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November 5 in literary history
Literary history for November 5: 24 writers born, 13 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1494 to 2014. Born on this day: Joyce Maynard, Tonin Çobani, Sam Shepard.
Writers born on November 5
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Joyce Maynard | American writer (born 1953) |
| 1947 | Tonin Çobani | Albanian writer and folklorist (born 1947) |
| 1943 | Sam Shepard | American playwright and actor (1943–2017) |
| 1941 | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Japanese anime creator, songwriter, screenwriter & novelist |
| 1935 | Christopher Wood (writer) | English writer (1935–2015) |
| 1931 | Diane Pearson | British novelist and editor |
| 1926 | John Berger | British painter, writer and art critic (1926 - 2017) |
| 1922 | Violet Barclay | American illustrator |
| 1919 | Hasan Askari (writer) | Pakistani scholar and writer |
| 1914 | Alton Tobey | American painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator, and teacher |
| 1910 | John Hackett (British Army officer) | Australian-born British soldier, painter and author (1910–1997) |
| 1905 | Sajjad Zaheer | Indian Marxist writer (1899–1973) |
| 1899 | Margaret Atwood Judson | American historian and author |
| 1895 | Charles MacArthur | American writer |
| 1885 | Will Durant | American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981) |
| 1884 | James Elroy Flecker | British poet |
| 1883 | P Moe Nin | P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator (died 1940) |
| 1870 | Chittaranjan Das | Indian politician, poet, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870–1925) |
| 1857 | Ida Tarbell | American writer, journalist, biographer and lecturer (1857–1944) |
| 1850 | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | American author and poet (1850–1919) |
| 1715 | John Brown (essayist) | English Anglican priest, playwright and essayist |
| 1613 | Isaac de Benserade | Isaac de Benserade, French poet and educator (died 1691) |
| 1549 | Philippe de Mornay | French Protestant writer (1549–1623) |
| 1494 | Hans Sachs | German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker |
Writers who died on November 5
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Abdelwahab Meddeb | French-language writer (1946–2014) |
| 2010 | Adrian Păunescu | Romanian poet and politician (1943–2010) |
| 2009 | Félix Luna | Argentine historian and writer (1925–2009) |
| 2005 | John Fowles | English novelist (1926–2005) |
| 1997 | James Robert Baker | American author (1947–1997) |
| 1986 | Claude Jutra | Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter |
| 1979 | Al Capp | American cartoonist and humorist (1909–1979) |
| 1977 | René Goscinny | French comic book writer (1926–1977) |
| 1963 | Luis Cernuda | Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27 (1902 – 1963) |
| 1960 | Donald Barnhouse | American pastor and author (1895–1960) |
| 1960 | August Gailit | Estonian writer |
| 1942 | George M. Cohan | American actor, singer, composer and playwright (1878–1942) |
| 1923 | Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen | French writer and poet (1880–1923) |
Literary events on November 5
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1499 | The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. |
Featured
Joyce Maynard (1953) — Joyce Maynard is an American novelist and journalist. She began her career in journalism in the 1970s, writing for several publications, most notably Seventeen magazine and The New York Times.
Tonin Çobani (1947) — Tonin Çobani is an Albanian writer, folklorist and scholar from the city of Shkodër in Northern Albania. He is known for his works revolving Albanian mythology and Illyrian mythology, as well as works on Albanian historical figures such as Lekë Dukagjini, Frang Bardhi and Naim Frashëri.
Sam Shepard (1943) — Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays and several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.
Sources & data
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