Today in Writer History (Part 6)
Literature Topics: Author - Essayist - Journalist - Jurist - Novelist - Playwright - Poetess - Poetry - Scholar
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 501 - 600 of 2,720
1855-05-21 - Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
1855-07-07 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
1855-10-12 - Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Death of My Cat) [or 9/12]
1855-12-30 - Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)
1856-02-14 - Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)
1856-02-15 - Frank Harris, Galway England, writer
1856-03-07 - Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
1856-06-30 - Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)
1856-08-20 - Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (d. 1909)
1856-08-27 - Iwan Franko, writer
1856-09-23 - William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess)
1856-12-11 - Plechanow, writer
1857-01-09 - Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)
1857-04-20 - Hermann Bang, writer
1857-04-29 - Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
1857-07-21 - A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer
1857-07-24 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)
1857-09-30 - Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge)
1857-12-03 - Joseph Conrad, writer
1858-01-27 - Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
1858-05-11 - Carl Hauptmann, writer
1858-06-20 - Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
1858-08-16 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)
1859-02-13 - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
1859-05-02 - Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1859-05-03 - Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
1859-07-13 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
1859-08-04 - Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
1859-09-11 - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
1859-09-21 - Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)
1859-10-20 - John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)
1860-02-06 - Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
1860-02-24 - Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)
1860-04-03 - Frederik W van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden)
1860-09-14 - Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)
1861-01-14 - Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)
1861-02-13 - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
1861-04-19 - Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1861-04-27 - Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
1861-06-18 - Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
1861-09-11 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
1862-03-02 - John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)
1862-06-21 - Johannes Schlaf, writer
1862-09-11 - O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer
1862-09-11 - O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
1862-10-13 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1862-11-15 - Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
1862-12-07 - Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)
1862-12-14 - Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]
1862-12-16 - Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)
1862-12-26 - Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]
1863-01-01 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)
1863-03-12 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder)
1863-04-12 - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
1863-04-26 - Arno Holz, writer
1863-06-10 - Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)
1863-07-19 - Hermann Bahr, Austria writer/director (New Men)
1863-11-18 - Richard Dehmel, writer
1863-12-07 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Forest King)
1864-01-25 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)
1864-02-22 - Jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)
1864-04-01 - Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer
1864-04-30 - Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
1864-07-18 - Ricarda Huch, writer
1864-07-24 - B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer (Lulu)
1864-09-22 - Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
1864-09-28 - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
1864-11-28 - James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
1864-12-03 - Herman Heijermans Jr, Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
1865-02-12 - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
1865-02-19 - Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
1865-03-10 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
1865-05-05 - Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
1865-06-28 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories)
1865-07-02 - Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)
1865-07-24 - Frank Wedekind, writer
1865-08-02 - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
1865-08-15 - Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)
1865-08-27 - Emmuska Orczy, British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)
1865-09-08 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (Amore & Amore, Top)
1865-10-04 - Max Halbe, writer
1865-10-11 - Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Mot Karnaval)
1865-10-23 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
1865-12-28 - Félix E Vallotton, Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)
1866-01-20 - Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
1866-01-29 - Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
1866-01-31 - Emil Strauss, Germany, writer (Naked Man)
1866-02-07 - Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
1866-03-07 - Paul Ernst, writer
1866-05-26 - John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
1866-06-20 - Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer/detective writer
1866-07-11 - R Beer-Hofmann, writer
1866-09-10 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
1866-09-21 - H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
1866-09-27 - Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)
1867-01-21 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
1867-01-29 - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1867-04-23 - Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)
1867-06-15 - K Balmont, writer
1867-06-28 - Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
Famous Deaths
Results 501 - 600 of 2,101
1894-12-29 - Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
1895-03-05 - Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64
1895-03-06 - Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
1895-03-09 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
1895-04-30 - Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
1895-10-31 - Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62
1895-11-27 - A Dumas D J, writer, dies at 71
1895-12-25 - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32
1895-12-30 - LP Hartley, British writer, dies
1896-02-15 - E J Nicholson, writer, dies
1896-03-26 - Nanny v Hof, writer, dies
1896-03-28 - E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
1896-05-13 - Nora Perry, writer, dies
1896-09-24 - Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies
1896-10-03 - William Morris, writer, dies at 62
1897-02-06 - Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
1897-05-23 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
1897-12-16 - Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57
1897-12-16 - L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
1898-01-14 - Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65
1898-03-12 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
1898-03-31 - Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
1898-05-22 - Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48
1898-09-14 - Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies
1898-11-28 - C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73
1899-01-10 - Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
1899-01-25 - Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
1899-03-14 - Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1899-03-18 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
1899-05-15 - Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
1899-10-28 - C Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies
1900-01-20 - John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
1900-08-16 - Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies
1900-10-20 - Charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70
1901-04-19 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
1901-06-16 - Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
1902-05-05 - Bret Harte, writer, dies at 65
1902-06-18 - Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
1902-09-28 - Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62
1902-10-25 - Frank Norris, writer, dies at 32
1902-10-25 - [B] Frank[lin] Norris, US writer (Pit), dies at 32
1903-02-22 - Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies
1903-03-04 - Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1903-03-13 - Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88
1903-07-17 - James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69
1903-07-30 - Servas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flem writer (Wheelbarrows), dies at 65
1904-02-01 - Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
1904-02-22 - Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (b. 1832)
1904-04-16 - Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812)
1904-05-07 - Peter Hille, writer, dies
1904-07-15 - Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44
1904-10-21 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877)
1905-02-12 - Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
1905-02-15 - Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
1905-09-21 - Rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64
1905-10-28 - Alphonse Allais, French humorist/writer (Le chat noir), dies
1906-03-30 - Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73
1906-04-06 - Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
1906-06-11 - Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50
1906-07-19 - Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (b. 1849)
1906-09-19 - Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1907-02-16 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)
1907-03-19 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70
1907-05-12 - J K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59
1907-08-24 - Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
1907-11-01 - Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33
1908-01-04 - Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
1908-01-09 - Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies
1908-01-14 - Holger Drachmann, writer, dies
1908-01-25 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
1908-03-12 - Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
1908-06-09 - Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
1908-07-10 - Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78
1908-07-10 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
1908-09-29 - Joaquim M Machado de Assis, Brazil writer (Dom Casmurro), dies at 69
1908-12-22 - Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44
1909-05-18 - George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81
1909-06-24 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
1909-07-22 - D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1909-08-15 - Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
1909-10-16 - Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (b. 1856)
1909-10-18 - Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies
1910-01-29 - Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
1910-02-01 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
1910-02-08 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
1910-03-20 - Félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
1910-04-26 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
1910-05-22 - Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46
1910-07-03 - Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
1910-10-30 - J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies
1910-11-07 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]
1911-03-07 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1911-05-29 - William Schwenck Gilbert, Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
1912-01-03 - Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77
1912-01-16 - Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24
1912-01-29 - Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54
1912-03-01 - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (b. 1847)
1912-03-30 - Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
1912-04-20 - Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies
1912-05-14 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
