November 1 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on November 1

Born	Writer	Known as
1978	Helen Czerski	British science writer and television presenter
1978	Jessica Valenti	American feminist author and blogger (born 1978)
1961	Louise Boije af Gennäs	Swedish writer (born 1961)
1959	Susanna Clarke	British author
1949	Jeannie Berlin	American actress and screenwriter (born 1949)
1945	Narendra Dabholkar	Indian physician and author (1945–2013)
1944	Kinky Friedman	American singer-songwriter, writer and politician (1944–2024)
1942	Larry Flynt	American publisher (1942–2021)
1940	Barry Sadler	American author and musician (1940–1989)
1938	Nicholasa Mohr	American writer of Puerto Rican descent
1930	A. R. Gurney	American dramatist (1930–2017)
1923	Gordon R. Dickson	American science fiction writer (1923–2001)
1920	James J. Kilpatrick	American journalist, writer (1920–2010)
1917	Zenna Henderson	American science fiction and fantasy writer (1917–1983)
1915	Margaret Taylor-Burroughs	American writer, artist and educator (1915–2010)
1911	Henri Troyat	Russian-French author (1911–2007)
1902	Nordahl Grieg	Norwegian writer (1902–1943)
1896	Edmund Blunden	British poet, author and critic (1896–1974)
1886	Hermann Broch	Austrian writer (1886–1951)
1886	Sakutarō Hagiwara	Japanese writer (1886–1942)
1880	Sholem Asch	Polish-American novelist, dramatist, essayist (1880–1957)
1871	Stephen Crane	American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist (1871-1900)
1769	Garlieb Merkel	Baltic German writer and publicist
1661	Florent Carton (Dancourt)	French dramatist and actor
1643	John Strype	English clergyman, historian and biographer (1643–1737)
1636	Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux	French poet and critic (1636–1711)
1607	Georg Philipp Harsdörffer	German jurist, poet, translator
1530	Étienne de La Boétie	French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)

Writers who died on November 1

Died	Writer	Known as
2012	Agustín García Calvo	Spanish writer (1926–2012)
2009	Esther Hautzig	American writer
2009	Robert H. Rines	American lawyer, inventor, musician and writer (1922–2009)
2007	S. Ali Raza	Film screenwriter from India (1925–2007)
2006	William Styron	American writer (1925–2006)
1984	Norman Krasna	American dramatist, screenwriter, and film director (1909–1984)
1982	King Vidor	American writer and director (1894–1982)
1972	Waldemar Hammenhög	Swedish writer
1972	Ezra Pound	American poet and critic (1885–1972)
1958	Yahya Kemal Beyatlı	Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat (1884-1958)
1955	Dale Carnegie	American writer and lecturer (1888–1955)
1907	Alfred Jarry	French symbolist writer (1873–1907)
1588	Jean Daurat	French poet and scholar (1508–1588)

Literary events on November 1

Year	Event
1945	The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
1897	The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
1896	A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

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Helen Czerski (1978) — Helen Czerski is a British science writer and broadcaster. She has presented numerous television and radio programmes since 2012, mainly for the BBC, and has written three books and regular columns.

Jessica Valenti (1978) — Jessica Valenti is an American writer, feminist, and activist. She is most active on her newsletter, Abortion, Every Day, where she advocates for the legalization of abortion in all trimesters of pregnancy. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011.

Louise Boije af Gennäs (1961) — Louise Gunvor Catharina Lagercrantz Boije af Gennäs is a Swedish writer, feminist, and co-creator of Rederiet, the longest-running Swedish soap opera in history.

November 1 in literary history

Writers born on November 1

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