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January 11 in literary history
Literary history for January 11: 18 writers born and 17 writers who died from 1763 to 2007. Born on this day: Darren Lynn Bousman, Albert Dupontel, Jasper Fforde.
Writers born on January 11
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Darren Lynn Bousman | American film director and screenwriter (born 1979) |
| 1964 | Albert Dupontel | French actor, film director and screenwriter |
| 1961 | Jasper Fforde | English novelist (born 1961) |
| 1952 | Diana Gabaldon | American author (born 1952) |
| 1946 | John Piper (theologian) | American pastor and writer (born 1946) |
| 1944 | Mohammed Abdul-Hayy | Post-colonial Sudanese writer and academic |
| 1931 | Mary Rodgers | American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014) |
| 1923 | Jerome Bixby | American writer |
| 1918 | Robert C. O'Brien (author) | American novelist (1918–1973) |
| 1903 | Alan Paton | South African author (1903–1988) |
| 1899 | Eva Le Gallienne | American actress and author (1899–1991) |
| 1897 | Bernard DeVoto | American historian and author (1897–1955) |
| 1893 | Anthony M. Rud | American novelist |
| 1890 | Oswald de Andrade | Brazilian poet novelist and cultural critic |
| 1867 | John Ernest Adamson | English author and educator (1867–1950) |
| 1864 | Thomas Dixon Jr. | American Baptist minister and writer (1864–1946) |
| 1839 | Eugenio María de Hostos | Puerto Rican writer, activist and sociologist (1839–1921) |
| 1825 | Bayard Taylor | American poet, novelist and travel writer (1825–1878) |
Writers who died on January 11
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Robert Anton Wilson | American writer and futurist (1932–2007) |
| 2004 | Spalding Gray | American actor and writer (1941–2004) |
| 2002 | Henri Verneuil | French-Armenian director and screenwriter (1920–2002) |
| 1999 | Naomi Mitchison | Scottish novelist and poet (1897–1999) |
| 1999 | Brian Moore (novelist) | Novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland |
| 1995 | Onat Kutlar | Turkish writer and poet, founder (1936–1995) |
| 1990 | Carolyn Haywood | American writer |
| 1986 | Sid Chaplin | English writer |
| 1980 | Barbara Pym | English novelist (1913–1980) |
| 1972 | Padraic Colum | Irish writer |
| 1969 | Richmal Crompton | English short-story writer and novelist (1890–1969) |
| 1931 | James Milton Carroll | American historian, writer and pastor (1852–1931) |
| 1928 | Thomas Hardy | English novelist and poet (1840–1928) |
| 1843 | Francis Scott Key | American lawyer and poet (1779–1843) |
| 1791 | William Williams Pantycelyn | Welsh hymnist, poet and prose writer (1717–1791) |
| 1771 | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens | French philosopher and writer (1704–1771) |
| 1763 | Caspar Abel | German theologian, historian and poet |
Featured
Darren Lynn Bousman (1979) — Darren Lynn Bousman is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in horror films. He has directed four of the Saw films: Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, and Spiral. He also directed the horror musical films Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival.
Albert Dupontel (1964) — Albert Dupontel is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up comedian.
Jasper Fforde (1961) — Jasper Fforde is an English novelist whose first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his Thursday Next novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series and four in The Last Dragonslayer series.
Sources & data
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