Authors in History (Part 5)

Historical Events

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 401 - 500 of 1,739

• 1890-10-18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
• 1890-11-15 Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
• 1891-01-03 Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]
• 1891-03-28 Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author
• 1891-04-30 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
• 1891-05-15 David Vogel, Russian-born Hebrew writer (Huwelijksleven), born in Satanov, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
• 1891-08-26 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
• 1891-09-11 William Thomas Walsh, American author (Isabella of Spain), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1949)
• 1891-11-05 Mary Dorna, Dutch author
• 1891-12-02 Charles H. Wesley, author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)

• 1892-02-18 Wendell Wilkie, American Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World), (d. 1944)
• 1892-03-27 Thorne Smith, American sci-fi author (Topper, Rain in the Doorway, Stray Lamb), born in Annapolis, Maryland (d. 1934)
• 1892-04-15 Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author (The Hiding Place) and Holocaust survivor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
• 1892-05-19 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
• 1892-05-31 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Bespokojnaja Joenostj) [NS]
• 1892-06-12 Djuna Barnes, American author (Nightwood), born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York (d. 1982)
• 1892-06-26 Pearl S. Buck, American author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), born in Hillsboro, West Virginia (d. 1973)
• 1892-08-02 John Kieran, American columnist and author (Natural History of NYC), born in NYC, New York (d. 1981)
• 1892-10-27 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), born in Quebrangulo, Brazil (d. 1953)
• 1892-12-25 Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), born in London
• 1893-01-13 Clarke Ashton Smith, American sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
• 1893-03-03 Beatrice Wood, potter/artist/author
• 1893-08-10 Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slovenian author (Samorastniki)
• 1893-10-01 Faith Baldwin, American author (They Who Love), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1978)
• 1893-11-11 Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author
• 1893-11-14 Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
• 1893-12-31 Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist & author (Flemish Resurrection), born in Saint-Gilles, Brussels (d. 1975)
• 1894-05-20 Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent)
• 1894-06-13 Mark van Doren, Ill, author (Happy Critic, Transients)

• 1894-08-17 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author (Jorden)
• 1894-08-29 E. Franklin Frazier, American sociologist and author (The Negro Family in the United States), born in Baltimore (d. 1962)
• 1894-10-18 H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
• 1894-10-21 Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
• 1894-10-24 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author, born in Darbhanga district, Bihar, British India (d. 1987)
• 1895-01-16 Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
• 1895-01-24 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
• 1895-03-29 Ernst Jünger, German author and entomologist (Storm of Steel), born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1998)
• 1895-03-31 Vardis Fisher, American author (Darkness & Deep), born in Annis, Idaho (d. 1968)
• 1895-05-02 Alfred Kurella, German author and functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in East Germany, born in Brieg, Silesia (d. 1975)
• 1895-05-02 Peggy Bacon, American author and illustrator (Off With Their Heads), born in Ridgefield, Connecticut (d. 1987)
• 1895-08-10 Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian author and satirist, born in Saint Petersburg (d. 1958)
• 1895-10-08 Jeanne Gabrielle Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl), born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
• 1895-10-18 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Appearance at Kallista)
• 1895-11-05 Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
• 1895-11-16 Michael Arlen [Dikran Kouyoumdjian], British author and scriptwriter (An American Verdict), born in Ruse, Bulgaria (d. 1956)
• 1895-11-17 Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
• 1895-12-01 Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
• 1895-12-19 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
• 1896-01-20 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
• 1896-04-21 Henry M de Montherlant, French novelist and stage author (La Reine Morte)
• 1896-06-16 William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
• 1896-06-16 Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
• 1896-09-20 Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga), born in Pavlovka, Russia (d. 1960) [NS=Oct 2]

• 1896-11-16 Joan Lindsay, Australian author (d. 1984)
• 1896-11-23 Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher
• 1896-11-27 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio)
• 1896-12-05 Lady Huxley [Marie Juliette Baillot], Swiss sculptor and author, born in Auvernier, Switzerland (d. 1994)
• 1896-12-15 Betty Smith, American author (d. 1972)
• 1897-01-08 Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)
• 1897-04-17 Antonius Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River), born in Wijlre, Netherlands (d. 1961)
• 1897-05-22 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (Waters of Babylon)
• 1897-06-08 John G. Bennett, British scientist and author, born in London (d. 1974)
• 1897-08-11 Enid Blyton, children's writer and fifth most popular author in the world (Famous Five, Secret Seven, The Adventure)
• 1897-08-20 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian poet and author (Det Store Spelet), born in Vinje, Telemark, Norway (d. 1970)

• 1897-10-08 Rouben Mamoulian, American movie director and author (The Mark of Zorro, Applause), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1987)
• 1897-11-01 Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1999)
• 1897-11-15 Sacheverell Sitwell, English author (People's Palace), born in Scarborough, England (d. 1988)
• 1897-12-01 Manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)
• 1897-12-30 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
• 1898-01-06 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish journalist & editor (De Standaard 1929-39), born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1960)
• 1898-01-23 Freda Utley, British scholar & author, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1978)
• 1898-05-23 Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
• 1898-06-09 Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt)
• 1898-06-27 Ajla Rachmanova, Russian-Austrian author (Students), born in Kasli, Russia (d. 1991)
• 1898-07-22 Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)
• 1898-08-20 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author (The Emigrants) and historian, born in Moshultamåla, Sweden (d. 1973)
• 1898-08-24 Malcolm Cowley, American author (Flowering of New England), born in Belsano, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
• 1898-09-16 H.A. Rey, American children's author, creator of "Curious George" (d. 1977)
• 1898-11-12 Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master's Voice)
• 1898-11-27 Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981)

• 1899-03-08 Elmer Keith, American firearms enthusiast and author (Guns & Ammo), born in Missouri (d. 1984)
• 1899-04-30 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)

• 1899-07-24 Chief Dan George [Tes-wah-no], Canadian Indian author, poet and actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man, Smith!), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1981)
• 1899-11-02 Edgar du Perron, Dutch author and poet (Land of Origin), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1940)
• 1899-11-25 William R Burnett, American author (Little Caesar)
• 1899-12-09 Jean de Brunhoff, French children's book author (Babar the Elephant), born in Paris (d. 1937)
• 1900-01-25 Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-American genetist, evolutionary biologist and author (Mankind Evolving), born in Nemyriv, Russian Empire (d. 1975)
• 1900-04-16 Polly Adler, Russian bordello proprieter and author (House is not a Home), born in Yanow, Russia (d. 1962)
• 1900-05-07 Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
• 1900-05-13 Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)
• 1900-05-14 Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
• 1900-05-31 Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef)
• 1900-06-08 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), born in Stadskanaal, Netherlands (d. 1962)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 401 - 500 of 1,109

• 1962-11-23 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
• 1963-03-29 Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64
• 1963-09-10 Eugène Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra), dies at 89
• 1963-11-01 Elsa Maxwell, American author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80

• 1963-11-22 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
• 1964-01-06 Edgar Maass, German/American author (Verdun), dies at 67
• 1964-01-10 A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46

• 1964-09-03 Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964-11-11 H[enry] Beam Piper, American sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60
• 1964-11-29 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60
• 1964-12-09 Edith Sitwell, English poet and author (Wheels), dies at 77
• 1965-03-13 George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65
• 1965-03-17 Quentin Reynolds, American newscaster (Its News to Me) and author (FBI), dies at 62
• 1965-04-08 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
• 1965-05-03 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76
• 1965-05-11 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
• 1965-07-28 Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author (b. 1894)

• 1965-08-14 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author (Walk at Dawn), dies at 80
• 1965-09-30 E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75
• 1965-11-16 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
• 1965-12-16 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
• 1966-01-18 Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
• 1966-03-10 Mari Sandoz, American author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
• 1966-08-06 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53
• 1966-08-18 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle & Blessing), dies at 75
• 1966-12-26 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 91
• 1967-06-03 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies
• 1967-09-29 Carson McCullers, American author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50
• 1968-02-23 Fannie Hurst, American author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
• 1968-04-16 Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (American Beauty, Cimarron), dies at 82
• 1968-05-01 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71

• 1968-06-09 Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
• 1968-07-14 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76
• 1968-07-22 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60
• 1968-09-02 Ernest Claes, Belgian author (The White), dies at 82
• 1968-09-24 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
• 1968-11-04 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
• 1968-11-07 Willem A. Wagenaar, Dutch journalist and author (3,000 meter), dies at 67

• 1968-11-26 Arnold Zweig, German antifascist and author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81
• 1968-11-28 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70

• 1969-01-05 Franz Theodor Csokor, Austrian author (Gottes General), dies at 83
• 1969-01-11 Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
• 1969-03-11 John Wyndham, American sci-fi author (Chrysalids), dies at 65
• 1969-03-23 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
• 1969-04-05 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73
• 1969-07-24 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
• 1969-08-27 Erika Mann, German-American author (Other Germany) and daughter of Thomas Mann, dies at 63
• 1969-11-05 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
• 1969-12-26 Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French poet and author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
• 1970-03-15 Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian poet and author (Isslottet), dies at 72
• 1970-05-17 Nigel Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
• 1970-05-27 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
• 1970-05-29 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
• 1970-07-30 Louis Lomax, African-American author and journalist, dies in a car accident 47
• 1970-11-25 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45
• 1970-12-31 Cyril Scott, English composer and author (Alchemist), dies at 91
• 1971-03-19 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
• 1971-03-19 Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79
• 1971-03-23 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
• 1971-04-13 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (b. 1921)
• 1971-06-25 Charles Vildrac, French author, poet and playwright (La Brouille, Michel Auclair, Notes sur la technique poétique), dies at 88
• 1971-11-10 Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
• 1972-01-15 Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, British child author who wrote "The Young Visiters" (Mister Salteena's Plan) aged 9, dies at 90
• 1972-02-15 Edgar Snow, American author and journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
• 1972-03-11 Fredric Brown, American sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
• 1972-08-17 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
• 1972-08-26 Jacques Gans, Dutch author and journalist, dies at 63
• 1972-09-21 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76
• 1972-12-07 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91
• 1973-03-06 Pearl S. Buck, American author (Good Earth - Nobel Prize 1938), dies at 80
• 1973-03-06 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
• 1973-03-16 M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68
• 1973-05-14 Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet, dies at 67
• 1973-06-17 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), dies at 66
• 1973-06-30 Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, dies of cancer at 68
• 1973-07-16 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91
• 1973-08-08 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author (The Emigrants) and historian, dies at 74

• 1973-09-30 Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 1973-10-17 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
• 1973-11-04 Karl H. Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75
• 1973-12-13 Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
• 1974-01-21 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
• 1974-07-29 Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
• 1974-08-08 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67

• 1974-11-19 Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (Harriet the Spy), dies at 46
• 1974-12-01 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/American author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
• 1974-12-13 John G. Bennett, British scientist and author, dies at 77
• 1975-01-03 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77

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