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1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet born
1978 - Garfield made his debut in a comic strip
1993 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate died
1999 - Stephen King was hit in a car accident on Route 5 in North Lovell, Maine by Bryan Smith.

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1951 - Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet born
1999 - Clifton Fadiman, American author died
2005 - Larry Collins, American writer died

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1839 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer born
1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer born
1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) born
1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer born

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431 - Paulinus of Nola, Roman poet died
1856 - H. Rider Haggard, English author born
1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer born
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot born
1913 - Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet died

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1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian born
1889 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet born
1910 - Jean Anouilh, French dramatist born
1944 - Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
2003 - Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian writer died

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1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet born
1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer born
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author born
1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer died

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1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer born
1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer born
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer born
1929 - Eric Carle, American children's author born
1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author born

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1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer born
1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer born
1918 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet died
1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian born
1939 - Ford Madox Ford, English writer died

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1884 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet born
1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist died
2001 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author died
2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian of the The Civil War: A Narrative series died

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1503 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet born
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher born
1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer born
1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer born
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author died

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1315 - Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher died
1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet born
1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet died
1990 - Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter died

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1685 - John Gay, English writer born
1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet born
1908 - Winston Graham, English writer born
2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator died

[edit] July

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1574 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer born
1804 - George Sand, French writer born
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author died
2004 - Peter Barnes, English writer died

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1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet born
1865 - Lily Braun, German writer born
1923 - Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer born
2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer and poet died
2005 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter died

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1683 - Edward Young, English poet born
1793 - John Clare, British poet born
1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer born
1908 - M. F. K. Fisher, American writer born
2001 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian author died

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1715 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet born
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer born
1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright born
2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer died

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1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer born
1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet died
1908 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author died

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1859 - Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer born
1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet died
1535 - Sir Thomas More, English writer and philosopher was executed
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French author died

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1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer born
1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist born
1893 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer born
1956 - Gottfried Benn, German poet died
1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer died

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1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer born
1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published
1892 - Richard Aldington, English poet born
1987 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet died
2004 - Paula Danziger, American author died

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1764 - Ann Radcliffe, English writer born
1775 - Matthew Lewis, English novelist born
1911 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator born

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1871 - Marcel Proust, French writer born
1903 - John Wyndham, British author born
1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer born
1680 - Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist died
2003 - Winston Graham, English writer died

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1561 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet born
1723 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer born
1859 - A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published
1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published

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1468 - Juan del Encina, Spanish poet born
1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher born
1819 - Charles Kingsley, English writer born
1868 - Stefan George, German poet born

[edit] 13

1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer born
1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet died
1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author died

[edit] 14

1743 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet born
1912 - Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic born
1918 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright, novelist, and director born
1921 - Leon Garfield, English children's author born
2003 - Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist died

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1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and writer born
1914 - Hammond Innes, English writer born
1995 - First item sold on Amazon.com
2003 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer died

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1664 - Andreas Gryphius, German writer died
1943 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet born
1951 - The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger published
2001 - Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist, the creator of Lucky Luke died

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1888 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer born
1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author born
1901 - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet born
1917 - Hector Malot, French writer died

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1718 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer born
1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, English author born
1817 - Jane Austen, English novelist died
1906 - Clifford Odets, American writer born

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1819 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer born
1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian poet born
1896 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer born
1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet died

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1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet born
1816 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet died
1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer born
1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer born
2003 - Nicolas Freeling, English writer died

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1796 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet died
1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer born
1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author born
1938 - Owen Wister, American author died

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1733 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer born
1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet died
1948 - S. E. Hinton, American author born
1967 - Carl Sandburg, American poet died

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1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author born
1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer born
1989 - Donald Barthelme, American author died
2001 - Eudora Welty, American author died

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1802 - Alexandre Dumas père, French writer born
1857 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer born
1864 - Frank Wedekind, German writer born
1878 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer born
1895 - Robert Graves, English scholar, poet, and novelist born
1916 - John D. MacDonald, American novelist born

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1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet died
1897 - Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.
1905 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer born
1902 - Eric Hoffer, American philosopher born
1907 - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer born

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1856 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer born
1894 - Aldous Huxley, English-born author born
1897 - Paul Gallico, American author born
1942 - Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer died
1959 - Rick Bragg, American writer born

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1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet born
1824 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author born
1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer born
1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer born
1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer born

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1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet born
1866 - Beatrix Potter, English author, famous for the illustrated storybooks about Peter Rabbit born
1909 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist born
1927 - John Ashbery, American poet born
1945 - Jim Davis, American cartoonist, author of Garfield born

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1605 - Simon Dach, German poet born
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist born
1869 - Booth Tarkington, American author (The Magnificent Ambersons) born
1954 - The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK.
1975 - James Blish, American writer died

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1715 - Nahum Tate, Irish poet died
1771 - Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer died
1818 - Emily Brontë, English novelist (Wuthering Heights) born
1904 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet born
1971 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet died

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1843 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet born
1904 - Brett Halliday, American writer born
1929 - Lynne Reid Banks, British author born
1933 - Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer born
1952 - João Barreiros, Portuguese writer born
1965 - J. K. Rowling, British novelist (Harry Potter series) born
2001 - Poul Anderson, American author died

[edit] August

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1579 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer born
1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (Moby Dick) born
1950 - Jim Carroll, American poet born

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1815 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer born
1865 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic born
1924 - James Baldwin, American author (Go Tell It on the Mountain) born
1942 - Isabel Allende, Chilean author (The House of Spirits) born
1949 - James Fallows, journalist born
1955 - Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian born

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1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet born
1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American science-fiction writer born
1920 - P. D. James, English crime fiction writer born
1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist born
1924 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (Heart of Darkness ) died
1937 - Diane Wakoski, American poet born
1954 - Colette, French writer died

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1604 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer born
1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet born
1859 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer born
1904 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist born
1913 - Robert Hayden, American poet born
1936 - Assia Djebar, Algerian writer born

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1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author born
1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer born
1895 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher died

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1637 - Ben Jonson, English writer died
1715 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer born
1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet born
1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet born
1889 - John Middleton Murry, English poet born
1934 - Piers Anthony, English writer born

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1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (La Araucana) born
1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer born
1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet born
1635 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer died
1941 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author died
1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer born
1974 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet died

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1884 - Sara Teasdale American poet born
1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings American novelist born

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1593 - Izaak Walton English writer born
1631 - John Dryden English writer born
1854 - Henry David Thoreau published Walden
1899 - P. L. Travers creator of Mary Poppins born

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1845 - Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazak poet born
1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet born
1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer born
1884 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer born
1912 - Virginia Stephen married Leonard Woolf
1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist born
1948 - Montague Summers, English writer died

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1774 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer died
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist born
1897 - Louise Bogan, American poet born
1897 - Enid Blyton, English author born
1913 - Angus Wilson, British novelist born
1921 - Alex Haley, American historian and novelist born
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish/French writer born
1937 - Edith Wharton, American author died

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1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer born
1774 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer born
1831 - Helena Blavatsky, Ukrainian-born author born
1866 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer born
1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author born
1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author born
1926 - Wallace Markfield, American novelist born
1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer died
1964 - Ian Fleming, English novelist died

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1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer born
1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer born
1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer died
1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer born
1994 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer died
1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer died

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1575 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet born
1771 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist born
1863 - Ernest Thayer, American poet born
1867 - John Galsworthy, English writer (The Forsyte Saga) born
1947 - Danielle Steel, American novelist born
1956 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer died
2004 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer died

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1432 - Luigi Pulci, Italian poet born
1785 - Thomas De Quincey, English author born
1856 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer born
1858 - E. Nesbit, English author born
1885 - Edna Ferber, American novelist born
1898 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet born
1916 - Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer born
1938 - Janusz Zajdel, Polish writer born

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1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer born
1860 - Jules Laforgue, French poet born
1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer born
1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist born
1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet born
1949 - Margaret Mitchell, American novelist died

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1676 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German novelist died
1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet born
1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian-born writer born
1966 - William E. Dudley, American poet born

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1414 - Jami, Persian poet born
1450 - Marko Marulić, Croatian poet born
1596 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer born
1850 - Honoré de Balzac, French writer died
1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer born
1925 - Brian Aldiss, English writer born
1981 - Anita Loos, American screenwriter, playwright, and author died

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1398 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet born
1631 - John Dryden, English poet born
1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer born
1902 - Ogden Nash, American poet born
1925 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright, poet, and polemicist born
1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (Angela's Ashes) born
1936 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish author died
1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer born

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1625 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist born
1639 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet died
1648 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher died
1847 - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer born
1881 - Edgar Guest, English poet born
1897 - Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer born
1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer born
1918 - Jacqueline Susann, American novelist born
1932 - Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist born
1961 - Greg Egan, Australian author born
1986 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet died

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1762 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer died
1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian born
1838 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer died
1908 - M. M. Kaye, British writer born
1940 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet died
1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer died
2005 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet died

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1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer born
1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer born
1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author, poet born
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist born
1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech author died
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist born
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer born
1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author born
1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer died

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1849 - William Henley, British poet and critic, born
1869 - Edgar Lee Masters, American author, born
1880 - Alexander Grin, Russian writer, born
1884 - Will Cuppy, American humorist, born
1924 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer, born
1943 - Nelson DeMille, American novelist, born
1948 - Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer and essayist, born
1999 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer, died
2001 - Peter Maas, American novelist, died

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1580 - John Taylor, English poet born
1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet born
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer born
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author born
1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer born
1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic, writer, and editor born
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer born
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr, American writer born
1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist born
1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author born
1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer born
1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author born

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1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer born
1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet born
1836 - Bret Harte, American writer born
1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist born
1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer born
1935 - Charles Wright, American poet born
1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author born
1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist born
1984 - Truman Capote, American author died
2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist died
2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer died

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1874 - Zona Gale, American novelist born
1875 - John Buchan, Scottish novelist born
1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet born
1904 - Christopher Isherwood, English writer born
1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer born
1945 - Franz Werfel, Austrian writer died
1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author died
1989 - Irving Stone, American author died

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1635 - Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright died
1748 - James Thomson, Scottish poet died
1870 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet born
1871 - Theodore Dreiser, American author born
1958 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author born

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1645 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer died
1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer born
1814 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer born
1828 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (War and Peace and Anna Karenina) born
1906 - John Betjeman, English poet born
1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer born
1916 - Jack Vance, American author born
1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author born
1993 - William Stafford, American writer died

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1632 - John Locke, English philosopher born
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English Socialist poet born
1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer born
1898 - Preston Sturges, American screenwriter born
1930 - William Archibald Spooner, English writer died

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1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer born
1856 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer died
1925 - Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer born
1935 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist died

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1688 - John Bunyan, English writer died
1811 - Theophile Gautier, French poet and novelist born
1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet died
1885 - DuBose Heyward, American playwright born
1896 - Félix-Antoine Savard, French Canadian priest and novelist born
1908 - William Saroyan, American author born
1941 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet hanged herself
1953 - György Károly, Hungarian author born
1967 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer died

[edit] September

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1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet born
1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer born
1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer born
1899 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer born
1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer, considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in the postwar period is born
1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer born
1967 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet died

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1675 - William Somervile, English poet born
1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature is born
1854 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer born
1872 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher died
1894 - Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist born
1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author born
1921 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet died
1965 - Johannes Bobrowski, German writer died
1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer died
1976 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer died
1998 - Allen Drury, American author died
2000 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author died

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1592 - Robert Greene, English writer died
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer born
1903 - Joseph Skipsey, British poet died
1930 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author born
1938 - Caryl Churchill, English playwright born
1941 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer born
1962 - E. E. Cummings, American poet died
1963 - Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet died

[edit] 4

1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet born
1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright born
1905 - Mary Renault, English novelist born
1908 - Richard Wright, American writer born
1909 - Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright died
1916 - José Echegaray, Spanish writer died
1924 - Joan Aiken, English writer born
1974 - Marcel Achard, French playwright died
1989 - Georges Simenon, French author died

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1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet born
1750 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet born
1808 - John Home, Scottish writer died
1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer born
1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer born
1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist born
1950 - Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer born

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1783 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer died
1869 - Felix Salten, Austrian author born
1900 - Julien Green, French born American novelist born
1907 - Sully Prudhomme, French writer died
1928 - Robert M. Pirsig, American author born
1963 - Alice Sebold, American writer born

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1719 - John Harris, English writer died
1866 - Tristan Bernard, French writer born
1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer born
1881 - Sidney Lanier, American writer died
1885 - Elinor Wylie, American writer born
1887 - Edith Sitwell, English poet born
1900 - Taylor Caldwell, American author born
1962 - Karen Blixen, Danish author died
1962 - Jennifer Egan, American writer born
1994 - James Clavell, Australian-born American author (Shogun) died

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1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet born
1644 - Francis Quarles, English poet died
1645 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer died
1656 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer died
1682 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer died
1778 - Clemens Brentano, German poet born
1783 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher born
1804 - Eduard Mörike, German poet born
1830 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet born
1886 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet born
1919 - Gianni Brera, Italian writer born
1924 - Grace Metalious, American writer (Peyton Place) born
1933 - Michael Frayn, British playwright born
1947 - Ann Beattie, American writer born
1948 - Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer died
1952 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is published

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1828 (N.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist born
1834 - Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist born
1868 - Mary Hunter Austin, American writer born
1878 - Adelaide Crapsey, American poet born
1898 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet died
1900 - James Hilton, English novelist born
1903 - Phyllis Whitney, American writer born
1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist born
1980 - John Howard Griffin, American writer died

[edit] 10

1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author born
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author died
1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer born
1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist born
1937 - Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer died
1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American author born
1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer died
2000 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer died

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1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet born
1836 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author born
1862 - O. Henry, American writer born
1885 - D. H. Lawrence, English novelist born
1911 - Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist died
1917 - Jessica Mitford, British writer born
1921 - Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet died
1963 - Patrick McWilliams, Irish author born

[edit] 12

1665 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer died
1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author born
1836 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer died
1870 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author died
1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author born
1907 - Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet born
1919 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer died
1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer born
1929 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright died
1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer born
1956 - Hans Carossa, German writer died
1981 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet died

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1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet died
1592 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer died
1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and political writer born
1808 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer died
1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer born
1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer born
1894 - J. B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist born
1894 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet born
1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer born
1928 - Italo Svevo, Italian author died

[edit] 14

1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer born
1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist born
1929 - Larry Collins, American writer born
1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer born
1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author born
2005 - Vladimir Volkoff, French writer died

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1613 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer born
1613 - Thomas Overbury, English writer died (murdered)
1701 - Edmé Boursault, French writer died
1789 - James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist born
1889 - Robert Benchley, American author born
1890 - Agatha Christie, English writer remembered for her 80 mystery novels, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, is born
1898 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist born
1914 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer born
1926 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer died
1955 - Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.
1969 - Jim Curtiss, American writer born
1989 - Robert Penn Warren, American writer died
2003 - Josef Hiršal, Czech novelist died

[edit] 16

1672 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet died
1883 - T. E. Hulme, English writer born
1888 - F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer born
1905 - Vladimír Holan, Czech poet born
1919 - Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born writer born
1943 - James Alan McPherson, American writer born
1960 - Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer born

[edit] 17

1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer born
1771 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist died
1863 - Alfred de Vigny, French author died
1883 - William Carlos Williams, American writer born
1935 - Ken Kesey, American author born
1938 - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet died (executed)

[edit] 18

1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer born
1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer born
1827 - Robert Pollok, Scottish poet died
1959 - Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author died
1964 - Seán O'Casey, Irish writer died
1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist died

[edit] 19

1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist born
1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer born
1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer born
1922 - Damon Knight, American writer born
1933 - Gilles Archambault, Québécois novelist born
1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright born
1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer died

[edit] 20

1878 - Upton Sinclair, American writer born
1884 - Maxwell Perkins, American editor of novelists born
1898 - Theodor Fontane, German writer died
1902 - Stevie Smith, British poet and novelist born
1923 - Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet born
1928 - Donald Hall, American poet born
1948 - George R. R. Martin, American writer born
1971 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek writer died
1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer died

[edit] 21

19 BC - Virgil, Roman poet died
1542 - Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet died
1719 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer died
1832 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer died
1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer born
1895 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet born
1902 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet born
1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 - Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Croatian writer died
1944 - Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist born
1947 - Stephen King, American author born
1947 - Marsha Norman, American playwright born
1972 - Henry de Montherlant, French writer died
1974 - Jacqueline Susann, American novelist died
2002 - Robert Forward, American writer died

[edit] 22

1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet born
1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet died
1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet born
1722 - John Home, Scottish writer born
1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author born
1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author born
1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer born
1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist born
1947 - Robert Morace, American writer born
1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer born
1988 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet died
2002 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch-born writer died

[edit] 23

480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright born
1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet died
1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer died
1863 - Mary Church Terrell, American writer born
1865 - Baroness Orczy, British novelist born
1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author died
1889 - Wilkie Collins, British author died
1901 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer born
1907 - Dominique Aury, French novelist born
1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author died
1956 - Peter David, American writer born
1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet died
1994 - Robert Bloch, American author died

[edit] 24

1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet died
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer died
1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher born
1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer born
1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist born
1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist born
1933 - Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist died
1966 - Michael J. Varhola, American author born
1991 - Theodor Seuss Geisel aka. Dr. Seuss, American children's writer died
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer died

[edit] 25

1536 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet died
1782 - Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist born
1881 - Lu Xun, Chinese writer born
1897 - William Faulkner, American writer born
1930 - Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author born
1933 - Ring Lardner, American writer died
1970 - Erich Maria Remarque, German author died
1980 - Marie Under, Estonian author and poet died
1999 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer died
2000 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet died
2003 - Herb Gardner, American playwright died
2003 - George Plimpton, American writer and actor died
2005 - M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer died

[edit] 26

1763 - John Byron, English poet died
1887 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer born
1888 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer and editor born
1932 - Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident born
1947 - Hugh Lofting, British writer died
1949 - Jane Smiley, American writer born
1961 - Will Self, British author born
1990 - Alberto Moravia, Italian author died

[edit] 27

1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet born
1730 - Laurence Eusden, English poet died
1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer born
1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer born
1891 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author died
1906 - William Empson, British poet born
1906 - Jim Thompson, American author born
1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American author born
1924 - Bernard Waber, American author born
1945 - Kay Ryan, American poet born
1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer born
1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer born

[edit] 28

1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet born
1618 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet died
1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author born
1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet born
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author born
1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist died
1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist born
1950 - John Sayles, American director and writer born
1966 - André Breton, French poet died
1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist died
1993 - Peter De Vries, American novelist died

[edit] 29

1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author is born. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one of the greatest works in Western literature, and the greatest in the Spanish language.
1800 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet died
1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist born
1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher born
1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and poet born
1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, British poet died
1902 - Émile Zola, French writer died
1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer died
1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels is born
1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer born
1967 - Carson McCullers, American author died
1973 - W. H. Auden, English poet died

[edit] 30

1628 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet died
1700 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer born
1868 - First edition of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is published.
1904 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet born
1924 - Truman Capote, American author born
1990 - Patrick White, Australian writer died

[edit] October

[edit] 1

1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author died
1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer born
1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer born
1842 - Charles Cros, French poet born
1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author born
1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer born
1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and writer born
1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author born
1953 - John Hegley, British poet born
1968 - Jon Guenther, American author born
1985 - E. B. White, American author died
1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer died

[edit] 2

1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer born
1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer died
1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet died
1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet born
1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist born
1911 - Jack Finney, American author born
1926 - Jan Morris, English writer born
1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist died
2005 - August Wilson, American playwright died

[edit] 3

1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer died
1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer born
1720 - Johann Uz, German poet born
1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer born
1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet born
1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer born
1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author born
1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author born
1925 - Gore Vidal, American author born
1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer died
2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author died

[edit] 4

1862 - Edward Stratemeyer, American author who created the Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series is born
1880 - Damon Runyon, American writer born
1928 - Alvin Toffler, American author born
1937 - Jackie Collins, British author born
1941 - Anne Rice, American writer born
1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author born
1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet died

[edit] 5

1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet died
1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet died
1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist born
1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer born
1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist born
1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author born
1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic born
1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist died
1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright born
1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist and story writer born
1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian writer born
1952 - Clive Barker, English writer born

[edit] 6

1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet died
1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer
1872 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer born
1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet died
1930 - The novel As I Lay Dying, written by American author William Faulkner, is published.
1950 - David Brin, American author born
1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer born

[edit] 7

1576 - John Marston, English writer born
1577 - George Gascoigne, English poet died
1849 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer died
1853 - James Whitcomb Riley, American poet born
1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, American writer died
1913 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer born
1929 - Robert Westall, British author born
1934 - Amiri Baraka, American playwright and poet born
1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author (Schindler's Ark) born
1943 - Radclyffe Hall, British author died
1955 - First reading of the Allen Ginsberg poem "Howl" took place in San Francisco.
1981 - Albert Cohen, Greek-born novelist died

[edit] 8

1754 - Henry Fielding, English author died
1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer died
1917 - Walter Lord, American author born
1920 - Frank Herbert, American writer born
1943 - R. L. Stine, American author born
1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author died
1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator died
1970 - Jean Giono, French author died

[edit] 9

1892 - Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer born
1892 - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet born
1893 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer born
1920 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author born
1924 - Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic died
1967 - André Maurois, French author died
1989 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author died

[edit] 10

1674 - Thomas Traherne, English poet died
1691 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet died
1827 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer died
1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author born
1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer born
1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist died
1906 - Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan, Indian novelist born
1913 - Claude Simon, French writer born
1930 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet born
1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright born
2004 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer died
2005 - Wayne C. Booth, American literary critic died

[edit] 11

1616 - Andreas Gryphius, German writer born
1885 - François Mauriac, French writer born
1925 - Elmore Leonard, American novelist born
1935 - Steele Rudd, Australian author died
1937 - R. H. W. Dillard, American poet born
1963 - Jean Cocteau, French writer died
1976 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author died
1977 - MacKinlay Kantor, American author died
2005 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan died

[edit] 12

1679 - William Gurnall, English writer died
1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author born
1880 - Louis Hémon, French novelist born
1887 - Paula von Preradović , Croatian-Austrian poet born
1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet born
1904 - Ding Ling, Chinese writer born
1908 - Ann Petry, American novelist born
1920 - Alice Childress, American playwright born
1924 - Anatole France, French author died
1970 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet died
1988 - Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books died
1991 - Arkady Strugatsky, Russian novelist died
1994 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet died

[edit] 13

1696 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer born
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer born
1869 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic died
1880 - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet born
1890 - Conrad Richter, American novelist born
1902 - Arna Bontemps, American poet born
1919 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer died
1931 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author died
1950 - Ernest Haycox, American writer died

[edit] 14

1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet died
1703 - Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet died
1888 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer born
1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet born
1906 - Hannah Arendt, German political theorist and writer born
1908 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress born
1926 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist died
1998 - Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist died

[edit] 15

70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet born
1686 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet born
1764 - Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
1814 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author born
1837 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet died
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher born
1881 - P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist born
1891 - Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer died
1905 - C. P. Snow, British writer born
1920 - Mario Puzo, American novelist (The Godfather) born
1923 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer born
1926 - Evan Hunter, American author born
1930 - FM-2030, philosopher born
1954 - Peter Bakowski, Australian poet born

[edit] 16

1628 - François de Malherbe, French poet and critic died
1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer born
1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer born
1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer born
1919 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer born
1927 - Günter Grass, German writer born
1961 - Marc Levy, French novelist born
1937 - Jean de Brunhoff, French writer died
1962 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet died
1979 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author died
1996 - Eric Malpass, English novelist died
1999 - Jean Shepherd, American writer died

[edit] 17

1711 - Jupiter Hammon, American writer born
1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer born
1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright born
1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer born
1903 - Nathanael West, American writer born
1915 - Arthur Miller, American playwright born
1917 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian novelist born
1930 - Jimmy Breslin, American writer born
1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer born
1973 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer died
1979 - S. J. Perelman, American writer died
1981 - Albert Cohen, Swiss author died
2005 - Ba Jin, Chinese writer died

[edit] 18

1569 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet born
1777 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer born
1785 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist born
1868 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author born
1948 - Ntozake Shange, American author born
1950 - Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright born
1951 - Terry McMillan, American author born
1952 - Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist born

[edit] 19

1605 - Thomas Browne, English writer born
1682 - Thomas Browne, English writer died
1745 - Jonathan Swift, Irish author died
1899 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer born
1913 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet born
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist born
1936 - Lu Xun, Chinese writer died
1946 - Philip Pullman, English writer born
1950 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet died
1999 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer died

[edit] 20

1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher born
1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer died
1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist born
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet born
1890 - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer died
1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet died
1925 - Art Buchwald, American newspaper columnist born
1940 - Robert Pinsky, American poet born
1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer born
1983 - Yves Thériault, French Canadian author died
2004 - Anthony Hecht, American poet died

[edit] 21

1125 - Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian writer died
1687 - Sir Edmund Waller, English poet died
1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet born
1790 - Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer born
1847 - Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian writer born
1873 - Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet died
1904 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet born
1931 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian writer died
1914 - Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer born
1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American author born
1956 - Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer born
1969 - Jack Kerouac, American novelist died

[edit] 22

1071 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet born
1565 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile died
1818 - Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet born
1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer born
1920 - Timothy Leary, American writer born
1954 - Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet died
1959 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer born
1978 - John Riley, English poet murdered
1989 - Ewan MacColl, English author died
1995 - Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer died
1998 - Eric Ambler, English novelist died

[edit] 23

1844 - Robert Bridges, English poet born
1865 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer born
1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer died
1923 - Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet born
1939 - Zane Grey, American author died
1942 - Michael Crichton, American writer born
1949 - Nick Tosches, American writer born
1965 - Augusten Burroughs, American writer born
1969 - Trudi Canavan, Australian writer born

[edit] 24

1788 - Sarah Hale, American poet born
1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer born
1904 - Moss Hart, American playwright born
1923 - Denise Levertov, English poet born
1929 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer born
1929 - Hubert Aquin, French Canadian novelist born
1933 - Norman Rush, American novelist born
1943 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet died

[edit] 25

1767 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer born
1908 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer born
1914 - John Berryman, American poet born
1938 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet died
1941 - Anne Tyler, American novelist born
1957 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer died

[edit] 26

1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer born
1890 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer died
1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet born
1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author born
1941 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer died
1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer born
1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet born
1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer died

[edit] 27

1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet died
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet born
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer born
1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet born
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer born
1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese American writer born
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist born
1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist died
1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist died

[edit] 28

1661 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright died
1676 - Jean Desmarets, French writer died
1754 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet died
1806 - Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and novelist died
1818 (O.S.) - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer born
1879 - Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer died
1885 (O.S.) - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet born
1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer born
1907 - John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet born
1929 - John Hollander, American poet and literary critic born
1938 - Anne Perry, English-born novelist born
1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer died
1986 - John Braine, English novelist died
1998 - Ted Hughes, English poet died

[edit] 29

1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer born
1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer born
1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author born
1958 - Zoe Akins, American playwright died
1999 - Michel Regnier (Greg), Belgian comic-book writer died
2003 - Hal Clement, American writer died

[edit] 30

1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer born
1602 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet died
1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer born
1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright born
1762 - André Chénier, French writer born
1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer born
1821 (O.S.) - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer born
1842 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author died
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet born
1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet born
1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright born
1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer born
1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer born
1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author died
1968 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer died

[edit] 31

1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer born
1620 - John Evelyn, English diarist born
1724 - Christopher Anstey, English writer born
1795 - John Keats, British poet born
1879 - Jacob Abbott, American author died
1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
1920 - Dick Francis, Welsh novelist born
1987 - Joseph Campbell, American author and expert on mythology died

[edit] November

[edit] 1

1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer died
1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer born
1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet died
1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet born
1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic born
1643 - John Strype, English historian and biographer born
1704 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist born
1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
1871 - Stephen Crane, American writer born
1880 - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer born
1880 - Grantland Rice, American sports writer born
1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author born
1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German writer died
1907 - Alfred Jarry, French writer died
1955 - Dale Carnegie, American writer died
1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet died
2006 - William Styron, American author died

[edit] 2

1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer born
1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet born
1911 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer born
1942 - Shere Hite, American author born
1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer died
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
2002 - Charles Sheffield, American author died

[edit] 3

39 - Lucan, Roman poet born
1558 - Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy born
1901 - André Malraux, French writer born
1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer born
1929 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet died
1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer born
2003 - Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet died

[edit] 4

1781 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet died
1899 - Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published.
1918 - Wilfred Owen, English poet died
1936 - C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Williams, American poet born
1948 - T. S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1960 - Marc Awodey, American artist and writer born
2005 - Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet died

[edit] 5

1549 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer born
1613 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet born
1715 - John Brown, English writer born
1836 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet died
1857 - Ida M. Tarbell, American author and journalist born
1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author born
1930 - Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer born
1975 - Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer died
1977 - René Goscinny, French comic book writer died
1997 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter died
2005 - John Fowles, English writer died

[edit] 6

1692 - Louis Racine, French poet born
1692 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer died
1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author born
1846 - Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general died
1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist born
1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer died
1921 - James Jones, American writer born
1952 - Michael Cunningham, American writer born
1984 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist died
2000 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer died
2001 - Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist died

[edit] 7

1619 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer born
1750 - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet born
1838 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer born
1906 - Heinrich Seidel, German engineer, poet and writer died
1910 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist died
1913 - Albert Camus, French writer born
1974 - Eric Linklater, British author died

[edit] 8

1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet born
1674 - John Milton, English poet died
1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer born
1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist born
1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian poet born
1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author born
1904 - Cedric Belfrage, English writer born
1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer and journalist born
1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author born
1953 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer died
1953 - John van Melle, South African author died
1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author of Japanese origin is born
2005 - David Westheimer, American novelist died

[edit] 9

1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer born
1832 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer, novelist and journalist born
1877 - Muhammad Iqbal, Indian National poet of Pakistan born
1905 - Erika Mann, German writer born
1911 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet born
1911 - Howard Pyle, American author died
1918 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet died
1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet born
1929 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer born
1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer born
1937 - Roger McGough, English poet born
1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author died
2004 - Iris Chang, American author died

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1617 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer died
1644 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer died
1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright born
1759 - Friedrich von Schiller, German writer born
1772 - Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet
1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist
1879 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet born
1887 - Arnold Zweig, German author born
1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer born
1891 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet died
1909 - Renee Vivien, American poet died
1960 - Neil Gaiman, English writer born
1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer died
2001 - Ken Kesey, American author died

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1493 - Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet born
1623 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer died
1834 - Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling was first published.
1764 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener, Russian writer born
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist born
1836 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist born
1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason, American author born
1914 - Howard Fast, American author born
1919 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist born
1922 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American novelist born
1928 - Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer born
1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer born
1950 - Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet born
1954 - Mary Gaitskill, American author born
1970 - Lee Battersby, Australian author born
1999 - Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist died

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1757 - Colley Cibber, English poet died
1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist died
1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright born
1915 - Roland Barthes, French critic and writer born
1929 - Michael Ende, German writer born
1945 - Tracy Kidder, American author born
1984 - Chester Himes, American author died

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1714 - William Shenstone, English poet born
1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer born
1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet died
1910 - William Bradford Huie, American journalist, editor, publisher and author born
1952 - Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author died
1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet died

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1714 - William Shenstone, English poet born
1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer born
1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet died
1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet died

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1803 - Jacob Abbott, American writer born
1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet born
1838 - August Senoa, Croatian writer born
1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist born
1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer born
1910 - Eric Malpass, English novelist born
1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, American writer born

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1773 - John Hawkesworth, English writer died
1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet born
1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet born
1889 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright born
1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer born
1906 - Henri Charrière, author of Papillon born
1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer born
1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author born
1946 - Terrence McKenna, American writer born
1952 - Robin McKinley, writer born
1954 - Andrea Barrett, American writer born
1967 - Craig Arnold, American poet born
1973 - Alan Watts, English writer died
1976 - Danny Wallace, British author born
1995 - Jack Finney, American author died

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1587 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet born
1747 - Alain-René Lesage, French writer died
1916 - Shelby Foote, American historian born
1936 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet born
1939 - Auberon Waugh, British author born
1951 - Yaruch Bann, French poet born
1968 - Mervyn Peake, British writer died

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1865 - Mark Twain's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press.
1874 - Clarence Day, American author born
1889 - William Allingham, Irish author died
1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer born
1922 - Marcel Proust, French novelist died
1926 - George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."
1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer (Surfacing, The Handmaid's Tale) born
1941 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet died
1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author born
1952 - Paul Eluard, French poet died
1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet born
1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet born
1985 - Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson, is first published.
1999 - Paul Bowles, American novelist died

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1492 - Jami, Persian poet died
1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright died
1850 - Alfred Lord Tennyson becomes Poet Laureate, a position he held until his death in 1892.
1887 - Emma Lazarus, American poet died
1899 - Allen Tate, American poet and critic born
1900 - Anna Seghers, German writer born
1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author born
1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet born
1942 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter died

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1490 - Joanot Martorell's book Tirant lo Blanc is published for the first time.
1612 - John Harington, English writer died
1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer born
1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author born
1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer born
1896 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer born
1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (The Conservationist) born
1936 - Don DeLillo, American author born
1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet died
2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer died

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1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet died
1692 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet born
1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher born
1775 - John Hill, British writer died
1811 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer died
1908 - Elizabeth George Speare, American author born

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1722 - Hryhori Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet born
1819 - George Eliot, British novelist born
1869 - André Gide, French writer born
1877 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet born
1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer born
1916 - Jack London, American writer died
1932 - William Walker Atkinson, American author died
1936 - James Burke, British writer born
1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author born
1962 - Victor Pelevin, Russian writer born
1963 - Aldous Huxley, British author died
1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author died
1970 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist born
1986 - William Bradford Huie, American writer died
1993 - Anthony Burgess, British author died

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1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer died
1644 - Areopagitica by John Milton is published.
1804 - Richard Graves, British writer died
1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer born
1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer born
1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer born
1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet born
1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer died
1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author born
1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer born
1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet born
1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author died
1976 - André Malraux, French author died
1990 - Roald Dahl, British author died

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1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet born
1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet born
1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher born
1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist born
1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet born
1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author born
1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author born
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
1870 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer died
1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer born
1925 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American writer born
1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer born
1973 - John Neihardt, American writer died
1996 - Sorley MacLean, British poet died
2004 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author died

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1562 - Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright born
1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer born
1785 - Richard Glover, British poet died
1845 - José Maria Eça de Queiróz, Portuguese novelist born
1858 - Alfred Capus, French author born
1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer born
1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist born
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist born
1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer born
1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet died
1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer died
1968 - Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer died
1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer died

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1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer born
1688 - Philippe Quinault, French writer died
1855 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet died
1857 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet died
1896 - Coventry Patmore, British poet died
1909 - Eugène Ionesco, French playwright born
2003 - Stefan Wul, French writer died
2005 - Stan Berenstain, children's author died

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8 BC - Horace, Roman poet and satirist died
1895 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author died
1898 - Fredric Warburg, publisher and author born
1907 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer born
1909 - James Agee, American writer born
1926 - Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author born
1933 - Jacques Godbout, French Canadian novelist born
1937 - Gail Sheehy, American writer born
1943 - Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet born
1953 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer died
1975 - Ross McWhirter, British co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records died