History Hop Tags - Writer

1603-11-17

English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

1618-10-29

English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

1765-03-09

After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide.

1868-06-23

Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"

1897-07-25

Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.

1909-02-02

Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris

1914-01-16

Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia

1923-12-14

Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)

1936-11-05

French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime

1936-11-24

Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize

1938-05-06

Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)

1966-05-23

The Beatles release "Paperback Writer"

1966-06-10

Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in UK

1966-06-25

Beatles' "Paperback Writer" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks

1974-02-13

Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR

1986-10-21

US writer Edward A Tracy kidnap in Beirut

1988-10-14

Naguib Mahfouz is 1st Arabic writer to win Nobel literature prize

1989-01-16

Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague

1993-01-24

Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.

2008-05-04

Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world's highest paid television writer

2012-10-11

Mo Yan, a hallucinatory realist writer, wins the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature

2016-06-26

Conservative Writer George Will Drops Out of GOP Over Trump

3-02-19

Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)

866-09-19

Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica)

1304-02-24

Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)

1392-12-09

Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)

1406-01-13

Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)

1436-11-26

Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)

1458-09-11

Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia)

1469-05-03

Niccolo Machiavelli, Florence, Italy, politician/writer (Prince), d. 1527)

1475-12-24

Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)

1501-02-24

Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)

1503-03-22

Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)

1515-03-28

Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint

1530-11-01

Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)

1533-02-14

Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)

1534-02-05

Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)

1537-07-20

Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)

1538-04-26

Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)

1538-12-10

Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)

1541-01-26

Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)

1549-03-11

Henric/Hendrik Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance writer and poet (Hertspiegel)

1549-11-05

Philippe de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer (d. 1623)

1556-03-07

Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)

1565-09-28

Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)

1567-08-21

Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint

1568-02-11

Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)

1572-04-04

William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)

1574-07-01

Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)

1574-08-07

Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)

1575-08-15

Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)

1576-10-07

John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)

1576-10-30

Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia)

1577-02-08

Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)

1579-08-01

Luís Vélez de Guevara, Écija, Spanish writer

1580-09-14

Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)

1581-03-16

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)

1585-02-12

Caspar Bartholin, Malmö, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy

1586-08-17

Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)

1588-06-11

George Wither, English writer (d. 1667)

1589-01-08

Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)

1591-02-25

Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)

1592-03-28

Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius], Moravia, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer

1593-08-09

Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)

1594-03-25

Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Dutch writer

1594-11-17

Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)

1595-12-04

Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)

1596-08-18

Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)

1599-10-31

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)

1600-01-17

Calderon, writer

1601-01-08

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)

1601-08-22

Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)

1604-08-04

François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)

1605-10-16

Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer

1605-10-19

Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)

1606-05-23

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)

1607-11-15

Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)

1609-10-05

Paul Fleming, writer

1609-12-24

Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (d. 1683)

1613-09-15

François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)

1616-10-02

A Gryphius, writer

1616-10-11

Andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)

1618-04-13

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)

1619-11-07

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)

1619-12-28

Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)

1620-11-10

Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)

1621-11-20

Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)

1623-06-19

Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)

1624-08-22

Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)

1624-10-30

Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)

1626-03-12

John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)

1627-09-27

Jacques-Benigne bossuet, French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher), (d. 1704)

1632-06-10

Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)

1638-02-14

Sybilla Schwarz, writer

1639-02-06

Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)

1639-12-21

Jean Racin, writer

1640-06-05

Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)

1644-10-02

François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)

1645-08-16

Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)

1647-08-12

Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)

1647-11-08

Pierre Bayle, French/Neth theologist/philosopher/writer

1648-01-01

Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)

1651-08-06

Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)

1652-01-07

Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian

1654-01-22

Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)

1655-02-07

Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)

1657-02-11

Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)

1657-03-24

Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)

1657-11-26

William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)

1658-02-18

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)

1660-03-28

Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer

1664-01-20

Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)

1666-04-17

Francois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer

1667-04-29

John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)

1670-02-10

William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)

1672-01-18

Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)

1672-03-12

Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (d. 1729)

1674-01-15

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)

1674-03-30

Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised

1674-07-17

Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)

1675-01-16

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)

1677-08-09

Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer

1679-03-18

Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)

1681-06-26

Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)

1684-02-21

Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)

1685-06-30

John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)

1685-12-17

Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)

1686-08-19

Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)

1688-02-04

Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)

1689-01-18

Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)

1689-07-09

Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)

1692-02-14

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)

1692-02-25

Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)

1694-09-22

Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)

1694-11-21

Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (d. 1778)

1694-12-22

Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)

1695-04-08

Johann C Gunther, writer

1696-10-13

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)

1700-09-30

Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)

1703-03-24

Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer

1703-11-26

Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)

1704-01-01

Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)

1704-02-12

Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)

1704-06-24

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)

1706-03-04

Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)

1706-12-17

Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire)

1707-09-07

George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history

1709-09-18

Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide)

1710-10-24

Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)

1710-11-08

Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)

1710-12-02

Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)

1712-03-22

Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)

1713-04-12

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)

1714-02-26

James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)

1715-05-04

Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)

1715-08-06

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)

1715-11-05

John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)

1716-01-20

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)

1716-12-16

Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)

1717-02-19

David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), (d. 2013)

1717-09-24

Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto)

1717-12-16

Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)

1718-05-23

William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer

1718-07-18

Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)

1718-09-08

Francois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer

1719-10-17

Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)

1720-01-13

Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)

1720-03-13

Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)

1720-12-15

J F Beck, writer

1721-03-19

Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized

1722-02-19

Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)

1722-09-22

John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)

1722-12-01

A L Karschin, writer

1723-07-11

Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)

1723-12-26

Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)

1724-01-24

Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)

1724-10-31

Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)

1725-04-02

Giacomo Casanova, Venice, Italian writer, adventurer and famous lover

1726-12-01

Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer

1728-02-29

Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)

1728-03-22

Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter

1730-01-03

Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician

1730-02-21

Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter

1730-08-27

Hamann, writer

1731-02-25

Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer

1731-09-09

Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)

1731-12-06

S von Laroche, writer

1732-01-06

Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)

1732-11-09

Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)

1733-07-22

Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)

1737-01-19

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)

1737-09-21

Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes)

1740-06-02

Marquis de Sade, Paris, French philosopher and writer (Justine). The words sadism and sadist are derived from his name.

1740-10-20

Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women)

1741-12-10

Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)

1742-07-01

Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg)

1743-06-20

Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns

1744-05-31

Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath

1746-03-05

Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain

1746-09-04

Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised

1747-01-15

John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)

1749-03-09

Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)

1749-08-31

Radistschew, writer

1750-09-18

Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)

1751-01-12

Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)

1753-02-07

Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)

1753-04-01

Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)

1754-11-26

Georg Forster, writer

1756-03-03

William Godwin, philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams)

1758-08-09

Bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], writer

1758-09-01

Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant

1759-04-27

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)

1759-05-06

Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician

1759-05-26

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley

1760-05-10

J P Hebel, writer

1760-10-01

William Beckford, British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek)

1761-05-13

Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)

1761-07-25

Charlotte von Kalb, German writer

1762-01-23

Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)

1762-10-30

André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)

1763-01-29

J G Seume, writer

1763-03-21

Jean Paul, writer

1764-02-15

Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)

1766-07-09

J Schopenhauer, writer

1766-12-01

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)

1767-08-25

Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)

1767-10-23

H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer

1768-11-30

Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)

1769-02-04

Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer

1769-08-30

Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer

1770-03-20

Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843)

1770-03-28

Sophie Mereau, writer

1771-09-17

Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816)

1772-01-04

Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter

1772-03-10

Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)

1772-05-02

Novalis, writer

1773-04-09

Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824

1773-05-31

Ludwig Tieck, writer

1773-07-13

Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)

1774-10-18

Adolfs Muller, writer

1774-11-24

Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)

1775-01-30

Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)

1775-08-26

William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)

1776-01-24

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)

1778-11-25

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)

1780-04-29

Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)

1780-08-19

Baranger, writer

1781-01-30

A v Chamisso, writer

1781-03-13

Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel)

1782-03-04

Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson)

1782-06-19

Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)

1782-10-11

Steen Steensen Blicher, Denmk, poet/short-story writer (E Binddstouw)

1782-11-13

Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)

1783-01-23

Stendhal, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)

1783-04-03

Washington Irving, New York City New York, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

1783-09-08

Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)

1784-10-19

Leigh Hunt, British writer (Lord Byron)

1785-04-04

Bettina von Arnim, German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King)

1785-05-18

John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)

1785-07-14

Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (d. 1851)

1785-08-15

Thomas De Quincey, England, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)

1786-05-06

Ludwig Borne, writer

1786-09-18

Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer

1786-10-30

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (d. 1871)

1787-04-26

Ludwig Uhland, writer

1787-12-16

Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)

1787-12-28

Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao

1788-03-01

Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician

1790-05-12

[Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer

1790-10-21

Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)

1790-10-30

Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer

1791-04-24

Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)

1791-09-20

Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)

1792-06-19

Gustav Schwab, writer

1793-03-03

Ch Sealsfield, writer

1793-03-11

Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist

1793-07-20

Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)

1794-05-17

Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer

1795-02-08

Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer

1795-09-06

Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852)

1796-04-24

K L Immermann, writer

1796-06-22

Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]

1796-07-03

Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]

1796-10-04

John Richardson, Canadian writer (Wacousta, or the prophecy)

1796-10-24

August v Platen, writer

1797-01-10

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)

1797-03-27

Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)

1797-10-04

J Gotthelf, writer

1798-01-14

Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer

1798-04-02

H v Fallersleben, writer

1798-06-21

Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)

1799-05-26

Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)

1799-06-06

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Russian writer and poet (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)

1801-04-11

Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)

1801-12-11

Grabbe, writer

1802-01-06

Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)

1802-09-13

Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)

1802-11-29

Wilhelm Hauff, writer

1803-01-15

Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)

1803-04-07

Flora Tristan, writer

1803-08-13

Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)

1803-11-14

Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)

1804-05-05

Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)

1804-12-23

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)

1805-02-04

William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)

1805-03-16

Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)

1805-07-29

Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)

1805-09-02

Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)

1805-09-06

Horatio Greenough, US, neo-classical sculptor/writer (Form & Function)

1806-01-20

Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)

1806-07-20

John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)

1807-06-30

Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer)

1807-07-22

Karolina Pawlowa, writer

1808-05-22

G de Nerval, writer

1808-06-27

Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)

1808-11-02

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)

1809-01-01

John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)

1809-03-31

Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

1809-07-08

Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)

1809-09-21

Sophia Hawthorne, Salem Massachusetts, American writer, painter and illustator

1810-03-27

A Glabbrenner, writer

1810-04-06

Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)

1810-05-29

Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer

1810-06-17

F Freiligrath, writer

1810-12-11

Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)

1811-01-09

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)

1811-08-30

Thomas Gautier, writer

1811-08-31

Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)

1812-01-15

Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer

1812-04-06

Aaron Bernstein, writer

1812-04-06

Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)

1812-05-23

Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)

1812-06-18

Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)

1813-02-11

Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)

1813-03-18

Friedrich Hebbel, writer

1813-03-20

Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)

1814-01-10

Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)

1814-08-28

Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)

1814-09-08

Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)

1814-09-13

Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=

1814-10-03

Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)

1815-08-02

Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)

1815-08-29

Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)

1815-10-17

Emanuel Geibel, writer

1816-07-13

Gustav Freytag, writer

1817-01-31

Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)

1817-04-18

George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)

1817-05-31

Georg Herwegh, writer

1817-08-24

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, writer and playwright (d. 1875)

1817-09-05

Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [NS]

1818-02-12

Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)

1818-09-13

Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste)

1818-10-22

Leconte de Lisle, writer

1819-02-08

John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)

1819-02-19

Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer

1819-07-19

Gottfried Keller, writer

1819-09-06

Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi)

1819-12-30

Theodor Fontane, German writer (Effi Briest)

1820-02-02

Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)

1820-03-02

Multatuli, writer

1820-03-02

Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)

1821-02-11

Hermann Allmers, writer

1821-03-23

Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)

1821-04-23

Pierre Dupont, song writer

1821-07-03

F Kornberger, writer

1821-09-27

Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Grains de Mil)

1821-12-10

Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet, writer and publisher (Russkije Zjenjshiny)

1822-02-08

Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)

1822-04-26

Frederick Law Olmsted, Hartford, Connecticut, writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park)

1822-05-20

Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo)

1822-05-26

E de Goncourt, writer

1822-10-15

Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer

1823-03-14

Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)

1823-06-30

Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors)

1823-08-11

Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)

1825-01-11

Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878

1825-01-21

Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)

1825-10-11

C F Meyer, writer

1826-01-06

Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

1826-02-16

Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus)

1826-04-20

Dina M Craik, writer

1826-08-06

Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)

1826-12-18

Charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)

1827-09-05

Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)

1827-10-21

Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer

1827-11-17

Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)

1828-02-14

Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)

1828-05-08

Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)

1828-09-09

Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS]

1828-10-08

Francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic

1828-12-23

Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet (Tagebuchblatter)

1829-02-13

Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)

1829-05-01

Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice

1829-07-05

Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)

1829-07-08

Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer

1830-01-02

Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer

1830-03-15

Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)

1830-03-26

Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer

1830-05-20

Hector H Malot, French writer (Without Family)

1830-09-13

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)

1831-01-26

Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)

1831-02-16

Nikolai Leskow, writer

1831-03-23

Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)

1831-03-29

Amelia Barr, writer

1831-06-26

Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace)

1831-07-09

Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer

1831-12-22

Mark Rutherford, writer

1832-06-10

Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)

1832-10-12

Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)

1832-10-16

Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat

1832-11-09

Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. 1873)

1833-02-07

Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)

1833-03-26

Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist

1833-09-30

Ferdinand von Saar, writer

1834-02-09

Felix Dahn, writer

1834-03-06

George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)

1834-09-09

Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant)

1834-09-17

Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer

1834-10-10

Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit)

1835-02-14

Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)

1835-07-27

Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)

1835-10-31

Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer (d. 1923)

1836-01-02

Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)

1836-01-27

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)

1836-05-17

Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)

1836-08-14

Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)

1836-12-15

Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)

1837-01-05

A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]

1837-02-24

Rosalía de Castro, Santiago de Compostela Galician writer and poet ('Séculos Escuros') (d.1885)

1837-04-03

John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)

1837-05-31

Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)

1837-10-29

Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)

1838-02-16

Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)

1838-06-04

Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)

1838-06-17

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Bengali writer and poet (Vande Mataram)

1838-10-06

Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)

1838-11-07

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d. 1889)

1839-03-09

Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)

1839-05-08

Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer

1839-06-21

Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer (Epitaph of a small winner)

1839-06-21

Machado de Assis, writer

1839-08-04

Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)

1839-09-02

Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)

1839-09-25

[Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, writer/feminist

1840-03-05

Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)

1840-04-19

Andrea Bezzola, writer

1840-05-13

L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)

1840-06-03

Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)

1840-08-17

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)

1840-09-02

Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)

1840-09-28

Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs

1840-10-05

John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)

1841-09-13

Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer

1842-02-25

Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)

1842-04-25

Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)

1842-06-24

Ambrose Bierce, Meigs County, Ohio, American writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust)

1843-02-22

Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia)

1843-12-29

Elisabeth of Wied (pen name was Carmen Sylva), queen of Romania and writer (d. 1916)

1844-03-04

Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother)

1844-04-16

Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)

1844-10-12

George W Cable, American writer (Northampton Years)

1846-03-20

Auguste Bender, writer

1846-04-04

Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)

1846-04-30

Rosalie Amstein, writer

1846-05-25

Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)

1846-06-04

Josef Sittard, music writer

1846-07-11

Leon Bloy, French writer (d. 1917)

1846-08-16

Justus van Maurik, Dutch cigar manufacturer/writer/editor (Groene)

1846-08-22

B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer (Hellemyrsfolket)

1846-10-21

Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (Cuore)

1847-04-07

J P Jacobsen, writer

1847-06-06

Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)

1847-08-20

Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (d. 1912)

1847-12-09

George Grossmith, English actor/writer (d. 1912)

1847-12-17

Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)

1848-01-18

Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)

1848-02-05

Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer (Against the Grain)

1848-02-17

Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)

1848-02-24

C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did)

1848-08-12

Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)

1848-10-05

Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)

1849-02-04

Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)

1849-02-18

Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)

1849-07-19

Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (d. 1906)

1849-12-21

James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)

1850-01-14

Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)

1850-02-16

Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)

1850-08-03

Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)

1851-01-27

Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)

1851-04-24

Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)

1851-05-01

Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)

1851-09-15

Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra)

1852-03-05

Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)

1852-03-22

Theodor Birt, [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer

1852-08-22

Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)

1852-10-31

Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother)

1853-04-30

Alfred v Berger, writer

1853-07-27

Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)

1853-11-12

Oskar Panizza, writer

1853-12-21

Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)

1854-03-14

Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1920)

1854-05-27

Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)

1854-08-12

Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer

1854-09-02

Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)

1855-03-24

Olive Schreiner, South African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)

1855-05-15

Eduard von Keyserling, Baltic German writer (Dritte Stiege)

1855-05-21

Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)

1855-07-07

Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)

1855-10-12

Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Death of My Cat) [or 9/12]

1855-12-30

Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)

1856-02-14

Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)

1856-02-15

Frank Harris, Galway England, writer

1856-03-07

Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)

1856-06-30

Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)

1856-08-20

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (d. 1909)

1856-08-27

Iwan Franko, writer

1856-09-23

William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess)

1857-01-09

Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)

1857-04-20

Hermann Bang, writer

1857-04-29

Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)

1857-07-21

A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer

1857-07-24

Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)

1857-09-30

Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge)

1858-01-27

Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer

1858-05-11

Carl Hauptmann, writer

1858-06-20

Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)

1858-08-16

Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)

1859-02-13

Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist

1859-05-02

Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)

1859-05-03

Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)

1859-07-13

Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter

1859-08-04

Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)

1859-09-11

Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)

1859-09-21

Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)

1859-10-20

John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)

1860-02-06

Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)

1860-02-24

Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)

1860-04-03

Frederik W van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden)

1860-09-14

Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)

1861-01-14

Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)

1861-02-13

Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)

1861-04-19

Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer

1861-04-27

Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)

1861-06-18

Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)

1861-09-11

Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)

1862-03-02

John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)

1862-06-21

Johannes Schlaf, writer

1862-09-11

O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (d. 1910)

1862-10-13

Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)

1862-11-15

Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer

1862-12-07

Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)

1862-12-14

Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]

1862-12-16

Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)

1862-12-26

Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]

1863-01-01

Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)

1863-03-12

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder)

1863-04-12

Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)

1863-04-26

Arno Holz, writer

1863-06-10

Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)

1863-07-19

Hermann Bahr, Austria writer/director (New Men)

1863-11-18

Richard Dehmel, writer

1863-12-07

Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Forest King)

1864-01-25

Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)

1864-02-22

Jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)

1864-04-01

Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer

1864-04-30

Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)

1864-07-18

Ricarda Huch, writer

1864-09-22

Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)

1864-09-28

Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)

1864-11-28

James Allen English writer (d. 1912)

1864-12-03

Herman Heijermans Jr, Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)

1865-02-12

Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)

1865-02-19

Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)

1865-03-10

Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer

1865-05-05

Nellie Bly, [Elizabeth Cochran Seaman], American journalist and writer (d. 1922)

1865-06-28

Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories)

1865-07-02

Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)

1865-08-02

Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)

1865-08-15

Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)

1865-09-08

Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (Amore & Amore, Top)

1865-09-23

Emmuska Orczy, Tarnaörs Hungary, Hungarian-born British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)

1865-10-04

Max Halbe, writer

1865-10-11

Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Mot Karnaval)

1865-10-23

Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)

1865-12-28

Félix E Vallotton, Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)

1866-01-20

Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)

1866-01-29

Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)

1866-01-31

Emil Strauss, Germany, writer (Naked Man)

1866-02-07

Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)

1866-03-07

Paul Ernst, writer

1866-05-26

John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)

1866-06-20

Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer/detective writer

1866-07-11

R Beer-Hofmann, writer

1866-09-10

Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)

1866-09-21

H. G. Wells, Bromley, Kent, English writer (War of the Worlds, Kipps), (d. 1946)

1866-09-27

Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)

1867-01-21

Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)

1867-01-29

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)

1867-04-23

Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)

1867-06-15

K Balmont, writer

1867-06-28

Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)

1867-08-12

Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)

1867-08-13

Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer (Legenden Der Zeit)

1867-08-23

Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)

1867-12-22

Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic

1867-12-25

Alfred Kerr, writer

1868-01-19

Gustav Meyrink, writer

1868-02-23

William E B Du Bois, Great Barrington Massachusetts, civil rights activist and writer (Souls of Black Folk)

1868-03-03

Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer

1868-04-26

Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)

1868-05-06

Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)

1868-05-28

Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)

1868-07-28

Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran)

1868-09-09

Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)

1868-10-24

Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (d. 1969)

1868-12-02

Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)

1869-02-07

Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)

1869-02-11

Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)

1869-02-27

Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)

1869-03-14

Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)

1869-03-25

Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer

1869-04-01

Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom)

1869-06-26

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)

1869-09-04

Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer (Frision Movement)

1869-11-22

Andre Gide, Paris, France, writer (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)

1870-01-02

Ernst Barlach, writer

1870-02-18

William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924)

1870-03-05

[B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)

1870-08-27

Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet

1870-10-10

Louise Mack, Australian writer (d. 1935)

1870-11-29

Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi)

1871-01-26

Warner Fabian, [Samuel H Adams], US journalist/writer (Average Jones)

1871-02-09

Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)

1871-05-04

Mynona, writer

1871-05-06

Ch Morgenstern, writer

1871-05-18

Franiska zu Reventlow, writer

1871-06-17

Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania

1871-07-15

Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908)

1871-08-21

Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)

1871-09-23

Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer

1871-09-27

Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)

1871-10-03

Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)

1872-01-15

Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)

1872-01-18

Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)

1872-02-06

Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]

1872-03-20

Karin Michaelis, writer

1872-04-13

A Roda Roda, writer

1872-07-22

David D Salas, Antillian writer (Josefina)

1872-08-24

Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)

1872-10-01

Israel Querido, Dutch writer (Menschenwee)

1872-10-06

Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)

1872-10-08

John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)

1872-10-27

Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)

1872-11-09

Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)

1872-12-08

J C Powys, writer

1872-12-28

Pío Baroja y Nessi, San Sebastián, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer)

1873-01-19

Hans E Blaich, writer

1873-06-21

Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Sea & Jungle)

1873-07-06

Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)

1873-09-28

Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer

1874-01-04

Sven Fleuron, writer

1874-03-05

Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)

1874-04-28

Karl Kraus, writer

1874-04-30

Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer

1874-05-27

Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)

1874-05-29

G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], London, English writer (Man Who Made Gold)

1874-06-13

Leopoldo Lugones, Argentina, writer

1874-07-24

Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and writer (d. 1917)

1874-07-29

August Stramm, writer

1874-08-06

Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)

1874-09-18

Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)

1874-10-14

Margarete Susman, writer

1874-12-12

Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)

1875-04-18

Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (d. 1938)

1875-04-29

Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)

1875-05-04

Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)

1875-08-26

John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)

1875-10-17

Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes & No!)

1875-10-31

Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Dutch Coasts)

1875-11-14

Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater

1875-12-20

T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)

1876-01-09

Hans Bethge, writer

1876-01-12

Jack London, American writer/socialist (Call of the Wild)

1876-01-17

Olga Fastrova, writer

1876-02-23

Agnes M Royden, writer

1876-03-31

Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (d. 1927)

1876-05-27

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)

1876-06-23

Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest)

1876-08-12

Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)

1876-09-07

C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)

1876-10-04

Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)

1876-10-11

G von Le Fort, writer

1876-12-15

Ferdinand Hardekopf, writer

1876-12-20

Jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses)

1876-12-22

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista)

1877-02-17

Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)

1877-02-26

Carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)

1877-04-10

Alfred Kubin, writer

1877-05-26

Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte)

1877-06-09

Rudolf Borchardt, writer

1877-06-24

Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)

1877-09-28

Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)

1877-12-14

Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)

1878-01-04

Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)

1878-01-14

Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French writer

1878-01-21

Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)

1878-01-22

Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)

1878-02-02

Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)

1878-03-10

Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)

1878-03-14

Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)

1878-03-24

Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer

1878-04-15

Robert Walser, writer

1878-06-12

James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)

1878-07-24

Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer (Time & Gods)

1878-08-02

Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)

1878-08-10

Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)

1878-08-14

Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else)

1878-09-20

Upton Beall Sinclair, Baltimore, Maryland, US writer (Jungle), (d. 1968)

1878-09-24

C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)

1878-11-25

Georg Kaiser, writer

1878-12-15

Hans Carossa, writer

1879-01-11

Antonio Beltramelli, writer

1879-01-19

Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925)

1879-02-24

Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun)

1879-03-04

Bernhard Kellermann, writer

1879-03-08

M Lichnowsky, writer

1879-04-20

Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)

1879-04-28

Franz Arnold, writer

1879-06-16

Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)

1879-09-25

Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and labor leader, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (d. 1963)

1879-09-26

Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)

1879-11-20

Franz Pfemfert, writer

1880-01-01

Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)

1880-02-21

Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)

1880-03-26

Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens)

1880-04-10

Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)

1880-05-01

Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)

1880-05-21

Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)

1880-06-10

Margit Kaffka, writer

1880-06-17

Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)

1880-06-19

Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)

1880-07-20

Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer

1880-08-23

Alexander Grin, Russian writer (d. 1932)

1880-09-14

Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes)

1880-09-14

Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)

1880-10-04

Damon Runyon, Manhattan, Kansas, journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work), (d. 1946)

1880-10-14

Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)

1880-10-26

Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)

1880-11-06

Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (d. 1959)

1880-11-21

Franz Hessel, writer

1880-12-24

Johnny Gruelle, Arcola Illinois, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)

1880-12-28

Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet

1881-01-09

Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)

1881-02-13

Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)

1881-02-16

Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)

1881-02-19

Paul Zech, writer

1881-03-04

Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American writer (d. 1965)

1881-03-13

Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer

1881-03-25

Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer (Assault!)

1881-03-25

Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (d. 1927)

1881-04-14

Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)

1881-04-17

Anton Wildgans, writer

1881-05-27

Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer

1881-06-01

Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)

1881-07-06

Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)

1881-07-12

Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12]

1881-07-19

Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer (Eindhovens Dagblad)

1881-08-01

Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer

1881-09-25

Lu Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1936)

1881-10-11

Stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose)

1881-10-15

P G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves)

1881-10-30

Lena Christ, writer

1881-12-31

Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song)

1882-01-14

Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)

1882-01-27

Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)

1882-05-04

Wilhelm Lehmann, writer

1882-05-07

Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)

1882-05-23

James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)

1882-06-04

Karl Valentin, German comic/writer

1882-07-18

Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)

1882-07-31

Grete Gulbransson, writer

1882-08-02

Johannes Tralow, writer

1882-08-30

Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer

1882-10-29

Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)

1882-11-02

Leo Perutz, writer

1883-01-01

Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)

1883-01-10

Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj) [NS]

1883-02-03

Clarence Mulford, Ill, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)

1883-02-16

Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)

1883-03-09

Umberto Saba, writer

1883-03-17

Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)

1883-04-13

Demjan Bednyi, writer

1883-04-24

Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]

1883-04-25

Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)

1883-04-27

Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter

1883-06-21

Feodor Gladkov, Russian socialist writer (Cement) (d. 1958)

1883-07-29

Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)

1883-08-07

J Ringelnatz, writer

1883-08-11

Ernst Stadler, writer

1883-09-16

T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)

1883-10-22

Adolf A Joffe, Russian revolutionary/writer (Brest-Litovsk)

1883-10-26

Napoleon Hill, American Writer and Philosopher (Think and Grow Rich)(d. 1970)

1883-11-23

Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Along the water front)

1883-12-28

A Wolfenstein, writer

1884-01-02

Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)

1884-01-13

Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan)

1884-03-11

Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)

1884-03-13

Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)

1884-03-13

Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)

1884-04-02

Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958))

1884-06-19

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)

1884-07-13

Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies)

1884-08-10

Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)

1884-08-16

Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo)

1884-08-29

Ehm Welk, writer

1884-10-10

Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Bint)

1884-12-14

Regina Ullmann, writer

1885-01-15

Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)

1885-01-16

Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)

1885-01-17

E Ball-Hennings, writer

1885-02-02

Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)

1885-02-24

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)

1885-03-06

Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al)

1885-04-17

Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales)

1885-04-17

Karen Blixen-Finecke, [pen name Isak Dinesen], Danish writer (Out of Africa)

1885-04-29

Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)

1885-05-10

Fritz v Unruh, writer

1885-06-26

Andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)

1885-06-28

Berthold Viertel, writer

1885-07-25

Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida)

1885-08-17

Kurt Hiller, writer

1885-09-07

Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)

1885-09-11

David Herbert Lawrence (DH), Eastwood Nottinghamshire, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) (d. 1930)

1885-11-09

Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)

1885-12-06

Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General)

1886-01-14

Hugh Lofting, England, writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle)

1886-01-28

Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)

1886-02-16

Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)

1886-04-08

Margaret A Barnes, writer

1886-04-24

Kurt Pinthus, writer

1886-05-02

Gottfried Benn, writer

1886-05-10

Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)

1886-05-30

Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)

1886-06-19

Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song)

1886-07-05

Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter)

1886-07-23

Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat

1886-07-24

Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer (Snow Dusting)

1886-09-08

Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack)

1886-09-13

Alain LeRoy Locke, African American writer and philosopher "Father of the Harlem Renaissance"

1886-10-16

Armin T Wegner, writer

1886-11-07

Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist/writer [OS=Oct 26]

1886-11-17

Crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo)

1886-12-01

Rex Stout, Noblesville Indiana, American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels)

1886-12-01

Willem E Crown, Antillian writer

1886-12-23

Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Message from the Madhouse)

1887-01-19

Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)

1887-02-09

Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)

1887-02-11

John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)

1887-02-18

Nikos Kasandsakis, Heraklion, Crete, Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ)

1887-02-26

Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)

1887-05-07

Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)

1887-05-09

Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer

1887-05-16

J van Hoddis, writer

1887-05-18

Ernst Wiechert, writer

1887-06-07

William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)

1887-06-13

Bruno Frank, writer

1887-08-30

Adam Kuckhoff, writer

1887-09-01

Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer

1887-09-26

Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (d. 1958)

1887-10-04

Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian)

1887-10-30

Georg Heym, writer

1887-11-03

Samuil Marshak, Russian writer, translator and children's poet (d. 1964)

1888-01-16

Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)

1888-02-10

G Ungaretti, writer

1888-02-17

Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)

1888-03-05

Friedrich Schnack, German journalist/writer (Rosewood)

1888-03-08

Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)

1888-03-19

Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus)

1888-03-20

S V Vegesack, writer

1888-03-29

Adrianus M de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)

1888-04-06

Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)

1888-05-25

Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)

1888-06-10

Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)

1888-07-18

Sydney Horler, English detective writer

1888-07-23

Raymond Chandler, Chic, mystery writer (Farewell My Lovely)

1888-07-26

M Jouhandeau, writer

1888-08-16

T E Lawrence Tremadoc, [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer

1888-08-31

Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)

1888-10-14

Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry), Wellington New Zealand, short story writer (Aloe, Garden Party)

1888-10-25

Francois Pauwels, Dutch writer/attorney

1888-10-26

E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros)

1888-11-26

Franz Jung, writer

1888-12-07

Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish (male) writer (House of Children)

1888-12-15

Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/writer (Kati)/politician

1888-12-23

Friedrich Wolf, writer

1889-02-06

Siegfried Kracauer, writer

1889-02-10

Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)

1889-03-27

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat

1889-04-06

Gabriela Mistral, writer

1889-04-22

Ludwig Renn, writer

1889-04-23

Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher

1889-05-18

G Gunnarson, writer

1889-05-20

Margery Allingham, detective story writer

1889-07-02

Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother)

1889-07-05

Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée)

1889-07-17

Erle Stanley Gardner, Malden Mass., US detective writer (Perry Mason), (d. 1970)

1889-07-29

Karl Otten, writer

1889-08-05

Conrad P Aiken, US, Pulitzer poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)

1889-08-12

Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)

1889-08-23

A Lichtenstein, writer

1889-09-23

Walter Lippmann, New York City New York, American journalist/political writer (Public Opinion)

1889-09-25

C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)

1889-10-05

Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)

1889-10-06

Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Noce I Dnie)

1889-12-08

W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)

1889-12-11

Paul Kornfeld, writer

1889-12-30

Georg von der Vring, German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren)

1890-01-09

Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot"

1890-01-09

Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co)

1890-02-11

John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer

1890-02-18

Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)

1890-03-12

A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour

1890-03-26

Jozef Arras, Flemish writer

1890-05-03

B Traven, writer

1890-06-25

Marchwitza, writer

1890-07-08

W Hasenvlever, writer

1890-08-04

Erich Weinert, writer

1890-08-20

H. P. Lovecraft, Providence, Rhode Island, American horror writer (At the Mountains of Madness, Weird Tales)

1890-08-24

Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)

1890-09-15

Agatha Christie, Torquay Devon, British crime writer (Murder on Orient Express), (d. 1976)

1890-09-24

Alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen)

1890-10-05

Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer

1890-10-13

Conrad Richter, writer (Light in the Forest)

1890-10-21

Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)

1890-10-29

Claire Goll, writer

1890-11-04

Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)

1890-12-06

Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)

1891-01-07

Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)

1891-01-08

Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986)

1891-01-09

August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor)

1891-01-26

Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)

1891-01-27

Ilja Ehrenburg, writer

1891-02-13

Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)

1891-02-17

Georg Britting, writer

1891-03-14

John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)

1891-03-24

John Knittel, writer

1891-03-29

Ivan Goll, writer

1891-04-19

Ricardo Bacchelli, Italian writer/poet (La Ronda)

1891-05-22

J R Becher, writer

1891-05-23

Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)

1891-06-06

Vladislac Vancura, writer

1891-06-22

Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)

1891-06-28

Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)

1891-07-08

Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)

1891-07-08

Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)

1891-08-25

Alberto Savinio, [Andrea de Chirico], Italian writer/composer

1891-09-03

Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer

1891-12-02

Charles H. Wesley, author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)

1892-01-03

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, South Africa, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)

1892-01-06

Ludwig Berger, writer

1892-02-05

George Saiko, writer

1892-02-17

Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)

1892-03-01

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)

1892-03-09

Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang)

1892-04-23

Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer

1892-04-23

R Huelsenbeck, writer

1892-05-31

Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)

1892-06-20

S M Tretjakow, writer

1892-07-08

Richard Aldington, writer

1892-07-12

Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)

1892-07-15

Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer

1892-07-21

Anton Schnack, German writer/poet

1892-10-28

Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Night Watch)

1892-11-16

Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)

1892-11-27

Pedro Salinas, writer

1892-12-06

F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame)

1893-01-15

Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, Cardiff Wales, composer/writer/actor (Truth Game)

1893-01-31

Freya Stark, English explorer/ travel writer

1893-04-20

Hermann Ungar, writer

1893-05-03

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)

1893-05-09

William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)

1893-07-07

Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)

1893-07-20

Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came)

1893-07-21

Hans Fallada, writer

1893-08-22

Dorothy Parker, NJ, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award), (d. 1967)

1893-09-17

Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews)

1893-09-18

William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K)

1893-10-09

M de Andrade, writer

1893-11-10

John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)

1893-11-14

Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)

1893-12-01

Ernst Toller, writer

1894-01-22

Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain)

1894-03-09

Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)

1894-04-07

Gerald Brenan, English writer

1894-05-27

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)

1894-06-13

Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmija, Marija) [or Jul 13]

1894-06-21

Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)

1894-07-13

Isaak Babel, Rus short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) [or 6/13]

1894-07-22

O M Graf, writer

1894-08-24

Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)

1894-08-31

Albert Facey, Australian writer (d. 1982)

1894-09-02

Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)

1894-09-19

Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer (Kings Children)

1894-12-10

Gertrud Kolmar, writer

1894-12-17

Hans Henny Jahnn, writer

1894-12-26

Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)

1895-01-13

Anton Betzner, writer

1895-01-14

George Richard Samways, children's writer

1895-01-24

Eugen Roth, writer

1895-03-05

Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle)

1895-03-30

Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)

1895-04-15

Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)

1895-04-16

Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)

1895-04-23

Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)

1895-04-30

Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)

1895-05-02

Alfred Kurella, writer

1895-05-06

Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)

1895-05-08

Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)

1895-05-11

Jan Parandowski, writer

1895-06-10

Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)

1895-07-08

Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)

1895-07-24

Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]

1895-08-19

Andrzejewski, writer

1895-08-19

Arnoldt Bronnen, writer

1895-09-10

Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976).

1895-10-04

Sergei Jessenin, writer

1895-10-06

Caroline Gordon, Kentucky, writer (Green Centuries)

1895-10-11

H Schiebelhuth, writer

1895-10-19

Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer

1895-11-08

Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)

1895-11-15

Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)

1895-11-25

Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)

1895-12-04

Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)

1896-01-08

Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)

1896-01-18

C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)

1896-02-02

Jane Wilde, writer

1896-02-03

Johannes Urzidil, writer

1896-02-04

Friedrich Glauser, writer

1896-02-07

Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Jorgen Stein)

1896-02-18

Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)

1896-02-22

Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City)

1896-03-01

Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)

1896-03-10

Nancy Cunard, writer

1896-03-13

Dorothy Aldis, writer

1896-03-22

Giulia D De Albertis, writer

1896-03-24

Gianna Manzini, writer

1896-04-29

Walter Mehring, writer

1896-05-17

Hannah Tillich, writer

1896-07-04

Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)

1896-07-16

Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)

1896-07-19

A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (Citadel, Shining Victory) (d. 1981)

1896-07-24

Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom)

1896-08-08

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)

1896-08-21

Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)

1896-08-21

Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)

1896-09-12

Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)

1896-09-25

Elsa Triolet, writer

1896-11-07

Esdras Minville, Quebec writer, economist and sociologist (d. 1975)

1896-11-20

Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)

1896-11-22

Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]

1896-11-28

Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)

1896-12-03

John Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)

1896-12-04

Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]

1896-12-23

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (Der Leopard)

1896-12-27

Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926)

1897-03-19

L O'Flaherty, writer

1897-04-16

John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)

1897-05-06

Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube)

1897-05-11

Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)

1897-06-11

Bruno Frei, writer

1897-06-20

Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)

1897-07-24

Karl von Mechow, German writer (Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer)

1897-07-30

Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer (Fascism is War!)

1897-08-07

Franz J Weinrich, [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)

1897-08-11

Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)

1897-08-11

Enid Blyton, children's writer and fifth most popular author in the world (Famous Five, Secret Seven, The Adventure)

1897-08-31

Marianne Bruns, writer

1897-09-03

Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)

1897-09-10

Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)

1897-09-18

John Mens, writer (People Without Money)

1897-09-26

Victor O Stomps, writer

1897-09-28

Muchtar Auesow, writer

1897-10-03

Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)

1897-11-23

Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)

1897-11-28

Uno Choyo, writer

1897-11-29

Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)

1897-12-02

Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China)

1897-12-03

Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)

1897-12-06

O W Cisek, writer

1897-12-10

Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love)

1897-12-26

Willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer

1898-01-11

Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)

1898-01-22

Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer (Arid Earth)

1898-01-28

Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi

1898-01-29

Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)

1898-02-10

Joseph Kessel, French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows)

1898-02-26

Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer

1898-02-27

Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)

1898-03-29

Cecil Lewis, airman/writer

1898-03-30

Heinz Risse, writer

1898-04-01

Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)

1898-04-23

Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)

1898-04-26

Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)

1898-05-07

Vera Chapman, writer

1898-05-10

Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)

1898-05-24

Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)

1898-05-25

Gustav Regler, writer

1898-05-31

Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter

1898-06-21

Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)

1898-07-09

Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo)

1898-07-11

Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange

1898-08-09

David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)

1898-08-28

Ludwig Turek, writer

1898-09-15

John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado)

1898-10-17

Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer

1898-10-17

Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal)

1898-11-14

Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)

1898-11-28

Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [OS]

1898-12-10

Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [NS]

1899-02-03

Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)

1899-02-23

Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)

1899-02-24

Jacob Presser, Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall)

1899-03-03

Juri Olescha, writer

1899-03-30

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer (d. 1970)

1899-05-21

Ilse Lagner, writer

1899-05-31

Leonid Leonow, writer

1899-06-14

Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)

1899-06-24

Bruce Marshall, writer

1899-07-11

E. B. White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style), (d. 1985)

1899-08-09

Pamela Lyndon Travers, Queensland, Australia, writer (Mary Poppins), (d. 1996)

1899-08-24

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)

1899-08-24

Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer (Rose, Black King)

1899-09-13

Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer

1899-09-30

Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic

1899-10-01

Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)

1899-10-09

Bruce Catton, US, historian/writer (Civil War)

1899-10-20

Marnix Gijsen, [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer (Grote God Pan)

1899-11-23

Norman Hunter, writer

1899-12-04

Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer

1900-01-05

Paula Ludwig, writer

1900-01-25

Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukraine, genetist/writer (Mankind Evolving)

1900-01-25

Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986)

1900-01-28

Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange)

1900-02-01

Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)

1900-02-19

Giorgos Seferis, writer

1900-02-22

Seán Ó Faoláin [John Whelan], Irish short story writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk)

1900-02-28

Laura Z Hobson, writer

1900-03-15

Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer

1900-04-02

Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)

1900-04-06

Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)

1900-04-11

Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)

1900-04-19

Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)

1900-04-28

Bruno Apitz, writer

1900-06-08

Herman J Friedericy, [H J Merlijn], writer (Last general)

1900-06-19

Laura Hobson, NYC, TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret)

1900-06-25

Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World)

1900-06-29

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)

1900-07-06

Emil Barth, writer

1900-07-06

Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screen writer (d. 2012)

1900-07-18

Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], Ivanovo, Russia, writer and lawyer (Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits)

1900-07-19

Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer

1900-07-20

Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life)

1900-09-06

Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois)

1900-10-26

Karin Boye, writer

1900-12-21

Wischnewski, writer

1901-01-04

C. L. R. James, writer and journalist (d. 1989)

1901-01-08

Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)

1901-01-30

H E Nossak, writer

1901-01-31

Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer

1901-02-07

Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)

1901-02-15

Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen)

1901-02-22

Stefan Lorant, writer

1901-04-01

Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)

1901-04-05

Chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)

1901-04-11

Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens)

1901-04-14

Martin Kessel, writer

1901-05-02

Lev N Lunts, Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)

1901-05-02

Willi Bredel, writer

1901-05-21

Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer (Le burlador)

1901-05-30

Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay)

1901-06-01

John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)

1901-06-15

Peter Shankland, film maker/writer

1901-07-25

Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer (Een ship vergaat)

1901-08-15

Hans Lorbeer, writer

1901-08-28

Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet)

1901-10-14

Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/writer (Shanghai)

1901-10-15

Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats)

1901-12-09

Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938)

1901-12-21

Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer

1902-01-14

F C Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog)

1902-01-26

Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens)

1902-01-26

Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz)

1902-02-26

Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)

1902-03-11

Josef Martin Bauer, writer

1902-03-20

Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)

1902-03-22

Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain)

1902-03-29

Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)

1902-04-06

Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)

1902-04-21

Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)

1902-04-23

Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1902-05-03

Seton I Miller, Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul)

1902-05-20

Hans Sahl, writer

1902-06-05

Hugo Huppert, writer

1902-06-08

Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Andalusian Diary)

1902-07-05

Frank Waters, writer

1902-07-09

Gerhard Pohl, German writer (Crazy Ferdinand)

1902-07-10

G Weisenborn, writer

1902-07-12

Gunther Anders, writer

1902-07-20

Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus)

1902-08-15

Jan RT Campert, writer (Song the 18 dead)

1902-09-10

Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Wegwerkers)

1902-09-22

F R Boschvogel, [French LJ Ramon], Flemish writer (War of Worlds)

1902-09-25

Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche)

1902-12-17

Simon Drach, writer

1902-12-28

Shen Congwen, writer

1903-01-07

Albrecht Haushofer, writer

1903-01-11

Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)