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February 12 in literary history
Literary history for February 12: 17 writers born, 14 writers who died and 1 literary events from 890 to 2018. Born on this day: Judd Winick, Ray Kurzweil, Terry Bisson.
Writers born on February 12
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Judd Winick | American writer |
| 1948 | Ray Kurzweil | American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948) |
| 1942 | Terry Bisson | American novelist (1942–2024) |
| 1938 | Judy Blume | American author (born 1938) |
| 1932 | Axel Jensen | Norwegian author (1932–2003) |
| 1931 | Janwillem van de Wetering | Dutch writer (1931–2008) |
| 1926 | Rolf Brem | Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (died 2014) |
| 1926 | Charles Van Doren | American writer and editor (1926–2019) |
| 1912 | R. F. Delderfield | British writer (1912–1972) |
| 1884 | Alice Roosevelt Longworth | American writer and socialite (1884–1980) |
| 1861 | Lou Andreas-Salomé | Psychoanalyst and author (1861–1937) |
| 1828 | George Meredith | British novelist and poet (1828–1909) |
| 1819 | William Wetmore Story | American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor |
| 1777 | Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué | German writer (1777–1843) |
| 1704 | Charles Pinot Duclos | French author |
| 1608 | Daniello Bartoli | Italian Jesuit writer and historiographer |
| 1567 | Thomas Campion | English composer and poet (1567–1620) |
Writers who died on February 12
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bill Crider | American novelist |
| 2014 | Sid Caesar | American comic actor and writer (1922–2014) |
| 2012 | John Severin | American cartoonist |
| 2007 | Ann Barzel | American writer, critic and lecturer (1905–2007) |
| 2000 | Charles M. Schulz | American cartoonist (1922–2000) |
| 1989 | Thomas Bernhard | Austrian novelist and playwright (1931–1989) |
| 1984 | Julio Cortázar | Argentine writer (1914–1984) |
| 1980 | Muriel Rukeyser | American poet and essayist (1913–1980) |
| 1970 | Clare Turlay Newberry | American writer |
| 1935 | Auguste Escoffier | French chef and writer (1846–1935) |
| 1886 | Randolph Caldecott | British artist and illustrator (1846–1886) |
| 1763 | Pierre de Marivaux | French playwright and novelist (1688–1763) |
| 1590 | François Hotman | French lawyer and writer (1524–1590) |
| 890 | Henjō | Japanese writer |
Literary events on February 12
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. |
Featured
Judd Winick (1970) — Judd Winick is an American cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality.
Ray Kurzweil (1948) — Raymond Kurzweil is an American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist, and inventor. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology and electronic keyboard instruments.
Terry Bisson (1942) — Terry Ballantine Bisson was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire", which won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, and "They're Made Out of Meat".
Sources & data
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