904 Birthday Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1904 Birthday Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me 1904 Death Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author 1904 Birthday Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" 1904 Birthday James Thomas Farrell, U.S., author, Studs Lonigan trilogy 1904 Birthday Adelle Davis, author, Lets Stay Healthy, nutritionist, died of cancer 1904 Birthday Buzurg Alavi, Persian author, Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha 1904 Birthday S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist, Around the World in 80 Days 1904 Birthday S. 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"Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, Mieke-serial 1901 Birthday Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease 1901 Death Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76 1900 Birthday Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only 1900 Birthday Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers 1900 Death Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1900 Birthday Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross 1900 Birthday Howard Thurman, theologian/author, Deep River, Deep in the Hunger 1900 Birthday Margaret Mitchell, author, 'Gone With the Wind' 1900 Birthday Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours 1900 Birthday Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola 1900 Birthday Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham 1900 Death Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 1900 Birthday Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author, Undercurrent, Coral Reef 1900 Birthday Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author, Earste Keur 1900 Birthday Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home 1900 Birthday Ferenc Kormendy, Hungarian/US author, Budapest Kaland 1899 Birthday Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1899 Birthday William R Burnett, U.S., author, Little Caesar 1899 Birthday Eddy du Perron, Dutch author and poet 1899 Death Horatio Alger, Jr., Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 1899 Birthday Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author, regional novels 1899 Birthday 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 Birthday Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective 1898 Birthday C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author, Silver Chair 1898 Birthday C. S. Lewis, English Author 1898 Birthday Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice 1898 Birthday Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik 1898 Death Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78 1898 Birthday Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author, Flowering of New England 1898 Birthday Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russian/Australia author, Students 1898 Birthday Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author, Kaputt 1898 Death Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies 1898 Birthday 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 Birthday Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor, De Standaard 1929-39 1897 Birthday Manuel A. Neat, Curaeaos author, Nobleza di Coerazon 1897 Birthday Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1897 Birthday Dorothy Day, author, Stump the Authors 1897 Birthday Naomi Mitchison, author, African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill 1897 Birthday Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author, Mark of Zorro, Applause 1897 Birthday William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1897 Birthday Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet 1897 Birthday Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon 1897 Birthday Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author, Village by the River 1896 Birthday Eslanda Goode, U.S. anthropology/author under Paul Robeson 1896 Birthday , Lady Huxley, Juliette Baillot, author 1896 Birthday Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author, Il giorno del giudizio 1896 Birthday Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher 1896 Birthday Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul, Minnesota, author, Great Gatsby 1896 Birthday Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga 1896 Birthday Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory 1896 Death William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1896 Death Harriet Beecher Stowe, U.S. author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 1896 Birthday William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 Birthday Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte 1896 Death Thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton 1896 Birthday Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author, Janne Kubik 1895 Birthday Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet, Loke Saar Havre 1895 Birthday Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player 1895 Birthday Henry Williamson, English Author 1895 Birthday Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author, An American Verdict 1895 Birthday Raymond Brulez, Flemish author, Appearance at Kallista 1895 Birthday Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author, Sinner and the Girl 1895 Birthday Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author 1895 Birthday Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author 1895 Birthday Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author, Le petit general 1895 Birthday Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads 1895 Birthday Vardis A Fisher, U.S. author, Darkness and Deep 1895 Birthday Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and author, Der Halbe Mensch 1894 Birthday John B[oynton] Priestly, author, Good Companions, wed Jessica Hawkes 1894 Birthday Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden 1894 Birthday Aldous Huxley, born in Surrey, England, author, Brave New World 1894 Birthday Mark van Doren, born in Illinois, author, Happy Critic, Transients 1894 Birthday Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author, Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon 1894 Birthday Adela Rogers St. John, journalist/author, Foreign Correspondent 1894 Death James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor/author/director, dies at 51 1893 Birthday Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist/author, Flemish Resurrection 1893 Birthday Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob 1893 Birthday Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author, conservation flora 1893 Birthday Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author 1893 Birthday Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love 1893 Event English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit 1893 Birthday Voranc Prezikov, Lovro Kuhar, Slovenian author, Samorastniki 1893 Birthday Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author 1893 Birthday Anita Loos, author, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1893 Birthday Pal Szabo, Hungarian farmer and author, Talpalatnyi Fold 1893 Birthday Beatrice Wood, potter, artist and author 1893 Death Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58 1893 Birthday Freya Stark, English explorist/author 1893 Birthday Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci 1892 Birthday Rebecca West, Cicely Isabel Fairfield, English author 1892 Birthday Rebecca West, Cicily I F Andrews, English author, Meaning of Treason 1892 Birthday Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira 1892 Death George William Curtis, American Author 1892 Birthday John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City 1892 Birthday Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938 1892 Birthday Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Bespokojnaja Joenostj, 1892 Birthday Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Povestj Zjizni, 1892 Birthday Thorne Smith, author, Topper, Rain in the Doorway, Stray Lamb 1892 Birthday Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, author, One World 1891 Birthday Henry Miller, author, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus 1891 Birthday Mary Dorna, Dutch author 1891 Birthday Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author 1891 Birthday Esther Forbes, American Author 1891 Birthday Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician, stage, author and resistance fighter 1891 Birthday David Vogel, Ukraine, author, Huwelijksleven 1891 Birthday Watze Cuperus, Frisian author, Swart mar leaflik 1891 Birthday Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author 1891 Birthday Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author, Ararat/Sud a nap 1891 Birthday Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet and author, Kamenj 1890 Birthday [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author, Rembrandt 1890 Death Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79 1890 Birthday Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Birthday Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh 1890 Death Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 1890 Birthday Rose Kennedy, American Author 1890 Birthday Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author 1890 Birthday Christopher Morley, author, Kitty Foil 1890 Birthday E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Triplanetary 1890 Birthday Marten Baersma, MH Bottema, Friesan author, De ljochte kimen 1889 Death Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52 1889 Birthday Hervey Allen, American Author 1889 Birthday Cissy van Marxfield, Setske Beek-de Haan, Dutch author 1889 Birthday 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 Birthday Sarah Delany, author/teacher 1889 Birthday Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music 1889 Birthday Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet, Coeur de Chevre 1889 Birthday Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man 1889 Death Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34 1889 Birthday Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic, O Absalom 1889 Death Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56 1888 Birthday Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac 1888 Birthday Benjamin Cremieux, French author, Le premier the la Classe 1888 Birthday Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1888 Birthday Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author and poet, Gogol 1888 Birthday Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander Author 1888 Death Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 1888 Birthday S S Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, author, Canary Murder Case 1888 Birthday Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author 1888 Death Louisa May Alcott, U.S. author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55 1888 Death Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 1888 Birthday Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1887 Birthday Rene Maran, Martinique, author, Batouala, Prix Goncourt 1887 Birthday Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author, Erziehung vor Verdun 1887 Birthday Rie Cramer, Marie Holman, Dutch cartoonist/author 1887 Birthday Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels 1887 Birthday Edna Ferber, U.S., author, American Beauty, Cimarron 1887 Birthday James Norman Hall, American Author 1887 Birthday Josef Capek, Czechoslovakian painter/author/critic, Kulhavy Poutnik 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award 1887 Death Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 1887 Birthday Diego Valeri, Italian author and poet, Le Gaie Tristezze 1887 Birthday 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 Birthday Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1886 Birthday Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author 1886 Death Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author (Indiana), dies at 67 1886 Birthday Bruce Barton, American Author 1886 Death Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies 1886 Death Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies 1886 Birthday Francis Carcopino, French author/critic, L'Homme Traque 1886 Birthday Emmet Fox, American Author 1886 Birthday Karl Barth, born in Basel, Switzerland, theologian and author, Action in Waiting 1886 Birthday Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth 1886 Birthday Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author, Madrid Escenas 1886 Birthday Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author 1886 Birthday Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu 1885 Death Johannes Kneppelhout, Klikspaan, Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71 1885 Birthday Will Durant, U.S., author/historian, Story of Civilization 1885 Birthday Ernest Claes, Belgian author, Saints from Zichem 1885 Birthday Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall 1885 Birthday Edna Ferber, author, playwright 1885 Death Victor Hugo, French Author 1885 Death Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies 1885 Death Susanna Moodie, British Author 1884 Birthday Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1884 Birthday Apie Prince, Dutch author, Me Own Way 1884 Birthday Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series 1884 Birthday A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! 1884 Birthday Arthur Ransome, English author, Swallows and Amazons 1883 Birthday Napolean Hill, American Author 1883 Birthday Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist 1883 Birthday Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life 1883 Birthday Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika 1883 Birthday Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author, Lock of Hair 1883 Death William Chambers, author/publisher, dies 1883 Death Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies 1883 Birthday Max Eastman, American Author 1882 Death Anthony Trollope, English Author 1882 Birthday Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God 1882 Birthday Will Vesper, German author, Vom grossen Krieg 1882 Birthday Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author, To the Invisible 1882 Birthday George Jean Nathan, U.S., editor/author/critic, American Mercury 1882 Birthday Virginia Woolf, born in London, author, Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse 1882 Birthday Alan Alexander Milne, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh 1882 Birthday A. 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Milne, English Author 1881 Birthday Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1881 Birthday Jacqueline [Pierrette] R van Stuwe, Eline vs. S, Dutch author 1881 Birthday Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1881 Death Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1881 Birthday 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 Death Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40 1881 Birthday Kristian Elster, Norwegian author, Less bror Harris 1881 Birthday Carry van Bridges, de Haan, Dutch author, Heleen, Eva 1880 Birthday Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf 1880 Birthday Leonard Woolf, British Author 1880 Birthday Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless 1880 Birthday Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1880 Birthday Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author 1880 Birthday Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1880 Death Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 1880 Death Ida Grafin von Hahn-Hahn, author (Aus der Gesellschaft), dies at 74 1879 Birthday Karel van den Oever, Flemish author and poet, Geuzenstad 1879 Birthday Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite 1879 Death Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63 1879 Death Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67 1879 Birthday Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish, stage, author, Tille 1879 Birthday Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten, Wassend Cereal 1878 Birthday Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, El Crimen del Otro 1878 Birthday Upton Sinclair, American Author 1878 Birthday Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1877 Birthday Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and author, Emergency Horn 1877 Birthday Herman Hesse, German Author 1877 Death Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1877 Birthday Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, Theodora, Dutch author/actress, Dead Water 1877 Birthday Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet, L'homme Jeune 1876 Birthday Sherwood Anderson, born in Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher, Winesburg 1876 Birthday Alfred L. Kroeber, Hoboken, New Jersey, author, Anthropologist looks at History 1876 Death George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 1876 Birthday Saint-Georges de Bouchelier, French author, Le Rois Sans Couronne 1876 Birthday Ivan Cankar, Slavs author, Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica 1876 Death Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, dies at 70 1876 Birthday Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1875 Birthday Wladyslaw Orkan, Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky, Pol author, Nowele Zebrane 1875 Death Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies 1875 Birthday Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga 1875 Death Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author 1875 Death Eliphas Levi, French Author 1875 Birthday Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author, Un homme si simple 1875 Birthday Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary 1875 Birthday Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare 1875 Birthday Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author, Ulla Bella 1874 Birthday Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel 1874 Birthday Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father 1874 Birthday Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra 1874 Birthday 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 Birthday Michel H. Campen, author/critic, Bikoerim 1874 Death Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaeao, dies at 86 1874 Birthday Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1874 Birthday Gertrude Stein, Penn, author, Autobiography of Alice B Toklas 1874 Birthday Thornton Waldo Burgess, author, Peter Rabbit 1873 Birthday Willa Cather, U.S., author, My Antonia 1873 Death Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52 1873 Birthday [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author, Kvinnen og Den 1873 Birthday Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon 1873 Death Walter de la Mare, English poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 1873 Birthday Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life 1873 Birthday Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author 1872 Birthday Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert 1872 Death Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 1871 Birthday Emanuel Querido, Joost Mendes, author/publisher 1871 Birthday Vernon Louis Parrington, author, Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928 1871 Death John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75 1871 Birthday Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria 1870 Birthday Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came 1870 Birthday Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Birthday Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok 1870 Birthday Ada Negri, Italian poet and author, Il Libro di Mara 1869 Death Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1869 Death Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies 1869 Birthday Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author, Catherina, Sprotje 1869 Death Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 1869 Birthday Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life 1869 Birthday Herbert Croly, American Author 1868 Birthday Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish author, Wrakken 1868 Death Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author and poet, dies at about 60 1868 Birthday Patty Smith Hill, author and songwriter, Happy Birthday To You 1868 Death Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 1868 Birthday Catharina A. M. de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author, Belief 1867 Birthday Marie Bregendahl, Danish author, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru 1867 Birthday John Galsworthy, England, author, Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932 1867 Birthday Max Dauthendy, German painter/author, Ewige Hochzeit 1867 Birthday Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author, Kokoro 1867 Birthday Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie 1867 Death Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1867 Birthday Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1866 Death Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 1866 Birthday H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine 1866 Birthday Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet, Vredens Born 1866 Birthday Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit 1866 Birthday Gelett Burgess, author, Purple Cow 1865 Birthday Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author, Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907 1865 Death Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author 1865 Birthday Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright, Victoria Regina 1865 Birthday Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author, Will Power 1864 Birthday Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author 1864 Death Walter Savage Landor, author, dies 1864 Birthday Richard Harding Davis, U.S., journalist/author, In The Fig 1864 Birthday Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist, Children of Ghetto 1864 Birthday John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists 1864 Birthday Margot Asquith, English Author 1864 Birthday Frank Bacon, actor/author, Lightnin 1863 Birthday Alfredo Panzini, Italian author, Dizionario Moderno 1863 Birthday Hans Aanrud, Norse author, Solve Solfeng 1863 Birthday Arthur Machen, Welsh Author 1862 Birthday Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author, Before Dawn-Nobel 1912 1862 Birthday Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, U.S., politician/author, Progressive 1862 Birthday Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor 1862 Birthday Henry Newbolt, English Author 1862 Birthday August Cuppens, Flemish author/pastor 1862 Birthday Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet, Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya 1862 Birthday A. 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Benson, British Author 1862 Death Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 1862 Birthday Mori Ogai [Mori Rintaro], Japanese author, Maihime/Gan 1862 Birthday Edith Wharton, American Author 1862 Death Bozena Nemcova, Barnora Panklova, Czechoslovakian author, dies at 41 1861 Birthday Jose Protasio Rizal, Philippine optician/author/nationalist 1861 Birthday Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author, Im Kampf um Gott 1861 Death Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/translator/forger, dies at 69 1860 Birthday Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author, Buffalo Wind-1938 1860 Birthday Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist 1860 Birthday Dean Inge, English Author 1860 Death Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies 1860 Birthday Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, Monsieur Venus 1860 Birthday Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author, Journal 1859 Death Thomas De Quincey, English Author 1859 Death Washington Irving, U.S. author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies 1859 Birthday Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author, Lonely Flowers 1859 Birthday Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro 1859 Birthday Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful 1859 Birthday Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1859 Birthday Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice 1859 Birthday Jerome K. Jerome, English Author 1859 Birthday Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austria, author, Lebensabend 1859 Birthday Kenneth Grahame, author, Wind, Willows 1859 Birthday Sholem Aleichem, Solomon Rabinowitz, author, Fiddler on the Roof 1859 Birthday Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature 1858 Death Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73 1858 Birthday Edith Nesbit, England, children books author, Railway Children 1858 Birthday Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist and author, From Life 1858 Death Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic, dies at 54 1858 Birthday Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1858 Birthday Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1858 Birthday Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra 1858 Birthday Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author, Boken om Lillebror 1857 Birthday George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life 1857 Birthday Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research 1857 Birthday Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author, HW Knife Day 1857 Death Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84 1856 Birthday Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration 1856 Birthday Kate Douglas Wiggins, author, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1856 Birthday Violet Paget, Vernon Lee, British author, Satan the master 1856 Death Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 1856 Birthday Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn 1856 Birthday Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia 1856 Birthday L. Frank Baum, American Author 1856 Death L'udovit Stur, Slovaaks author/linguistic (Das Slawentum), dies at 40 1855 Birthday Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet 1855 Death Charlotte Bronte, English author 'Jane Eyre', dies at 38 1855 Death Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83 1854 Birthday Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist, Pass the Bile 1854 Birthday Francis Marion Crawford, British author 1854 Birthday James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough 1853 Birthday Howard Pyle, illustrator, painter and author, King Stork 1853 Birthday Gustav Falke, German author and poet, Der Mann im Nebel 1852 Birthday 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 Birthday Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician 1852 Birthday Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1852 Birthday William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1852 Birthday Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov 1850 Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island 1850 Birthday Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1850 Birthday Guy de Maupassant, born in France, author, Boule de Suif 1850 Birthday Lafcadio Hearn, U.S., journalist/author, Chita 1850 Birthday Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward 1850 Birthday Kate Chopin, American Author 1850 Birthday Augustine Birrell, English Author 1849 Birthday Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher, skepticism 1849 Birthday Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1849 Birthday Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden 1849 Birthday Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs 1849 Birthday William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1848 Death Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies 1847 Birthday Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author, Dracula 1847 Birthday George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions 1847 Birthday Cornelie Huygens, feminist/author, Barthold Meryan 1847 Death Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 1846 Birthday Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1846 Birthday Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author, Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905 1845 Birthday Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Queiros, Portuguese author, Contos 1844 Birthday Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book 1843 Birthday Gleb Uspensky, Russia, author, Power of the Soil 1843 Death Washington Allston, U.S. painter/author, dies at 63 1843 Birthday [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician 1843 Death Petronella Moens, Frisian author and poet, dies at 80 1842 Birthday Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author 1842 Death Stendhal, Marie-Henri Beyle, French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 1841 Birthday William Henry Hudson, British Author 1841 Birthday Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author, And fremmed Fugl 1840 Birthday Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet and author, Fatherland-1872 1840 Birthday Hugo Verriest, Flemish author and poet, Flemish Movement 1840 Birthday Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author, Moderni Upiri 1840 Death Gerald Griffin, American Author 1840 Birthday Odilon Redon, French painter/author, La nuit, Raves 1839 Death Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies 1839 Birthday Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer 1839 Birthday Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic, Roccaverdina 1838 Birthday August Senoa, Croatian author, Zlatarevo zlato 1837 Birthday Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author, Amintiti the Copilarie 1837 Death Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1836 Birthday Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S., author/editor, Story of a Bad Boy 1836 Birthday Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author, Salon/Nouvelle Revue 1836 Birthday Bret Harte, U.S., author, Outcasts of Poker Flat 1836 Death Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies 1835 Birthday Lyman Abbott, American Author 1835 Birthday Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh 1835 Birthday Mark Twain, Samuel L Clemens, author, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn 1835 Birthday Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1835 Birthday Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter 1835 Birthday Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker 1834 Birthday Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author, El Zarco 1834 Birthday Charles-Albert Gobat, born in Switzerland, politician, lawyer, and author, Nobel 1902 1834 Birthday Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1834 Birthday Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1833 Birthday Robert Green Ingersoll, New York, author/politician/agnostic, Attorney General-R-Illinois 1833 Death Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61 1833 Death Marie-Antoine Careme, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at 48 1832 Birthday Louisa May Alcott, Germantown, Pennsylvania, author, Little Women 1832 Birthday Jules Valles, French journalist/communard/author, L'insurge 1832 Birthday John George Nicolay, U.S., author, Abe Lincoln's biographer 1831 Birthday Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona 1831 Birthday Wilhelm Raabe, Jakob Corvinus, German author, Der Hungerpastor 1831 Death Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1830 Birthday Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor, The Time 1829 Birthday Charles Dudley Warner, Massachusetts, newspaperman/author, Being a Boy 1829 Birthday Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake 1829 Birthday Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author, Blood to Bridge 1827 Death Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies 1827 Birthday Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author, Overbetuwsche Novellen 1827 Birthday Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur 1826 Birthday Collodi, Carlo Lorenzini, Italian author, Pinocchio 1826 Death Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1825 Birthday Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1825 Birthday Richard D. Blackmore, England, author, Norie, Lorna Doone 1824 Birthday George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author, Princess and Curdie 1824 Birthday Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez 1824 Birthday George William Curtis, American Author 1823 Birthday Thomas Hughes, England, author, Tom Brown's School Days 1823 Birthday Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail 1823 Death Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 1823 Death Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1822 Birthday Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1822 Birthday Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author, Goethe 1821 Death Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 1821 Death Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 1821 Birthday Ernest Feydeau, French author, Georges Feydeau 1820 Death Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1820 Birthday Nadar, Felix Tournachon, French painter, cartoonist, author and ballonist 1820 Birthday Bozena Nemcova, Barnora Panklova, Czechoslovakian author, Babicka 1819 Birthday George Eliot, Mary A Evans, England, author, Silas Marner 1819 Birthday Herman Melville, U.S., author, Moby Dick, Billy Budd 1819 Birthday Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic 1819 Birthday Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist 1819 Birthday Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer 1818 Birthday Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Birthday Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, V Lesach 1818 Death Joachim H Campe, German theory/author, dies at 72 1818 Birthday Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio 1817 Birthday Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author, Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902 1817 Birthday Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China 1817 Death Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author 1816 Death Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 1815 Birthday Thomas Couture, French painter/author 1815 Birthday Ida von Duringsfeld, German author, Vd Schelde bis zur Mas 1814 Death Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Birthday John Lothrop Motley, U.S., historian/author, Rise of Dutch Rep 1814 Birthday Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey 1813 Birthday Hermann Kurz, German author and poet 1813 Birthday Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author, Pensees 1812 Birthday Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty 1812 Birthday Berthold Auerbach, German author, Schwarzwalder Dorfgeschichten 1811 Birthday Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author 1811 Birthday Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, Rozeken Pot 1811 Birthday Harriet Beecher Stowe, author, Uncle Tom's Cabin 1811 Birthday Vissarion Belinsky, born in Sveaborg, Finland, Russian author, Literary Review 1810 Birthday Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism 1810 Birthday Eliphas Levi, French Author 1809 Death Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author, dies at 46 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1809 Birthday Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author, Pit and the Pendulum 1808 Birthday Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author, Future 1808 Birthday Martha Finley, children's book author 1807 Death Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1806 Birthday Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1805 Birthday Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, Knife 1805 Birthday Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author, Nachsommer 1805 Birthday Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 1805 Birthday Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author 1804 Birthday Nathaniel Hawthorne, Massachusetts, author, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter 1804 Birthday Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic 1803 Birthday Gerald Griffin, American Author 1803 Birthday Susanna Moodie, British Author 1803 Birthday Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag 1802 Birthday Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 1802 Death Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60 1802 Birthday Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1802 Birthday Lydia Maria Child, U.S., author/abolitionist, Juvenile Miscellany 1802 Birthday Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer, Gramatica 1801 Death 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 Birthday John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author, Dream of Gerontius 1800 Birthday Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author, Povesti 1800 Death Michael Dennis, jesuit/author, dies at 71 1800 Birthday William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding 1799 Birthday Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author 1798 Event Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail 1798 Death 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 Birthday Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author 1797 Birthday Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, born in London, England, author, Frankenstein 1797 Death Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1796 Birthday Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author 1796 Birthday George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes 1796 Birthday Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools 1796 Birthday John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author 1795 Birthday Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author 1794 Death Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician, dies 1793 Death Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author 1793 Death Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 1792 Birthday Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son 1791 Birthday Lydia Sigourney, U.S., religious author, How to Be Happy 1791 Birthday Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/interpreter/forger 1791 Birthday John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home 1789 Death Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire 1789 Birthday Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author, Tomorrow- og Aftensange 1788 Birthday Sarah Josepha Hale, author, Mary Had a Little Lamb 1787 Death Robert Lowth, English Author 1785 Birthday Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall 1785 Birthday Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner 1784 Death Samuel Johnson, English Author 1781 Death Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 1780 Birthday William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book 1780 Birthday Claire EJ, countess of Remusat/Vergennes/French author, Salon 1779 Birthday Washington Allston, U.S. painter/author 1779 Birthday Clement Clarke Moore, U.S., author, 'Twas the Night Before Xmas 1777 Death Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 1776 Death Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1775 Birthday Margaretha J de Neufville, author, Small Pligten 1773 Birthday Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant 1772 Birthday Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1772 Birthday Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet, El Duque de Viseo 1771 Birthday Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet 1771 Birthday Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author 1771 Birthday Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author 1771 Birthday Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author, Das Goldmacherdorf 1771 Death Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Bremer Beitrage), dies at 56 1771 Death Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66 1770 Birthday Etienne P de Senancour, French author, Obermann 1766 Birthday Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author 1765 Birthday Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1764 Birthday Ann Radcliffe, English Author 1763 Birthday Caroline von Schelling, Michaelis, German author 1763 Birthday Caroline von Wolzogen, von Lengefeld, German author 1762 Birthday Petronella Moens, Frisian author and poet 1760 Death Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Schaferfest), dies at 63 1760 Birthday Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer, Marseillaise 1760 Birthday Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect 1759 Birthday Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician 1758 Birthday Elizabeth Hamilton, author, Cats: A Celebration 1756 Birthday Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author 1754 Death Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 1753 Birthday August G Meissner, German author 1752 Birthday Fanny Burney, England, author, Camille, Evelina 1747 Death Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 1746 Birthday Joachim H Campe, German author, Robinson of the Jungere 1741 Birthday Johann J Angel, German author, Herr Lorenz Stark 1741 Birthday Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg 1738 Birthday Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author and poet, Sara Burgerhart 1735 Birthday Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1733 Death Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 1732 Birthday Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1731 Death Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 1729 Birthday Michael Dennis, jesuit/author 1729 Birthday Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1729 Birthday Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry 1728 Birthday Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author 1726 Death Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies 1725 Birthday Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1714 Birthday Gottlieb W. Rabener, German author, Vom Misbrauch of the Satire 1710 Birthday Robert Lowth, English Author 1709 Birthday Samuel Johnson, English Author 1705 Death Ninon de L'Enclos, French Author 1703 Death Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies 1697 Birthday Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author, Allerkostbarste Schatz 1696 Birthday James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer, Georgia 1696 Death Jean de La Bruyere, French author, dies at 50 1692 Birthday Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon, Insel Felsenburg 1691 Birthday Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author, Introduction l'amour 1690 Death Gedeon Tallemant van de Reaux, French author (Historiettes), dies at 71 1688 Death John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies 1686 Birthday Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer, Lettera Famigliare 1685 Birthday John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera 1684 Death John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48 1673 Death Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies 1672 Death Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar, author and poet (Hercules), dies at 73 1668 Birthday Alain R Lesage, French author, Turcaret ou le Financier 1667 Death David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies 1666 Death Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 1655 Death Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36 1654 Death Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies 1649 Death Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies 1648 Death Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 1645 Death Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64 1645 Birthday Jean de La Bruyere, French author 1643 Birthday Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author 1640 Death Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies 1633 Birthday George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax/author, Character of a Trimmer 1632 Death John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1628 Birthday John Bunyan, England, cleric/author, Pilgrim's Progress 1627 Birthday Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author, experiments with color 1625 Death James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 1619 Birthday Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux, French author, Historiettes 1616 Death William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1611 Birthday James Harrington, England, political author, Commonwealth of Oceans 1608 Birthday Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author, Epanaforas 1602 Birthday William Lilly, England, astrologer, author, and almanac compiler 1596 Death Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 1592 Birthday John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author 1587 Death John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies 1573 Death Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies 1563 Death Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54 1561 Birthday Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author 1556 Death Pietro Aretino, Italian author, poet and playwright, said to have died from laughing 1553 Death Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 1549 Birthday Philippe du Plessis, France, author 1542 Death Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies 1533 Birthday Peter Bornemisza, Hungarian vicar/author/publisher, Tragoedia 1527 Death Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 1514 Birthday Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah 1501 Death Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59 1500 Birthday Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author, Perseus 1492 Birthday Pietro Aretino, born in Arezzo, Italy, Italian author, poet and playwright 1492 Birthday Andreas Alicatus, Italian author 1471 Death Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 1466 Birthday Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly 1441 Birthday Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub 1400 Death Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London 1391 Birthday Eduard, Dom Duarte, King of Portugal, 1433 - 1438, author 1321 Death Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies 1272 Death David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies 1171 Death Dionysius bar Salibi, author (Diarbekir), dies 994 Birthday Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain 967 Death Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies 833 Death Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63
