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October 27 in literary history
Literary history for October 27: 24 writers born and 12 writers who died from 1561 to 2015. Born on this day: Anthony Doerr, Jonathan Stroud, Alain Auderset.
Writers born on October 27
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Anthony Doerr | American author |
| 1970 | Jonathan Stroud | British author |
| 1968 | Alain Auderset | Swiss cartoonist |
| 1966 | Steve Almond | American short-story writer, essayist, and author |
| 1958 | Zapiro | South African artist and cartoonist (born 1958) |
| 1952 | Roberto Benigni | Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director (born 1952) |
| 1952 | Francis Fukuyama | American political scientist, economist, and author (born 1952) |
| 1950 | Fran Lebowitz | American author and public speaker (born 1950) |
| 1950 | A. N. Wilson | English writer and newspaper columnist (born 1950) |
| 1944 | J. A. Jance | American writer |
| 1940 | Maxine Hong Kingston | Chinese American author and teacher (born 1940) |
| 1935 | Mauricio de Sousa | Brazilian cartoonist (born 1935) |
| 1933 | Ryō Hanmura | Japanese author (1933–2002) |
| 1932 | Sylvia Plath | American poet and writer (1932–1963) |
| 1931 | Nawal El Saadawi | Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist (1931–2021) |
| 1930 | Leo Baxendale | English cartoonist (1930–2017) |
| 1928 | Gilles Vigneault | Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (born 1928) |
| 1926 | Takumi Shibano | Japanese writer (1926–2010) |
| 1914 | Dylan Thomas | Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953) |
| 1913 | Joe Medicine Crow | Native American writer and war chief (1913–2016) |
| 1904 | Riho Lahi | Estonian writer, journalist and cartoonist |
| 1894 | Ye Shengtao | Chinese writer and politician (1894–1988) |
| 1844 | Klas Pontus Arnoldson | Swedish author, journalist, politician and committed pacifist |
| 1561 | Mary Sidney | English poet, playwright and patron (1561–1621) |
Writers who died on October 27
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ayerdhal | French thriller and science fiction writer |
| 2015 | Betsy Drake | American actress, writer, and psychotherapist (1923–2015) |
| 2014 | Daniel Boulanger | French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter |
| 2013 | Luigi Magni | Italian screenwriter and film director |
| 2008 | Chris Bryant (writer) | British screenwriter (1936–2008) |
| 2006 | Reko Lundán | Reko Lundán, Finnish journalist and author (born 1969) |
| 1991 | George Barker (poet) | English poet (1913–1991) |
| 1980 | Judy LaMarsh | Canadian broadcaster, writer, lawyer and politician (1924–1980) |
| 1977 | James M. Cain | American writer (1892–1977) |
| 1975 | Rex Stout | American writer (1886–1975) |
| 1816 | Santō Kyōden | Japanese artist, writer and shopowner (1761 - 1816) |
| 1674 | Hallgrímur Pétursson | 17th century Icelandic writer and minister |
Featured
Anthony Doerr (1973) — Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Jonathan Stroud (1970) — Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books have received note for their satire, and use of magic to reflect themes of class struggle.
Alain Auderset (1968) — Alain Auderset is a Swiss Christian author of bandes dessinées and is best known for his comics albums Willy Grunch, Marcel, and ROBI.
Sources & data
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