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October 13 in literary history
Literary history for October 13: 22 writers born and 19 writers who died from 1696 to 2023. Born on this day: Cady McClain, Marco Travaglio, Colin Channer.
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19writers died
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Writers born on October 13
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Cady McClain | American actress, singer, and author |
| 1964 | Marco Travaglio | Italian journalist and writer (born 1964) |
| 1963 | Colin Channer | Jamaican writer (born 1963) |
| 1954 | Claude Ribbe | French writer, activist and filmmaker (born 1954) |
| 1950 | Mollie Katzen | American author and illustrator |
| 1946 | Levon Ananyan | Armenian journalist and translator (1946–2013) |
| 1946 | Edwina Currie | Former British politician, broadcaster and writer |
| 1930 | Bruce Geller | American television producer and writer (1930–1978) |
| 1929 | Richard Howard | American poet (1929–2022) |
| 1923 | John C. Champion | American screenwriter and film producer (1923–1994) |
| 1923 | Rosemary Anne Sisson | English television dramatist and novelist |
| 1913 | Igor Torkar | Slovenian writer and poet (1913–2004) |
| 1911 | Migjeni | Albanian poet and writer (1911–1938) |
| 1909 | Herblock | American editorial cartoonist and author (1909–2001) |
| 1902 | Arna Bontemps | American writer and librarian (1902–1973) |
| 1890 | Conrad Richter | American novelist |
| 1880 | Sasha Chorny | Russian poet and satirist |
| 1878 | John O'Brien (poet) | Australian priest, educator, author and poet (1878–1952) |
| 1870 | Albert Jay Nock | American writer, social theorist, and critic (1870–1945) |
| 1862 | Mary Kingsley | English ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900) |
| 1844 | Ernest Myers (author) | British poet, Classicist and author (1844 - 1921) |
| 1696 | John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey | English courtier and political writer (1696-1743) |
Writers who died on October 13
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louise Glück | American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023) |
| 2016 | Dario Fo | Italian playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, director, and politician |
| 2014 | Margaret Hillert | American writer |
| 2004 | Bernice Rubens | Welsh novelist (1923–2004) |
| 2002 | Stephen E. Ambrose | American historian and writer (1936–2002) |
| 1999 | Michael Hartnett | Irish poet, known for work in English and Irish languages |
| 1992 | James Marshall (author) | American children's books author and illustrator (1942–1992) |
| 1987 | Nilgün Marmara | Turkish poet (1958-1987) |
| 1985 | Tage Danielsson | Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director (1928–1985) |
| 1974 | Otto Binder | American writer (1911–1974) |
| 1973 | Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı | Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer, and travel writer (1890–1973) |
| 1956 | Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı | Turkish poet and author from Türkiye (1910–1956) |
| 1950 | Ernest Haycox | American novelist (1899-1950) |
| 1938 | E. C. Segar | American cartoonist (1894–1938) |
| 1931 | Ernst Didring | Swedish author |
| 1926 | Hans E. Kinck | Norwegian author and philologist |
| 1919 | Karl Adolph Gjellerup | Danish writer |
| 1882 | Arthur de Gobineau | French diplomat and writer (1816–1882) |
| 1788 | Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent | Anglo-Irish politician and poet (1709–1788) |
Featured
Cady McClain (1969) — Cady McClain is an American actress, singer, and author.
Marco Travaglio (1964) — Marco Travaglio is an Italian journalist, writer, and pundit. Since 2015, he has been the editor-in-chief of the independent daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Colin Channer (1963) — Colin Channer is a Jamaican writer, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective. His first two full-length novels, Waiting in Vain and Satisfy My Soul, bear the titles of well known Marley songs.
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