Today in Writer History (Part 11)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 1001 - 1,100 of 2,720
1893-07-21 - Hans Fallada, writer
1893-08-22 - Dorothy Parker, NJ, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award)
1893-09-17 - Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews)
1893-09-18 - William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K)
1893-10-09 - M de Andrade, writer
1893-11-10 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
1893-11-14 - Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
1893-12-01 - Ernst Toller, writer
1894-01-22 - Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain)
1894-03-09 - Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)
1894-04-07 - Gerald Brenan, English writer
1894-05-27 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
1894-06-13 - Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmija, Marija) [or Jul 13]
1894-06-21 - Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
1894-07-13 - Isaak Babel, Rus short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) [or 6/13]
1894-07-22 - O M Graf, writer
1894-08-24 - Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)
1894-08-31 - Albert Facey, Australian writer (d. 1982)
1894-09-02 - Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)
1894-09-19 - Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer (Kings Children)
1894-12-10 - Gertrud Kolmar, writer
1894-12-17 - Hans Henny Jahnn, writer
1894-12-26 - Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
1895-01-13 - Anton Betzner, writer
1895-01-14 - George Richard Samways, children's writer
1895-01-24 - Eugen Roth, writer
1895-03-05 - Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle)
1895-03-30 - Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
1895-04-15 - Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)
1895-04-16 - Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
1895-04-23 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
1895-04-30 - Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
1895-05-02 - Alfred Kurella, writer
1895-05-06 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
1895-05-08 - Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
1895-05-11 - Jan Parandowski, writer
1895-06-10 - Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)
1895-07-08 - Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
1895-07-26 - Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
1895-08-19 - Andrzejewski, writer
1895-08-19 - Arnoldt Bronnen, writer
1895-09-10 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976).
1895-10-04 - Sergei Jessenin, writer
1895-10-06 - Caroline Gordon, Kentucky, writer (Green Centuries)
1895-10-11 - H Schiebelhuth, writer
1895-10-19 - Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer
1895-11-08 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
1895-11-15 - Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)
1895-11-25 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895-12-04 - Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1896-01-08 - Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
1896-01-18 - C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)
1896-02-02 - Jane Wilde, writer
1896-02-03 - Johannes Urzidil, writer
1896-02-04 - Friedrich Glauser, writer
1896-02-07 - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Jorgen Stein)
1896-02-18 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
1896-02-22 - Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City)
1896-03-01 - Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
1896-03-10 - Nancy Cunard, writer
1896-03-13 - Dorothy Aldis, writer
1896-03-22 - Giulia D De Albertis, writer
1896-03-24 - Gianna Manzini, writer
1896-04-21 - H de Montherlant, writer
1896-04-29 - Walter Mehring, writer
1896-05-17 - Hannah Tillich, writer
1896-07-04 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
1896-07-16 - Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)
1896-07-19 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
1896-07-24 - Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom)
1896-08-08 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)
1896-08-21 - Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)
1896-08-21 - Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)
1896-09-12 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)
1896-09-25 - Elsa Triolet, writer
1896-11-07 - Esdras Minville, Quebec writer, economist and sociologist (d. 1975)
1896-11-20 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1896-11-22 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
1896-11-28 - Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
1896-12-03 - John Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
1896-12-04 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
1896-12-23 - G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer
1896-12-23 - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (Der Leopard)
1896-12-27 - Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926)
1897-01-28 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
1897-03-19 - L O'Flaherty, writer
1897-04-16 - John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1897-05-06 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube)
1897-05-11 - Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)
1897-06-11 - Bruno Frei, writer
1897-06-20 - Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
1897-07-24 - Karl von Mechow, German writer (Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer)
1897-07-30 - Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer (Fascism is War!)
1897-08-07 - Franz J Weinrich, [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)
1897-08-11 - Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)
1897-08-11 - Enid Blyton, children's writer and fifth most popular author in the world (Famous Five, Secret Seven, The Adventure)
1897-08-31 - Marianne Bruns, writer
1897-09-03 - Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1897-09-10 - Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
1897-09-18 - John Mens, writer (People Without Money)
Famous Deaths
Results 1001 - 1,100 of 2,101
1952-04-23 - Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
1952-06-13 - Max Pulver, writer, dies
1952-08-12 - David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)
1952-09-19 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
1952-10-03 - Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56
1952-12-30 - Ivan Olbracht, writer, dies
1953-04-14 - Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84
1953-04-20 - Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62
1953-04-22 - Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
1953-05-28 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
1953-08-11 - Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1953-09-24 - Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68
1953-10-05 - Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64
1953-11-08 - Iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83
1953-11-08 - John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66
1953-12-19 - Rudolf Leonhard, writer, dies
1954-01-01 - Duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)
1954-01-16 - Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
1954-03-28 - Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
1954-05-15 - William March, American writer (b. 1893)
1954-05-26 - Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
1954-05-27 - Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
1954-06-01 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
1954-08-01 - Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies
1954-12-13 - John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)
1955-01-27 - Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies
1955-03-12 - Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
1955-04-24 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
1955-05-16 - James Agee, US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY
1955-08-02 - Wallace Stevens, US poet/writer (Owl's Clover), dies at 75
1955-08-12 - Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1955-09-14 - F C Weiskopf, writer, dies
1955-09-27 - Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
1955-11-01 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
1956-03-18 - Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59
1956-04-21 - Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
1956-05-20 - Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies
1956-06-07 - Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
1956-06-11 - Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
1956-06-19 - Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies at 82
1956-07-07 - Gottfried Benn, writer, dies at 70
1956-08-14 - Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58
1956-09-08 - Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
1956-09-12 - Hans Carossa, German writer (b. 1878)
1956-12-25 - Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78
1957-02-12 - Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1957-03-25 - Max Ophüls, German director and writer (b. 1902)
1957-03-29 - Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at 68
1957-05-30 - Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies
1957-06-17 - D Richardson, writer, dies at 84
1957-06-21 - Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer, dies at 85
1957-06-23 - Louis Fornberg, writer, dies at 48
1957-06-26 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
1957-06-27 - Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
1957-07-10 - Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77
1957-07-23 - G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61
1957-10-26 - N Kazantzakis, writer, dies
1958-01-09 - Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
1958-01-10 - Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
1958-02-05 - Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
1958-02-17 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
1958-03-04 - Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54
1958-03-21 - Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
1958-04-03 - Theodor Kramer, writer, dies
1958-06-04 - M Lichnowsky, writer, dies at 79
1958-06-13 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (b. 1887)
1958-07-01 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1958-07-14 - Emil Barth, writer, dies at 58
1958-07-22 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1958-08-23 - Martin du Gard, writer, dies
1958-10-11 - J R Becher, writer, dies at 67
1958-10-30 - Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77
1958-12-05 - Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67
1958-12-21 - Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
1959-03-26 - Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71
1959-03-30 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)
1959-06-23 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
1959-06-30 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1959-07-15 - Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
1959-07-17 - Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies
1959-08-20 - Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82
1959-09-22 - Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
1959-10-12 - Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
1959-11-24 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1959-11-29 - Hans Henny Jahnn, writer, dies at 64
1959-12-18 - Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66
1960-04-01 - Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
1960-04-23 - Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
1960-05-10 - Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61
1960-05-31 - Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
1960-06-09 - René Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
1960-06-20 - Walter Dehmel, writer, dies at 57
1960-07-13 - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
1960-07-13 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
1960-08-10 - Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
1960-08-29 - Vicki Baum, writer, dies
1960-10-31 - H L Davis, US writer (Honey in the Horn, Pulitzer prize), dies at 64
1960-11-05 - August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
1960-11-20 - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
1960-12-29 - Eden Phillpotts, British writer (b. 1862)
