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January 14 in literary history
Literary history for January 14: 28 writers born and 16 writers who died from 973 to 2017. Born on this day: Leonardo Ortolani, Anchee Min, Sydney Biddle Barrows.
Writers born on January 14
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Leonardo Ortolani | Italian comics author (born 1967) |
| 1957 | Anchee Min | Chinese-American author |
| 1952 | Sydney Biddle Barrows | American management consultant, madam, and writer |
| 1950 | Arthur Byron Cover | American science fiction author |
| 1949 | Mary Robison | American novelist (born 1949) |
| 1949 | İlyas Salman | Turkish actor,screenwriter, director, musician |
| 1948 | Nasrollah Mardani | Iranian poet |
| 1947 | Taylor Branch | American author and historian (born 1947) |
| 1937 | J. Bernlef | Dutch writer and translator (1937–2012) |
| 1933 | Stan Brakhage | American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003) |
| 1928 | Lars Forssell | Swedish writer (1928–2007) |
| 1926 | Tom Tryon | American actor and novelist (1926–1991) |
| 1925 | Yukio Mishima | Japanese author and coup attempt leader (1925–1970) |
| 1921 | Kenneth Bulmer | British writer |
| 1919 | Andy Rooney | American radio and television journalist, commentator, and author (1919–2011) |
| 1912 | Tillie Olsen | American writer (1912–2007) |
| 1911 | Anatoly Rybakov | Soviet and Ukrainian writer |
| 1904 | Emily Hahn | American writer |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels | American actress, singer, dancer, writer, producer (1901–1971) |
| 1896 | John Dos Passos | American novelist (1896–1970) |
| 1886 | Hugh Lofting | English-American children's writer (1886–1947) |
| 1882 | Hendrik Willem van Loon | Dutch-American historian, journalist and author |
| 1863 | Richard F. Outcault | American cartoonist (1863–1928) |
| 1850 | Pierre Loti | French naval officer, novelist, and Turkophile |
| 1819 | Dimitrie Bolintineanu | Romanian poet, diplomat and politician |
| 1818 | Zachris Topelius | Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector (1818–1898) |
| 1800 | Ludwig Ritter von Köchel | Austrian musicologist and writer (1800–1877) |
| 1700 | Picander | German poet (1700–1764) |
Writers who died on January 14
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Zhou Youguang | Chinese linguist and author (1906–2017) |
| 2014 | Jon Bing | Norwegian writer and professor of law (1944–2014) |
| 2014 | Juan Gelman | Argentine poet (1930–2014) |
| 2012 | Txillardegi | Spanish linguist, politician, and writer (1929–2012) |
| 2005 | Charlotte MacLeod | Canadian-American novelist (1922–2005) |
| 2000 | Leonard Weisgard | American writer |
| 1980 | Robert Ardrey | American playwright (1908–1980) |
| 1977 | Anaïs Nin | French-born American author (1903–1977) |
| 1968 | Dorothea Mackellar | Australian poet (1885–1968) |
| 1951 | Gregorios Xenopoulos | Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (1867–1951) |
| 1943 | Laura E. Richards | American writer and poet (1850–1943) |
| 1942 | Porfirio Barba-Jacob | Colombian poet and writer (1883–1942) |
| 1937 | Jaishankar Prasad | Indian (Hindi) litterateur and writer (1889–1937) |
| 1908 | Holger Drachmann | Danish author and painter (1846–1908) |
| 1898 | Lewis Carroll | British author and scholar (1832–1898) |
| 973 | Ekkehard I | German writer |
Featured
Leonardo Ortolani (1967) — Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.
Anchee Min (1957) — Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels.
Sydney Biddle Barrows (1952) — Sydney Biddle Barrows is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management consultant and writer.
Sources & data
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