Today in Writer History (Part 10)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
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Famous Birthdays
Results 901 - 1,000 of 2,720
1888-10-26 - E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros)
1888-11-26 - Franz Jung, writer
1888-12-07 - Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish (male) writer (House of Children)
1888-12-15 - Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/writer (Kati)/politician
1888-12-23 - Friedrich Wolf, writer
1889-02-06 - Siegfried Kracauer, writer
1889-02-10 - Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
1889-03-27 - Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat
1889-04-06 - Gabriela Mistral, writer
1889-04-22 - Ludwig Renn, writer
1889-04-23 - Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher
1889-05-18 - G Gunnarson, writer
1889-05-20 - Margery Allingham, detective story writer
1889-07-02 - Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother)
1889-07-05 - Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée)
1889-07-17 - Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1889-07-29 - Karl Otten, writer
1889-08-05 - Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)
1889-08-12 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
1889-08-23 - A Lichtenstein, writer
1889-09-23 - Walter Lippmann, NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Dystany)
1889-09-25 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)
1889-10-03 - Cv Ossietzky, writer
1889-10-05 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
1889-10-06 - Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Noce I Dnie)
1889-12-08 - W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)
1889-12-11 - Paul Kornfeld, writer
1889-12-30 - Georg von der Vring, German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren)
1890-01-09 - Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot"
1890-01-09 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co)
1890-02-11 - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
1890-02-18 - Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago) [NS]
1890-02-18 - Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)
1890-03-12 - A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour
1890-03-26 - Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
1890-05-02 - E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
1890-05-03 - B Traven, writer
1890-06-25 - Marchwitza, writer
1890-07-08 - W Hasenvlever, writer
1890-08-04 - Erich Weinert, writer
1890-08-20 - Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)
1890-08-24 - Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
1890-09-15 - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on Orient Express)
1890-09-24 - Alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen)
1890-10-05 - Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer
1890-10-13 - Conrad Richter, writer (Light in the Forest)
1890-10-21 - Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
1890-10-29 - Claire Goll, writer
1890-11-04 - Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
1890-12-06 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
1890-12-28 - Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China)
1891-01-07 - Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)
1891-01-08 - Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986)
1891-01-09 - August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor)
1891-01-26 - Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)
1891-01-27 - Ilja Ehrenburg, writer
1891-02-13 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)
1891-02-17 - Georg Britting, writer
1891-03-14 - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
1891-03-24 - John Knittel, writer
1891-03-29 - Ivan Goll, writer
1891-04-19 - Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)
1891-05-22 - J R Becher, writer
1891-05-23 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
1891-06-06 - Vladislac Vancura, writer
1891-06-22 - Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
1891-06-28 - Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
1891-07-08 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
1891-07-08 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1891-08-25 - Alberto Savinio, [Andrea de Chirico], Italian writer/composer
1891-09-03 - Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer
1891-12-02 - Charles H. Wesley, author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)
1891-12-10 - Nelly Sachs, writer
1892-01-03 - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, S Afr, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)
1892-01-06 - Ludwig Berger, writer
1892-02-05 - George Saiko, writer
1892-02-17 - Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
1892-03-01 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
1892-03-09 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang)
1892-04-23 - Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer
1892-04-23 - R Huelsenbeck, writer
1892-05-31 - Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)
1892-06-06 - Pearl S Buck, writer
1892-06-20 - S M Tretjakow, writer
1892-07-08 - Richard Aldington, writer
1892-07-12 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)
1892-07-15 - Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1892-07-21 - Anton Schnack, German writer/poet
1892-08-11 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)
1892-08-11 - Mac Diarmid, writer
1892-10-28 - Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Night Watch)
1892-11-16 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
1892-11-27 - Pedro Salinas, writer
1892-12-06 - F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame)
1893-01-15 - D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer (Truth Game)
1893-04-20 - Hermann Ungar, writer
1893-05-03 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
1893-05-09 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
1893-07-07 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
1893-07-20 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came)
Famous Deaths
Results 901 - 1,000 of 2,101
1944-10-24 - Lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54
1944-11-30 - Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79
1944-12-02 - Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944-12-30 - Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
1945-01-03 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879)
1945-01-10 - Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
1945-01-22 - A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61
1945-02-22 - Osip Brik, Russian writer (b. 1888)
1945-02-23 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
1945-02-25 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
1945-03-04 - Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (b. 1900)
1945-03-07 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
1945-03-16 - Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1945-03-27 - Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
1945-04-03 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43
1945-04-10 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945-04-23 - Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
1945-04-28 - Hans Bloesch, writer, dies
1945-05-15 - Charles Williams, UK writer (b. 1886)
1945-06-20 - Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58
1945-06-21 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
1945-08-20 - A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73
1945-08-26 - Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet/writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54
1945-09-20 - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
1945-09-26 - R Beer-Hofmann, writer, dies at 78
1946-02-01 - Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
1946-02-04 - Margarete Boie, writer, dies
1946-02-05 - George Arliss, actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
1946-04-12 - F Guicciardi, writer, dies
1946-06-06 - Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83
1946-06-16 - Ludwig Winder, writer, dies
1946-08-13 - H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
1946-09-07 - Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65
1946-09-09 - Mynona, writer, dies at 74
1946-09-11 - Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)
1946-12-10 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
1946-12-25 - W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67
1947-01-24 - Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60
1947-02-05 - Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53
1947-04-12 - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1947-04-24 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
1947-05-23 - C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68
1947-09-26 - Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61
1947-10-08 - Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78
1947-10-13 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies
1947-11-17 - Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
1948-01-07 - Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies
1948-01-08 - Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
1948-02-09 - Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
1948-03-03 - Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51
1948-03-10 - Zelda Fitzgerald, American artist, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
1948-03-31 - Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Raging Reporter), dies at 62
1948-04-08 - Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
1948-06-30 - Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78
1948-07-04 - Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)
1948-07-05 - G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60
1948-08-10 - E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63
1948-08-10 - Montague Summers, English writer (b. 1880)
1948-09-08 - Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
1948-10-12 - Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80
1948-10-31 - Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies
1948-11-23 - Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1949-05-21 - Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
1949-05-22 - Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
1949-06-10 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1949-08-16 - Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
1949-10-06 - Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
1949-12-03 - Elin Pelin, writer, dies
1949-12-28 - W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60
1950-01-11 - Karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77
1950-02-27 - Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1950-03-12 - L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1950-04-08 - Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
1950-05-06 - Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1950-08-24 - Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63
1950-08-27 - Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
1950-09-06 - Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
1950-09-29 - Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer, dies
1950-10-13 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1950-10-31 - Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72
1950-11-25 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1950-12-14 - Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65
1951-01-10 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
1951-01-10 - Sinclair Lewis, writer, dies at 65
1951-02-19 - Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), dies at 82
1951-03-06 - Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
1951-03-07 - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
1951-04-09 - Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
1951-05-25 - Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
1951-05-30 - Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64
1951-06-02 - John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1951-07-31 - J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
1951-08-28 - Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32
1951-12-05 - Abanindranath Tagore, Indian writer (b. 1871)
1951-12-10 - Algernon Blackwood, English writer (b. 1869)
1951-12-23 - Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66
1952-01-26 - Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
1952-02-16 - Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
1952-02-19 - Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92
1952-04-05 - Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75
