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November 22 in literary history
Literary history for November 22: 17 writers born, 7 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1819 to 2013. Born on this day: Stel Pavlou, Marjane Satrapi, Victor Pelevin.
Writers born on November 22
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Stel Pavlou | British screenwriter and speculative fiction novelist |
| 1969 | Marjane Satrapi | French and Iranian author and director (1969–2026) |
| 1962 | Victor Pelevin | Russian fiction writer (born 1962) |
| 1960 | Leos Carax | French director and writer |
| 1958 | Jamie Lee Curtis | American actress and author (born 1958) |
| 1947 | Valerie Wilson Wesley | American novelist (born 1947) |
| 1940 | Roy Thomas | American comic book writer (born 1940) |
| 1921 | Brian Cleeve | English writer |
| 1920 | Baidyanath Misra | Indian economist, educationist, author, and administrator (1920–2019) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary | Australian writer (1917–2010) |
| 1906 | Jørgen Juve | Norwegian footballer, jurist, and writer (1906–1983) |
| 1904 | Fumio Niwa | Japanese writer (1904–2005) |
| 1877 | Endre Ady | Hungarian poet |
| 1869 | André Gide | French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951) |
| 1857 | George Gissing | English novelist, short story writer and literary critic (1857–1903) |
| 1820 | Katherine Plunket | Anglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustrator |
| 1819 | George Eliot | English novelist and poet (1819–1880) |
Writers who died on November 22
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Georges Lautner | French film director and screenwriter (1926–2013) |
| 2012 | Bryce Courtenay | South African–Australian writer (1933–2012) |
| 1993 | Anthony Burgess | English writer and composer (1917–1993) |
| 1963 | Aldous Huxley | English writer and philosopher (1894–1963) |
| 1963 | C. S. Lewis | British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963) |
| 1943 | Lorenz Hart | American lyricist (1895–1943) |
| 1916 | Jack London | American author, journalist, and social activist (1876–1916) |
Literary events on November 22
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution. |
Featured
Stel Pavlou (1970) — Stelios Grant Pavlou is a British screenwriter and speculative fiction novelist. He is known for writing the novel Decipher and the screenplay for the film The 51st State.
Marjane Satrapi (1969) — Marjane Satrapi was an Iranian-French comic book author, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation; the graphic novel Chicken with Plums; Woman, Life, Freedom; and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
Victor Pelevin (1962) — Victor Olegovich Pelevin is a Russian fiction writer. His novels include Omon Ra (1992), The Life of Insects (1993), Chapayev and Void (1996), and Generation P (1999).
Sources & data
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