Today in Essayist History
Literature Topics: Author - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Poet - Poetess - Scholar - Writer
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 54 of 54
1036-12-19 - Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher
1533-02-28 - Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
1561-01-22 - Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
1672-05-01 - Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
1689-05-26 - Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1737-01-29 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
1775-02-10 - Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist
1778-04-10 - William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic
1795-12-04 - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
1803-05-25 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1849-11-05 - Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties
1853-01-28 - Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
1864-12-12 - Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. 1937)
1865-10-18 - Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
1870-10-16 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist
1871-03-27 - Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas
1874-02-01 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
1879-02-09 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
1879-04-14 - James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
1880-09-16 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)
1880-09-21 - Henry Louis Mencken, US essayist/critic (American Mercury)
1881-11-28 - Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)
1882-02-28 - Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher
1882-09-28 - Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher
1883-01-04 - Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses)
1885-08-18 - Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964)
1892-05-07 - Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
1893-01-03 - Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
1900-07-20 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life)
1902-01-26 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens)
1908-10-22 - John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
1913-08-26 - Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist
1913-11-25 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914-03-25 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator
1915-01-31 - Thomas Merton, France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist (7 Storey Mt)
1917-02-25 - Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange)
1920-09-01 - Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller)
1923-08-30 - Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist (d. 1969)
1923-10-24 - Denise Levertov, American poet/essayist (Joy Beneath the Skin)
1924-05-15 - Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist
1926-01-20 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist
1928-07-04 - Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer/essayist/critic
1928-08-26 - Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist
1930-07-25 - Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and essayist (d. 1990)
1932-12-21 - Edward Hoagland, American essayist
1934-01-23 - Pierre Bourgault, Quebec politician and essayist (d. 2003)
1935-08-29 - Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician
1944-03-30 - Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
1945-02-25 - Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies)
1948-08-23 - Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer, essayist
1948-10-07 - Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
1953-09-16 - Nancy Huston, Canadian-born novelist and essayist
1956-12-26 - David Sedaris, American essayist
1960-03-13 - Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 30 of 30
1101-07-28 - Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64
1824-05-04 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1830-09-18 - William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies
1834-12-27 - Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775)
1859-12-28 - Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies
1881-02-05 - Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1887-08-14 - Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies
1914-09-05 - Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor (b. 1873)
1917-11-03 - Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist (b. 1846)
1936-02-09 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
1937-03-09 - Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864)
1937-03-23 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66
1940-01-01 - Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)
1952-02-09 - Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies
1954-09-25 - Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Spanish essayist/philosopher, dies at 71
1956-01-29 - H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75
1958-06-28 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77
1964-10-19 - Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (b. 1885)
1968-06-14 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66
1969-03-25 - Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies at 86
1982-04-25 - Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies
1989-08-30 - Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
1992-12-12 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. 1901)
1995-12-02 - [William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1996-04-12 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
1996-04-29 - Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist, dies at 71
2001-02-01 - André D'Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
2007-08-28 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
2008-04-20 - Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
2008-09-12 - David Foster Wallace, American author and essayist (b. 1962)
