October 26 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on October 26

Born	Writer	Known as
1977	Marisha Pessl	American writer
1972	Matsuko Deluxe	Japanese columnist, essayist and TV personality
1971	Jim Butcher	American fantasy author (born 1971)
1962	Jack Morelli	American comic book letterer and author
1954	Adam Mars-Jones	British novelist and literary critic (born 1954)
1953	Tim Hely Hutchinson	British book publisher (born 1953)
1952	Andrew Motion	English poet and writer (born 1952)
1947	Trevor Joyce	Irish poet (born 1947)
1947	Kenzo Kitakata	Japanese novelist (born 1947)
1945	Pat Conroy	American novelist (1945–2016)
1945	Demetris Th. Gotsis	Greek poet and author residing in Cyprus (born 1945 - died 2021)
1941	Steven Kellogg	American author and illustrator (born 1941)
1936	Etelka Kenéz Heka	Hungarian writer, poet and singer (1936–2024)
1935	Mike Gray	American political writer (1935–2013)
1925	Jan Wolkers	Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007)
1911	Sorley MacLean	Scottish poet (1911 – 1996)
1909	Ignace Lepp	French writer
1902	Beryl Markham	British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)
1900	Karin Boye	Swedish poet and novelist (1900–1941)
1893	Miloš Crnjanski	Serbian writer (1893–1977)
1888	Runar Schildt	Swedish-speaking Finnish author (1888–1925)
1883	Napoleon Hill	American author (1883–1970)
1880	Andrei Bely	Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)
1556	Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti	Berber writer (1556–1627)

Writers who died on October 26

Died	Writer	Known as
2017	Ali Ashraf Darvishian	Iranian writer (1941–2017)
2013	Ritva Arvelo	Finnish actress, film director and screenwriter
2012	Alan Kirschenbaum	American television producer and writer
2008	Tony Hillerman	American writer (1925–2008)
1986	Jackson Scholz	American sprinter, Olympic medalist; sports fiction author (1897-1986)
1974	Bidia Dandaron	Soviet Buryat Buddhist teacher, author, and dissident (1914–1974)
1957	Nikos Kazantzakis	Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957)
1941	Arkady Gaidar	Soviet children's writer (1904–1941)
1927	Jūkichi Yagi	Japanese poet (1898–1927)
1890	Carlo Collodi	Italian writer (1826–1890)
1764	William Hogarth	English artist and writer (1697–1764)

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Marisha Pessl (1977) — Marisha Pessl is an American writer known for her novels Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Night Film, Neverworld Wake, and Darkly.

Matsuko Deluxe (1972) — Matsuko Deluxe is a Japanese columnist, essayist, and TV personality. Matsuko is a female persona and stage name assumed by Takahiro Matsui (松井貴博), a cross-dressing gay man. He has been described as plus-sized and gravely-voiced with a sharp tongue.

Jim Butcher (1971) — Jim Butcher is an American author. He has written the contemporary fantasy The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires book series.

October 26 in literary history

Writers born on October 26

Writers who died on October 26

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