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October 14 in literary history
Literary history for October 14: 14 writers born, 20 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1366 to 2019. Born on this day: Ariela Barer, Katha Pollitt, Daan Jippes.
Writers born on October 14
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ariela Barer | American actress and screenwriter (born 1998) |
| 1949 | Katha Pollitt | American poet, essayist and critic (born 1949) |
| 1945 | Daan Jippes | Dutch cartoonist (born 1945) |
| 1942 | Péter Nádas | Hungarian writer (1942–2026) |
| 1936 | Jürg Schubiger | Swiss psychotherapist and writer (1936–2014) |
| 1914 | Alexis Rannit | Estonian poet, critic, and art historian |
| 1909 | Dorothy Kingsley | American screenwriter |
| 1894 | E. E. Cummings | American poet and author (1894–1962) |
| 1893 | Lois Lenski | American author and illustrator (1893–1974) |
| 1888 | Katherine Mansfield | New Zealand author (1888–1923) |
| 1867 | Masaoka Shiki | Japanese poet, author, and literary critic (1867-1902) |
| 1840 | Dmitry Pisarev | Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1840–1868) |
| 1644 | William Penn | English writer and religious thinker (1644–1718) |
| 1569 | Giambattista Marino | Italian poet (1569–1625) |
Writers who died on October 14
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Harold Bloom | American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019) |
| 2014 | Leonard Liggio | American libertarian author (1933–2014) |
| 2013 | Kōichi Iijima | Japanese linguist, novelist and poet |
| 2012 | John Clive | British actor and author (1933–2012) |
| 2012 | Max Fatchen | Australian author and journalist |
| 2012 | Larry Sloan | American publisher |
| 1998 | Cleveland Amory | American author, reporter, commentator and animal rights activist (1917–1998) |
| 1997 | Harold Robbins | American author (1916–1997) |
| 1983 | Willard Price | American writer |
| 1969 | August Sang | Estonian poet |
| 1967 | Marcel Aymé | French writer (1902–1967) |
| 1965 | Randall Jarrell | American writer (1914–1965) |
| 1958 | Nikolay Zabolotsky | Soviet and Russian poet and translator |
| 1923 | Marcellus Emants | Dutch novelist |
| 1703 | Thomas Kingo | Danish bishop, poet, hymn-writer (1634–1703) |
| 1637 | Gabriello Chiabrera | Italian poet and playwright, 1552–1638 |
| 1619 | Samuel Daniel | English poet and playwright (1562–1619) |
| 1565 | Thomas Chaloner (statesman) | English Statesman and Poet |
| 1536 | Garcilaso de la Vega (poet) | Spanish poet (c.1501–1536) |
| 1366 | Ibn Nubata | 14th-century Egyptian poet |
Literary events on October 14
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1926 | The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published. |
Featured
Ariela Barer (1998) — Ariela Barer is an American actress and filmmaker. She co-wrote, starred in, and produced the 2023 ecological thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the Andreas Malm non-fiction book of the same name.
Katha Pollitt (1949) — Katha Pollitt is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues from a left-leaning perspective, including abortion, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty.
Daan Jippes (1945) — Daniel Jan "Daan" Jippes is a Dutch cartoonist who's known for his work on Disney comics. In the 1980s and 1990s he drew many covers for Gladstone Publishing's Disney magazines.
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