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January 26 in literary history
Literary history for January 26: 16 writers born and 13 writers who died from 1541 to 2015. Born on this day: Bryan Callen, Jonathan Carroll, Alda Facio.
Writers born on January 26
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bryan Callen | American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster |
| 1949 | Jonathan Carroll | American fiction writer (born 1949) |
| 1948 | Alda Facio | Costa Rican feminist jurist, writer and teacher |
| 1946 | Christopher Hampton | British playwright, screenwriter and translator (born 1946) |
| 1935 | Corrado Augias | Italian journalist, writer and television presenter (born 1935) |
| 1934 | Charles Marowitz | American dramatist |
| 1929 | Jules Feiffer | American cartoonist and author (1929–2025) |
| 1926 | Farman Fatehpuri | Pakistani Urdu linguist, researcher and writer (1926–2013) |
| 1920 | Hans Holzer | American writer and parapsychologist |
| 1918 | Philip José Farmer | American science fiction and fantasy writer (1918–2009) |
| 1902 | Menno ter Braak | Dutch writer (1902–1940) |
| 1864 | József Pusztai | Slovene writer, poet, journalist, teacher and cantor (1864–1934) |
| 1842 | François Coppée | French poet and novelist (1842–1908) |
| 1781 | Achim von Arnim | German poet and novelist (1781–1831) |
| 1549 | Jakob Ebert | German theologian and poet |
| 1541 | Florent Chrestien | French writer (1541–1596) |
Writers who died on January 26
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cleven Goudeau | American art director and cartoonist |
| 2014 | Paula Gruden | Slovenian-born Australian poet (1921–2014) |
| 2014 | José Emilio Pacheco | Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer (1939–2014) |
| 2013 | Shōtarō Yasuoka | Japanese writer |
| 2010 | Louis Auchincloss | American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917–2010) |
| 2000 | Kathleen Hale | British illustrator and children's author |
| 2000 | A. E. van Vogt | Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000) |
| 1996 | Harold Brodkey | American short story writer and novelist (1930–1996) |
| 1990 | Lewis Mumford | American scholar and writer (1895–1990) |
| 1968 | Merrill C. Meigs | American publisher (1883–1968) |
| 1896 | James Edwin Campbell (poet) | African-American poet (1867–1896) |
| 1855 | Gérard de Nerval | French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855) |
| 1849 | Thomas Lovell Beddoes | English poet, dramatist and physician (1803–1849) |
Featured
Bryan Callen (1967) — Bryan Callen is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Callen initiated his career as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
Jonathan Carroll (1949) — Jonathan Samuel Carroll is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since 1974.
Alda Facio (1948) — Alda Facio Montejo is a Costa Rican feminist, jurist, writer, teacher and international expert in gender and human rights in Latin America. She is one of the founding members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court.
Sources & data
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