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Author Birthdays for September

  • Scott Spencer  81
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1945
  • Mustafa Balel  81
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1945
  • C. J. Cherryh  84
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 1st 1942
  • Alan Dershowitz  88
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 1st 1938
  • Ron O'Neal  89
    Screenwriter
    Wednesday, September 1st 1937
  • Wyatt Emory Cooper  99
    Playwright, Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 1st 1927
  • Willem Frederik Hermans  105
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 1st 1921
  • Liz Carpenter  106
    Journalist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1920
  • Eleanor Hibbert  120
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1906
  • Andrei Platonov  127
    Novelist
    Friday, September 1st 1899
  • Blaise Cendrars  139
    Novelist, Poet
    Thursday, September 1st 1887
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs  151
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1875
  • Innokenty Annensky  171
    Poet
    Saturday, September 1st 1855
  • Daniel Defoe  366
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1660
  • Aimee Osbourne  43
    Columnist
    Friday, September 2nd 1983
  • Chris Kuzneski  57
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 2nd 1969
  • John S. Hall  66
    Poet
    Friday, September 2nd 1960
  • Walt Simonson  80
    Comic Book Writer
    Monday, September 2nd 1946
  • Cleveland Amory  109
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 2nd 1917
  • Andreas Embirikos  125
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1901
  • Joseph Roth  132
    Journalist, Novelist
    Sunday, September 2nd 1894
  • Ion Dragoumis  148
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 2nd 1878
  • Hans Jæger  172
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 2nd 1854
  • Paul Bourget  174
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 2nd 1852
  • Eugene Field  176
    Children's Literature, Essayist
    Monday, September 2nd 1850
  • Lucretia Peabody Hale  206
    Journalist, Novelist
    Saturday, September 2nd 1820
  • Esteban Echeverría  221
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1805
  • William Somervile  351
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1675
  • Kiran Desai  55
    Novelist
    Friday, September 3rd 1971
  • Spike Feresten  62
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 3rd 1964
  • Malcolm Gladwell  63
    Journalist
    Tuesday, September 3rd 1963
  • Sergei Dovlatov  85
    Novelist, Journalist
    Wednesday, September 3rd 1941
  • Eduardo Galeano  86
    Novelist, Journalist
    Tuesday, September 3rd 1940
  • Caryl Churchill  88
    Playwright
    Saturday, September 3rd 1938
  • Cherry Wilder  96
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 3rd 1930
  • Alison Lurie  100
    Novelist
    Friday, September 3rd 1926
  • Mort Walker  103
    Comic Book Writer
    Monday, September 3rd 1923
  • Marguerite Higgins  106
    Journalist
    Friday, September 3rd 1920
  • Sally Benson  129
    Screenwriter, Short Fiction
    Friday, September 3rd 1897
  • Sarah Orne Jewett  177
    Novelist
    Monday, September 3rd 1849
  • Yanka Dyagileva  60
    Poet
    Sunday, September 4th 1966
  • Ferenc Sánta  99
    Novelist, Screenwriter
    Sunday, September 4th 1927
  • Forrest Carter  101
    Novelist
    Friday, September 4th 1925
  • Joan Aiken  102
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 4th 1924
  • Per Olof Sundman  104
    Novelist
    Monday, September 4th 1922
  • Syd Hoff  114
    Children's Literature
    Wednesday, September 4th 1912
  • Richard Wright  118
    Novelist
    Friday, September 4th 1908
  • Mary Renault  121
    Novelist
    Monday, September 4th 1905
  • Antonin Artaud  130
    Playwright
    Friday, September 4th 1896
  • Juliusz Słowacki  217
    Poet, Playwright
    Monday, September 4th 1809
  • Constantijn Huygens  430
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 4th 1596
  • Richard Marsland  50
    Comedy Writer
    Sunday, September 5th 1976
  • Frederick Kempe  72
    Journalist
    Sunday, September 5th 1954
  • Dario Bellezza  82
    Poet, Playwright
    Tuesday, September 5th 1944
  • Jonathan Kozol  90
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 5th 1936
  • Luis Alcoriza  108
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 5th 1918
  • Frank Yerby  110
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 5th 1916
  • Nicanor Parra  112
    Poet
    Saturday, September 5th 1914
  • Leila Mackinlay  116
    Novelist
    Monday, September 5th 1910
  • Josué de Castro  118
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 5th 1908
  • Arthur Koestler  121
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 5th 1905
  • Victorien Sardou  195
    Playwright
    Monday, September 5th 1831
  • Goffredo Mameli  199
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 5th 1827
  • A. K. Tolstoy  209
    Poet, Novelist, Playwright
    Friday, September 5th 1817
  • Robert Fergusson  276
    Poet
    Saturday, September 5th 1750
  • Tommaso Campanella  458
    Non-Fiction, Poet
    Thursday, September 5th 1568
  • China Miéville  54
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 6th 1972
  • Christopher Brookmyre  58
    Novelist
    Friday, September 6th 1968
  • Christopher Nolan  61
    Poet, Novelist
    Monday, September 6th 1965
  • Alice Sebold  63
    Novelist
    Friday, September 6th 1963
  • Jennifer Egan  64
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1962
  • Raymond Benson  71
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 6th 1955
  • Donna Haraway  82
    Non-Fiction
    Wednesday, September 6th 1944
  • Dan Cragg  87
    Novelist, Essayist
    Wednesday, September 6th 1939
  • Robert M. Pirsig  98
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1928
  • Carmen Laforet  105
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 6th 1921
  • Julien Green  126
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1900
  • Felix Salten  157
    Novelist
    Monday, September 6th 1869
  • William Lane  165
    Journalist
    Friday, September 6th 1861
  • Frances Wright  231
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 6th 1795
  • Diane Farr  53
    Memoirest
    Friday, September 7th 1973
  • Eric Hill  99

    Wednesday, September 7th 1927
  • Edith Sitwell  139

    Wednesday, September 7th 1887
  • Elinor Wylie  141

    Monday, September 7th 1885
  • C. J. Dennis  150

    Thursday, September 7th 1876
  • Aleksandr Kuprin  156

    Wednesday, September 7th 1870
  • Tristan Bernard  160

    Friday, September 7th 1866
  • Angela Rawlings  48
    Poet
    Friday, September 8th 1978
  • Christopher Klim  64
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 8th 1962
  • Terry Tempest Williams  71
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 8th 1955
  • Jon Scieszka  72
    Children's Literature
    Wednesday, September 8th 1954
  • Michael Shermer  72
    Non-Fiction
    Wednesday, September 8th 1954
  • Ann Beattie  79
    Novelist
    Monday, September 8th 1947
  • Jack Prelutsky  86
    Children's Literature
    Sunday, September 8th 1940
  • Michael Frayn  93
    Playwright, Novelist
    Friday, September 8th 1933
  • Robert W. Firestone  96
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1930
  • Grace Metalious  102
    Novelist
    Monday, September 8th 1924
  • Rasul Gamzatov  103
    Poet
    Saturday, September 8th 1923
  • Gianni Brera  107
    Novelist, Journalist
    Monday, September 8th 1919
  • Jane Arbor  123
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 8th 1903
  • Siegfried Sassoon  140
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 8th 1886
  • Alfred Jarry  153
    Playwright
    Monday, September 8th 1873
  • Wilhelm Raabe  195
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 8th 1831
  • Frédéric Mistral  196
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 8th 1830
  • Clarence Cook  198
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1828
  • Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg  212
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 8th 1814
  • Eduard Mörike  222
    Poet
    Saturday, September 8th 1804
  • N. F. S. Grundtvig  243
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1783
  • August Wilhelm Schlegel  259
    Poet
    Tuesday, September 8th 1767
  • John Sheffield  379
    Poet
    Sunday, September 8th 1647
  • Ludovico Ariosto  552
    Poet
    Tuesday, September 8th 1474
  • Paul Goodman  115

    Saturday, September 9th 1911
  • Cesare Pavese  118

    Wednesday, September 9th 1908
  • Phyllis A. Whitney  123

    Wednesday, September 9th 1903
  • James Hilton  126

    Sunday, September 9th 1900
  • Brassai  127

    Saturday, September 9th 1899
  • Mary Hunter Austin  158

    Wednesday, September 9th 1868
  • Joseph Henry Shorthouse  192

    Tuesday, September 9th 1834
  • Leo Tolstoy  198

    Tuesday, September 9th 1828
  • Zhang Chengzhi  78

    Friday, September 10th 1948
  • Stephen Jay Gould  85

    Wednesday, September 10th 1941
  • Mary Oliver  91

    Tuesday, September 10th 1935
  • Miguel Serrano  109

    Monday, September 10th 1917
  • Cyril Connolly  123

    Thursday, September 10th 1903
  • Georges Bataille  129

    Friday, September 10th 1897
  • Franz Werfel  136

    Wednesday, September 10th 1890
  • H.D.  140

    Friday, September 10th 1886
  • Jeppe Aakjær  160

    Monday, September 10th 1866
  • Hannah Webster Foster  268

    Sunday, September 10th 1758
  • Philip Ardagh  65

    Monday, September 11th 1961
  • Andrew Macdonald  93

    Monday, September 11th 1933
  • Jessica Mitford  109

    Tuesday, September 11th 1917
  • William Thomas Walsh  135

    Friday, September 11th 1891
  • D. H. Lawrence  141

    Friday, September 11th 1885
  • O. Henry  164

    Thursday, September 11th 1862
  • Vjenceslav Novak  167

    Sunday, September 11th 1859
  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow  190

    Sunday, September 11th 1836
  • James Frey  57

    Friday, September 12th 1969
  • Jon Clinch  72
    Novelist
    Sunday, September 12th 1954
  • Michael Ondaatje  83

    Sunday, September 12th 1943
  • Stanislaw Lem  105

    Monday, September 12th 1921
  • H. L. Mencken  146

    Sunday, September 12th 1880
  • Tõnu Õnnepalu  64

    Thursday, September 13th 1962
  • Roald Dahl  110

    Wednesday, September 13th 1916
  • J. B. Priestley  132

    Thursday, September 13th 1894
  • Frances Newman  143

    Thursday, September 13th 1883
  • Sherwood Anderson  150

    Wednesday, September 13th 1876
  • Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach  196

    Monday, September 13th 1830
  • Bernard MacLaverty  84

    Monday, September 14th 1942
  • Kate Millett  92

    Friday, September 14th 1934
  • Ivan Klima  95

    Monday, September 14th 1931
  • Larry Collins  97

    Saturday, September 14th 1929
  • Martin Caidin  99

    Wednesday, September 14th 1927
  • Michel Butor  100

    Tuesday, September 14th 1926
  • Abioseh Nicol  102

    Sunday, September 14th 1924
  • Mario Benedetti  106

    Tuesday, September 14th 1920
  • Hamlin Garland  166

    Friday, September 14th 1860
  • Howard Waldrop  80

    Sunday, September 15th 1946
  • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro  84

    Tuesday, September 15th 1942
  • Robert McCloskey  112

    Tuesday, September 15th 1914
  • Adolfo Bioy Casares  112

    Tuesday, September 15th 1914
  • Betty Neels  116

    Thursday, September 15th 1910
  • Gunnar Ekelof  119

    Sunday, September 15th 1907
  • J. Slauerhoff  128

    Thursday, September 15th 1898
  • Agatha Christie  136

    Monday, September 15th 1890
  • Robert Benchley  137

    Sunday, September 15th 1889
  • Sharat Chandra Chatterji  150

    Friday, September 15th 1876
  • James Fenimore Cooper  237

    Tuesday, September 15th 1789
  • Justin Haythe  53

    Sunday, September 16th 1973
  • Nick Sagan  56

    Wednesday, September 16th 1970
  • Walt Becker  58

    Monday, September 16th 1968
  • Nancy Huston  73

    Wednesday, September 16th 1953
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  76

    Saturday, September 16th 1950
  • James Alan McPherson  83

    Thursday, September 16th 1943
  • Breyten Breytenbach  87

    Saturday, September 16th 1939
  • John Knowles  100

    Thursday, September 16th 1926
  • Laurence J. Peter  107

    Tuesday, September 16th 1919
  • H. A. Rey  128

    Friday, September 16th 1898
  • T. E. Hulme  143

    Sunday, September 16th 1883
  • Wendy Northcutt  63

    Tuesday, September 17th 1963
  • Lawrence Anthony  76
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 17th 1950
  • Ken Kesey  91

    Tuesday, September 17th 1935
  • Robert B. Parker  94

    Saturday, September 17th 1932
  • Frank O'Connor  123

    Thursday, September 17th 1903
  • William Carlos Williams  143

    Monday, September 17th 1883
  • Chris Hedges  70

    Tuesday, September 18th 1956
  • Francis Parker Yockey  109

    Tuesday, September 18th 1917
  • William March  133

    Monday, September 18th 1893
  • Samuel Johnson  317

    Wednesday, September 18th 1709
  • Susan Compo  71

    Monday, September 19th 1955
  • James Lipton  100

    Sunday, September 19th 1926
  • Damon Knight  104

    Tuesday, September 19th 1922
  • William Golding  115

    Tuesday, September 19th 1911
  • Mika Waltari  118

    Saturday, September 19th 1908
  • James Blaylock  76

    Wednesday, September 20th 1950
  • George R. R. Martin  78

    Monday, September 20th 1948
  • Keith Roberts  91

    Friday, September 20th 1935
  • Donald Hall  98

    Thursday, September 20th 1928
  • Geraldine Clinton Little  103

    Thursday, September 20th 1923
  • Stevie Smith  124

    Saturday, September 20th 1902
  • Charles Williams  140

    Monday, September 20th 1886
  • Maxwell Perkins  142

    Saturday, September 20th 1884
  • Upton Sinclair  148

    Friday, September 20th 1878
  • Kate Harrington  195

    Tuesday, September 20th 1831
  • Heather Brewer  53

    Friday, September 21st 1973
  • Ethan Coen  69

    Saturday, September 21st 1957
  • Stephen King  79

    Sunday, September 21st 1947
  • Fannie Flagg  82

    Thursday, September 21st 1944
  • Leonard Cohen  92

    Friday, September 21st 1934
  • H. G. Wells  160

    Friday, September 21st 1866
  • Rosamunde Pilcher  102

    Monday, September 22nd 1924
  • Dannie Abse  103

    Saturday, September 22nd 1923
  • Theodore Hook  238

    Monday, September 22nd 1788
  • John Home  304

    Tuesday, September 22nd 1722
  • Ana Marie Cox  54

    Saturday, September 23rd 1972
  • Peter David  70

    Sunday, September 23rd 1956
  • Anne Desclos - Pauline Réage  119

    Monday, September 23rd 1907
  • Jaroslav Seifert  125

    Monday, September 23rd 1901
  • Emma Orczy  161

    Saturday, September 23rd 1865
  • Mary Church Terrell  163

    Wednesday, September 23rd 1863
  • Szilvia Molnar  42

    Monday, September 24th 1984
  • Shamim Sarif  57

    Wednesday, September 24th 1969
  • Yves Navarre  86

    Tuesday, September 24th 1940
  • John Brunner  92

    Monday, September 24th 1934
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald  130

    Thursday, September 24th 1896
  • A. P. Herbert  136

    Wednesday, September 24th 1890
  • Charles Ferdinand Ramuz  148

    Tuesday, September 24th 1878
  • Horace Walpole  309

    Friday, September 24th 1717
  • William Faulkner  129

    Saturday, September 25th 1897
  • Mark Haddon  64

    Wednesday, September 26th 1962
  • Jane Smiley  77

    Monday, September 26th 1949
  • Minette Walters  77

    Monday, September 26th 1949
  • Andrea Dworkin  80

    Thursday, September 26th 1946
  • T. S. Eliot  138

    Wednesday, September 26th 1888
  • Joyce Johnson  91

    Friday, September 27th 1935
  • Jim Thompson  120

    Thursday, September 27th 1906
  • Grazia Deledda  155

    Wednesday, September 27th 1871
  • Stuart M. Kaminsky  92

    Saturday, September 29th 1934
  • Stan Berenstain  103

    Saturday, September 29th 1923
  • Miguel de Cervantes  479
    Novelist, Poet, Playwright
    Monday, September 29th 1547
  • W. S. Merwin  99

    Friday, September 30th 1927
  • Truman Capote  102

    Tuesday, September 30th 1924
  • Gertrude Atherton  169

    Wednesday, September 30th 1857
  • Ferdinand von Saar  193

    Monday, September 30th 1833

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