Author in History (Part 5)

Historical Events

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 401 - 500 of 1,734

• 1887-10-10 Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author
• 1887-11-10 Arnold Zweig, German antifascist and author (Erziehung vor Verdun), born in Glogau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1968)
• 1887-11-15 René Maran, Martinique, author (Batouala, Prix Goncourt)
• 1888-01-24 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author (Men Never Know)
• 1888-02-17 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), born in Kibworth Leicestershire, England (d. 1957)

• 1888-10-15 S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)
• 1888-11-16 Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author/poet (Gogol)
• 1888-11-24 Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
• 1888-12-27 Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (Metropolis), born in Tauperlitz, Döhlau, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1954)
• 1889-02-10 Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
• 1889-03-12 Þórbergur Þórðarson, Icelandic author (d. 1974)
• 1889-09-07 Bruce F Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man)
• 1889-09-19 Sarah Delany, author/teacher
• 1889-11-24 Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author
• 1890-01-11 Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (one of the modernist Group of Five), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1954)
• 1890-03-25 Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen)
• 1890-05-02 E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (Triplanetary), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 1965)
• 1890-05-05 Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
• 1890-06-10 Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
• 1890-09-10 Franz Werfel, Austrian author (40 Days of Musa Dagh)
• 1890-09-15 Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author (Songs of Jamaica, Banjo)
• 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, Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
• 1891-06-26 Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/(stage)author/resistance fighter
• 1891-08-26 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
• 1891-09-11 William Thomas Walsh, American author (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 and Holocaust survivor (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 (d. 1982)
• 1892-06-26 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, China, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938)
• 1892-08-02 John Kieran, American columnist/author (Natural History of NYC), born in NYC, New York
• 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, author/novelist (They Who Love), born in New Rochelle, New York
• 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)
• 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)
• 1894-09-13 John B[oynton] Priestly, author (Good Companions)/wed Jessica Hawkes
• 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 (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 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 G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)
• 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)
• 1895-12-19 Maurice Roelants, Flemish novelist and poet (Komen en gaan, Prayer for a Good End), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
• 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 I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]

• 1896-10-02 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]
• 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) Juliette Baillot, author
• 1896-12-12 Eslanda Goode, American anthropology, civil rights activist and actor under Paul Robeson, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1965)
• 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 (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 author (Det Store Spelet)

• 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, author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill)
• 1897-11-15 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/author (People's Palace)
• 1897-12-01 Manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)
• 1897-12-30 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 401 - 500 of 1,066

• 1963-11-22 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
• 1964-01-06 Edgar Maass, German/US 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 L Sitwell, English poet/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, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
• 1966-04-02 Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
• 1966-04-25 Maurice Roelants, Flemish novelist and poet (Komen en gaan, Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
• 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, US author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50
• 1968-02-23 Fannie Hurst, US 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/author (3,000 meter), dies

• 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, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], 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
• 1969-04-05 Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84
• 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 author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72
• 1970-05-17 Nigel M 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
• 1970-11-28 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani), dies at 55
• 1970-12-31 Cyril M Scott, English composer/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, US 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 P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
• 1972-03-11 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
• 1972-04-16 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
• 1972-08-17 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
• 1972-08-26 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/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[ydenstricker] 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 (b. 1905)
• 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 and historian (b. 1898)

• 1973-09-30 Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 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

• 1974-11-07 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75
• 1974-12-01 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
• 1975-01-03 Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77
• 1975-03-13 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), dies at 82
• 1975-03-13 Ruth Schaumann, German author, painter and sculptor (Rose, Black King), dies at 75
• 1975-06-08 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78
• 1975-07-04 Georgette Heyer, English novelist (Friday's Child), dies at 71

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