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November 4 in literary history
Literary history for November 4: 22 writers born and 16 writers who died from 1658 to 2011. Born on this day: Anton Buslov, M. T. Anderson, Yılmaz Erdoğan.
Writers born on November 4
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Anton Buslov | Russian blogger and writer (1983–2014) |
| 1968 | M. T. Anderson | American author (born 1968) |
| 1967 | Yılmaz Erdoğan | Turkish actor, filmmaker, and poet (born 1967) |
| 1961 | Daron Hagen | American composer, writer, and filmmaker (born 1961) |
| 1961 | Jeff Probst | American television host, producer, actor and young adult fiction writer (born 1961) |
| 1960 | Marc Awodey | American artist and poet |
| 1955 | Ghousavi Shah | Indian Sufi mystic and saint, scholar, writer and poet |
| 1954 | Chris Difford | British musician and lyricist (born 1954) |
| 1950 | Charles Frazier | American novelist |
| 1947 | Ali Özgentürk | Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer (1945–2025) |
| 1941 | Lyndall Gordon | South African writer |
| 1940 | Marlène Jobert | French actress and author (born 1940) |
| 1939 | Gail E. Haley | American children's writer and illustrator (born 1939) |
| 1936 | C. K. Williams | American poet, critic and translator (1936–2015) |
| 1929 | Shakuntala Devi | Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013) |
| 1928 | Hannah Weiner | American poet (1928–1997) |
| 1915 | Marguerite Patten | English food writer and broadcaster |
| 1906 | Sterling North | American writer |
| 1905 | Dragutin Tadijanović | Croatian poet |
| 1890 | Klabund | Pen name of Alfred Henschke, German writer |
| 1873 | Kyōka Izumi | Japanese writer (1873–1939) |
| 1740 | Augustus Toplady | English Anglican cleric and hymn writer (1740–1778) |
Writers who died on November 4
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Andy Rooney | American radio and television journalist, commentator, and author (1919–2011) |
| 2008 | Michael Crichton | American author and filmmaker (1942–2008) |
| 2007 | Peter Viertel | German author |
| 2006 | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey | American author |
| 2005 | Nadia Anjuman | Afghan poet |
| 2003 | Charles Causley | Cornish poet and educator (1917–2003) |
| 1997 | Richard Hooker (author) | American writer and surgeon (1924–1997) |
| 1984 | Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan | Turkish Poet |
| 1977 | Tom Reamy | American writer (1935-1977) |
| 1969 | Carlos Marighella | Brazilian politician, writer, and guerrilla fighter |
| 1955 | Robert E. Sherwood | American writer (1896–1955) |
| 1954 | Stig Dagerman | Swedish writer |
| 1918 | Wilfred Owen | English poet and soldier (1893–1918) |
| 1895 | Eugene Field | American writer (1850–1895) |
| 1781 | Johann Nikolaus Götz | German poet (1721-1781) |
| 1658 | Antoine Le Maistre | French translator, writer and lawyer |
Featured
Anton Buslov (1983) — Anton Sergeevich Buslov was an astrophysicist, top Russian blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine, and expert on transportation systems.
M. T. Anderson (1968) — Matthew Tobin Anderson is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston.
Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967) — Yılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002/2006–2007). He founded BKM Theatre and Film Production.
Sources & data
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