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November 17 in literary history
Literary history for November 17: 11 writers born, 15 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1188 to 2015. Born on this day: Carolina Neurath, Christopher Paolini, Rebecca Walker.
Writers born on November 17
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Carolina Neurath | Swedish journalist and writer |
| 1983 | Christopher Paolini | American writer (born 1983) |
| 1969 | Rebecca Walker | American writer (born 1969) |
| 1963 | Daniel Scott (writer) | American novelist and short story writer (born 1963) |
| 1939 | Auberon Waugh | British journalist and novelist (1939–2001) |
| 1916 | Shelby Foote | American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005) |
| 1897 | Gregorio López y Fuentes | Mexican writer (1897–1966) |
| 1866 | Voltairine de Cleyre | American anarchist writer and feminist (1866–1912) |
| 1827 | Petko Slaveykov | Bulgarian poet and journalist (1827–1895) |
| 1681 | Pierre François le Courayer | French Catholic theological writer |
| 1587 | Joost van den Vondel | Dutch poet and writer (1587–1679) |
Writers who died on November 17
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi | Iranian poet (1923–2015) |
| 2013 | Syd Field | American author (1935–2013) |
| 2013 | Doris Lessing | British novelist (1919–2013) |
| 2012 | Bal Thackeray | Indian cartoonist and politician (1926-2012) |
| 2012 | Margaret Yorke | English crime fiction writer |
| 1992 | Audre Lorde | American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992) |
| 1968 | Mervyn Peake | British author and illustrator (1911–1968) |
| 1954 | Yitzhak Lamdan | Israeli Hebrew-language poet, translator, editor and columnist |
| 1947 | Victor Serge | Russian revolutionary and author (1890–1947) |
| 1923 | Eduard Bornhöhe | Estonian writer |
| 1812 | John Walter (publisher) | Englist newspaper publisher (1738–1812) |
| 1747 | Alain-René Lesage | French novelist |
| 1668 | Joseph Alleine | English Nonconformist pastor and author (1634–1668) |
| 1492 | Jami | Persian poet (1414–1492) |
| 1188 | Usama ibn Munqidh | Banu Munqidh poet and historian |
Literary events on November 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1603 | English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. |
Featured
Carolina Neurath (1985) — Anna Carolina Neurath is a Swedish journalist and writer. She specializes in writing business articles for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. In 2016 her first work of fiction, Fartblinda, was published.
Christopher Paolini (1983) — Christopher James Paolini is an American and Italian author.
Rebecca Walker (1969) — Rebecca Walker is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on feminism in Ms.
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