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February

1

1734 - John Floyer, English physician and writer died
1851 - Mary Shelley, English author died
1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer born
1884 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer born
1902 - Langston Hughes, American writer born
1918 - Muriel Spark, Scottish author born
1941 - Jerry Spinelli, American children's author born

2

1882 - James Joyce, Irish author born
1905 - Ayn Rand, Russian-American writer born
1918 - Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer born
1923 - James Dickey, American poet and author born
2002 - Claude Brown, American writer died

3

1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer born
1866 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet died
1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer born
1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet born
1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer born
1899 - Indra Bahadur Rai, Nepali writer born

4

1799 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer born
1848 - Jean Aicard, French poet born
1882 - E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet born
1908 - Julian Bell, British poet born

5

1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer born
1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French author born
1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet born
1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author born
1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author born
1941 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet died
1972 - Marianne Moore, American poet died

6

1608 - António Vieira, Portuguese writer born
1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright died
1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author born
1989 - Barbara Tuchman, American historian died
1995 - James Merrill, American poet died

7

1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer died
1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist born
1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist died
1839 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet died
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author born
1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer died
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer born
1905 - Paul Nizan, French author born
1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author died
2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author died
2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author died

8

1552 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet born
1577 – Robert Burton, English cleric and writer born
1612 or 1613 – Samuel Butler, English poet born
1819 – John Ruskin, English author born
1828 – Jules Verne, French author born
1955 – John Grisham, American writer born
1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author died

9

1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet born
1834 - Felix Dahn, German author born
1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet born
1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet died
1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author born
1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist born
1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author born
1944 - Alice Walker, American author and activist born

10

1609 – John Suckling, English poet born
1755 – Montesquieu, French writer died
1837 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and novelist died
1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German author born
1930 – E. L. Konigsburg, American author born
1932 – Edgar Wallace, English novelist died
1934 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet born
1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author died
1992 – Alex Haley, American author died
2005 – Arthur Miller, American playwright died

11

1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer born
1763 – William Shenstone, English poet died
1764 – Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet born
1860 – Rachilde, French author born
1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer born
1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author born
1887 – John van Melle, South African writer born
1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author born
1939 – Jane Yolen, American author born
1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish writer died
1986 – Frank Herbert, American author died
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet died

12

1567 - Thomas Campion, English composer and poet born
1704 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer born
1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer died
1777 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet born
1828 - George Meredith, English writer born
1861 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author born
1865 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer born
1912 - R. F. Delderfield, English author born
1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author born
1932 - Axel Jensen, Norwegian author born
1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist died
1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer died
1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction writer died

13

1881 – Eleanor Farjeon, English author born
1887 – Géza Csáth, Hungarian writer born
1903 – Georges Simenon, Belgian writer born
1934 – József Pusztai, Slovene writer, poet, journalist in Hungary died
1937 – Ali El-Maak, Sudanese writer born
1950 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian author died
2003 – Axel Jensen, Norwegian author died
2007 – Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer died

14

1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer born
1828 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer born
1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author born
1885 - Jules Vallès, French writer died
1961 - Phillip Hamilton, American author born
1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer died

15

1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author born
1869 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet died
1883 – Sax Rohmer, English author born
1909 – Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank born
1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author born
1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist born

16

1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet born
1831 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer born
1838 – Henry Adams, American historian and novelist born
1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet born
1876 – George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian born
1886 – Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic born
1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet died
1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer died
1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer died
1944 – Richard Ford, American novelist born
1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author born
1968 – Warren Ellis, British comic book writer born
1977 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet died
1992 – Angela Carter, English writer died

17

1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer born
1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet born
1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer died
1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet born
1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian novelist and poet born
1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet born
1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer born
1912 – Andre Norton, American author born
1924 – Margaret Truman, American novelist born
1930 – Ruth Rendell, English writer born
1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese novelist born
1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer died
1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer died
2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer died

18

1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer died
1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian born
1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer died
1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer born
1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet died
1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet died
1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright born
1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author born
1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer born
1885 - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
1896 - Andre Breton, French writer born
1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet born
1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer born
1929 - Len Deighton, British author born
1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer born
1936 - Jean Auel, American writer born
1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author died
1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer born
1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright born
1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author died
1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer died

19

1620 – Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer died
1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer born
1887 – Multatuli, Dutch writer died
1888 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer born
1896 – André Breton, French poet born
1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist born
1902 – Kay Boyle, American writer born
1904 – Havank, Dutch writer born
1917 – Carson McCullers, American author born
1920 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer born
1936 – Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist born
1958 – Helen Fielding, English writer born
1964 – Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer born

20

1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet born
1751 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet born
1794 – William Carleton, Irish novelist born
1888 – Georges Bernanos, French writer born
1893 – Russel Crouse, American playwright born
1895 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer died
1912 – Pierre Boulle, French author born
1926 – Richard Matheson, American author born
1932 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer born
1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author born
2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French author died

21

1677 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher died
1821 – Charles Scribner, American publisher born
1880 – Waldemar Bonsels, German writer born
1888 – Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright born
1903 – Anaïs Nin, French writer born
1903 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist born
1907 – W. H. Auden, English poet born
1962 – David Foster Wallace, American writer born
2005 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist died

22

1674 – Jean Chapelain, French writer died
1864 – Jules Renard, French author born
1881 – Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian author born
1886 – Hugo Ball, German author and poet born
1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer born
1900 – Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author born
1903 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer born
1917 – Jane Bowles, American playwright born
1939 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet died
1942 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer died
1945 – Osip Brik, Russian writer died
1985 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet died

23

1800 – Joseph Warton, English literary critic died
1859 – Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet died
1899 – Erich Kästner, German writer born
1944 – John Sandford, American novelist born
1955 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright died
1995 – James Herriot, English writer died

24

1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author born
1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet born
1779 – Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist died
1781 – Edward Capell, English critic died
1852 – George Moore, Irish writer born
1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer born
1909 – August Derleth, American writer born
2006 – Octavia Butler, American author died

25

1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer born
1692 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer born
1707 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer born
1842 - Karl May, German writer born
1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist born
1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author born
1920 - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author born
1948 - Aldo Busi, Italian writer born
1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright died

26

1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist born
1714 - James Hervey, English writer born
1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer born
1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer born
1908 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer born
1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer born
1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist born

27

1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet born
1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer born
1910 - Peter De Vries, American writer born
1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer born
1912 - Kusumagraj, Indian writer born
1913 - Irwin Shaw, American writer born
1930 - Peter Stone, American writer born
1934 - N. Scott Momaday, American writer born

28

1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer born
1812 - Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author born
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer born
1882 - Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish writer born
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist born
1971 - Tristan Louis, American writer born

29

1908 - Dee Brown, American writer born
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet born
1948 - Jirō Akagawa, Japanese novelist born
1952 - Tim Powers, American writer born
2008 - Janet Kagan, American author died