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December 14 in literary history
Literary history for December 14: 20 writers born and 16 writers who died from 1640 to 2023. Born on this day: Miranda Hart, Kelley Armstrong, Ewa Białołęcka.
Writers born on December 14
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Miranda Hart | English actress, comedian and writer (born 1972) |
| 1968 | Kelley Armstrong | Canadian writer (born 1968) |
| 1967 | Ewa Białołęcka | Polish fantasy writer |
| 1959 | Bob Paris | American and Canadian writer, actor, civil rights activist and retired pro athlete |
| 1948 | Boudewijn Büch | Dutch writer and television presenter |
| 1941 | Ellen Willis | American writer (1941–2006) |
| 1934 | Shyam Benegal | Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024) |
| 1932 | George Furth | American librettist, playwright, and actor (1932–2008) |
| 1931 | Jaun Elia | Pakistani poet (1931–2002) |
| 1930 | Margaret Bakkes | South African writer |
| 1923 | Gerard Reve | Dutch writer (1923–2006) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar | Indian yoga teacher and author (1918–2014) |
| 1916 | Shirley Jackson | American novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965) |
| 1908 | Mária Szepes | Hungarian author (1908–2007) |
| 1895 | Paul Éluard | French poet (1895–1952) |
| 1887 | Xul Solar | Argentine painter, sculptor, writer and inventor of imaginary languages |
| 1884 | Jane Cowl | American actress and dramatist |
| 1851 | Mary Tappan Wright | American novelist |
| 1791 | Charles Wolfe | Irish poet (1791–1823) |
| 1640 | Aphra Behn | English playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689) |
Writers who died on December 14
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tomáš Janovic | Slovak writer (1937–2023) |
| 2017 | Yu Kwang-chung | Taiwanese poet (1928–2017) |
| 2013 | Janet Dailey | American writer |
| 2013 | C. N. Karunakaran | Indian painter and illustrator |
| 2001 | W. G. Sebald | German writer and academic (1944–2001) |
| 1997 | Emily Cheney Neville | American writer |
| 1996 | Gaston Miron | Canadian writer (1928–1996) |
| 1995 | G. C. Edmondson | American novelist |
| 1990 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990) |
| 1990 | Paula Nenette Pepin | French composer, pianist and lyricist |
| 1984 | Vicente Aleixandre | Spanish poet (1898–1984) |
| 1978 | Salvador de Madariaga | Spanish diplomat, writer and historian (1886–1978) |
| 1971 | Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury | Bangladeshi writer (1926–1971) |
| 1971 | Shahidullah Kaiser | Bangladeshi novelist and writer |
| 1953 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | American novelist (1896–1953) |
| 1935 | Stanley G. Weinbaum | American writer (1902–1935) |
Featured
Miranda Hart (1972) — Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke, is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards and four BAFTA nominations for her self-driven semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Miranda (2009–2015).
Kelley Armstrong (1968) — Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels since 2001.
Ewa Białołęcka (1967) — Ewa Białołęcka is a Polish fantasy writer. She currently lives in Gdańsk. Her literary debut was her short story Wariatka (Madwoman), published in 1993. Since then she has written more than a dozen short stories, two of which, Tkacz Iluzji (1994) and Błękit Maga (1997), were awarded with the Janusz A.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.