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November 14 in literary history
Literary history for November 14: 19 writers born, 14 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1556 to 2024. Born on this day: Paul Attanasio, Tim Bowler, Michael Dobbs.
Writers born on November 14
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Paul Attanasio | American screenwriter and producer (born 1959) |
| 1953 | Tim Bowler | English author (born 1953) |
| 1948 | Michael Dobbs | British politician and author (born 1948) |
| 1947 | Nat Young | Australian surfer and author (born 1947) |
| 1944 | Karen Armstrong | English author (born 1944) |
| 1943 | Peter Norton | American programmer, software publisher |
| 1935 | Lefteris Papadopoulos | Greek lyricist, writer, and journalist |
| 1932 | Gunter Sachs | German photographer, author, and industrialist (1932–2011) |
| 1916 | Sherwood Schwartz | American TV writer, producer (1916–2011) |
| 1910 | Eric Malpass | English novelist (1910–1996) |
| 1907 | Astrid Lindgren | Swedish author and screenwriter (1907–2002) |
| 1907 | William Steig | American illustrator and writer (1907–2003) |
| 1898 | Benjamin Fondane | Romanian-French writer |
| 1878 | Leopold Staff | Polish poet (1878–1957) |
| 1875 | Jakob Schaffner | Swiss novelist (1875–1944) |
| 1838 | August Šenoa | Croatian novelist (1838–1881) |
| 1812 | Aleardo Aleardi | Italian poet (1812–1878) |
| 1803 | Jacob Abbott | American writer of children's books (1803–1879) |
| 1779 | Adam Oehlenschläger | Danish poet & playwright (1779–1850) |
Writers who died on November 14
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Peter Sinfield | English poet and songwriter (1943–2024) |
| 2016 | Gwen Ifill | Panamanian-American journalist, television newscaster, and author (1955–2016) |
| 2015 | K. S. Gopalakrishnan | Indian screenwriter and director |
| 2014 | Glen A. Larson | American television producer and writer (1937–2014) |
| 2013 | Hari Krishna Devsare | Hindi-language writer (1938-2013) |
| 2008 | Kristin Hunter | American writer |
| 2008 | Robert E. Valett | Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927) |
| 1995 | Jack Finney | American author (1911–1995) |
| 1916 | Saki | British writer (1870–1916) |
| 1915 | Booker T. Washington | American educator, author, orator and adviser (1856–1915) |
| 1914 | Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar | Indian writer |
| 1844 | Flora Tristan | French socialist and feminist writer (1803–1844) |
| 1825 | Jean Paul | German Romantic writer (1763–1825) |
| 1556 | Giovanni della Casa | Florentine poet and writer (1503–1556) |
Literary events on November 14
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1851 | Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA. |
| 1851 | Moby-Dick, an epic novel by American writer Herman Melville, was first published in the United States. |
Featured
Paul Attanasio (1959) — Paul Albert Attanasio is an American screenwriter and producer. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Quiz Show (1994) and Donnie Brasco (1997).
Tim Bowler (1953) — Tim Bowler is an author of books for teenagers and young adults. He won the 1997 Carnegie Medal from the CILIP, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for the novel River Boy.
Michael Dobbs (1948) — Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs is a British Conservative politician, media commentator and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy. He has been a television and radio presenter and a senior corporate executive of Saatchi & Saatchi.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.