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December 13 in literary history
Literary history for December 13: 15 writers born and 16 writers who died from 1363 to 1996. Born on this day: Katherine Schwarzenegger, Howard Brenton, Ida Vos.
Writers born on December 13
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Katherine Schwarzenegger | American writer (born 1989) |
| 1942 | Howard Brenton | English playwright (born 1942) |
| 1931 | Ida Vos | Dutch writer |
| 1927 | James Wright (poet) | American poet (1927–1980) |
| 1916 | Leonard Weisgard | American writer |
| 1911 | Kenneth Patchen | American poet and novelist (1911-1972) |
| 1906 | Laurens van der Post | South African writer (1906–1996) |
| 1905 | Ann Barzel | American writer, critic and lecturer (1905–2007) |
| 1895 | Lucía Sánchez Saornil | Spanish poet, anarchist, feminist (1895–1970) |
| 1871 | Emily Carr | Canadian artist and writer (1871–1945) |
| 1830 | Mathilde Fibiger | Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist |
| 1797 | Heinrich Heine | German writer and literary critic (1797–1856) |
| 1720 | Carlo Gozzi | Italian playwright (1720–1806) |
| 1585 | William Drummond of Hawthornden | 16th/17th-century Scottish poet |
| 1363 | Jean Gerson | French scholar, educator, reformer and poet (1363–1429) |
Writers who died on December 13
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Edward Blishen | English author and broadcaster (1920–1996) |
| 1995 | Ann Nolan Clark | American writer (1896–1995) |
| 1993 | Vanessa Duriès | French novelist |
| 1983 | Nichita Stănescu | Romanian poet and essayist |
| 1979 | Behçet Necatigil | Turkish translator (1916-1979) |
| 1977 | Oğuz Atay | Turkish novelist (1934–1977) |
| 1974 | Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu | Turkish novelist, journalist, diplomat, and member of parliament (1889–1974) |
| 1973 | Henry Green | English novelist (1905–1973) |
| 1954 | Raymond Hubbell | American writer, composer, & lyricist (1879–1954) |
| 1947 | Nicholas Roerich | Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947) |
| 1883 | Victor de Laprade | French poet and critic (1812–1883) |
| 1881 | August Šenoa | Croatian novelist (1838–1881) |
| 1863 | Friedrich Hebbel | German poet (1813–1863) |
| 1814 | Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne | Habsburg Austrian field marshal, writer and intellectual (1735–1814) |
| 1784 | Samuel Johnson | English writer and polymath (1709–1784) |
| 1769 | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert | German poet |
Featured
Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989) — Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger Pratt is an American author.
Howard Brenton (1942) — Howard John Brenton FRSL is an English playwright and screenwriter, often ranked alongside contemporaries such as Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, and David Hare.
Ida Vos (1931) — Ida Vos was a Dutch author. She wrote books for adults and children. In most of her books, Vos wrote about her experiences as a Jewish girl during the Second World War. Her best-known book was Wie niet weg is wordt gezien, which was awarded with a Dutch literature prize for children's books in 1982.
Sources & data
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