Author Birthdays for September

  • Scott Spencer  78
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1945
  • Mustafa Balel  78
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1945
  • C. J. Cherryh  81
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 1st 1942
  • Alan Dershowitz  85
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 1st 1938
  • Ron O'Neal  86
    Screenwriter
    Wednesday, September 1st 1937
  • Wyatt Emory Cooper  96
    Playwright, Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 1st 1927
  • Willem Frederik Hermans  102
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 1st 1921
  • Liz Carpenter  103
    Journalist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1920
  • Eleanor Hibbert  117
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 1st 1906
  • Andrei Platonov  124
    Novelist
    Friday, September 1st 1899
  • Blaise Cendrars  136
    Novelist, Poet
    Thursday, September 1st 1887
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs  148
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1875
  • Innokenty Annensky  168
    Poet
    Saturday, September 1st 1855
  • Daniel Defoe  363
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 1st 1660
  • Aimee Osbourne  40
    Columnist
    Friday, September 2nd 1983
  • Chris Kuzneski  54
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 2nd 1969
  • John S. Hall  63
    Poet
    Friday, September 2nd 1960
  • Walt Simonson  77
    Comic Book Writer
    Monday, September 2nd 1946
  • Cleveland Amory  106
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 2nd 1917
  • Andreas Embirikos  122
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1901
  • Joseph Roth  129
    Journalist, Novelist
    Sunday, September 2nd 1894
  • Ion Dragoumis  145
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 2nd 1878
  • Hans Jæger  169
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 2nd 1854
  • Paul Bourget  171
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 2nd 1852
  • Eugene Field  173
    Children's Literature, Essayist
    Monday, September 2nd 1850
  • Lucretia Peabody Hale  203
    Journalist, Novelist
    Saturday, September 2nd 1820
  • Esteban Echeverría  218
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1805
  • William Somervile  348
    Poet
    Monday, September 2nd 1675
  • Kiran Desai  52
    Novelist
    Friday, September 3rd 1971
  • Spike Feresten  59
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 3rd 1964
  • Malcolm Gladwell  60
    Journalist
    Tuesday, September 3rd 1963
  • Sergei Dovlatov  82
    Novelist, Journalist
    Wednesday, September 3rd 1941
  • Eduardo Galeano  83
    Novelist, Journalist
    Tuesday, September 3rd 1940
  • Caryl Churchill  85
    Playwright
    Saturday, September 3rd 1938
  • Cherry Wilder  93
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 3rd 1930
  • Alison Lurie  97
    Novelist
    Friday, September 3rd 1926
  • Mort Walker  100
    Comic Book Writer
    Monday, September 3rd 1923
  • Marguerite Higgins  103
    Journalist
    Friday, September 3rd 1920
  • Sally Benson  126
    Screenwriter, Short Stories
    Friday, September 3rd 1897
  • Sarah Orne Jewett  174
    Novelist
    Monday, September 3rd 1849
  • Yanka Dyagileva  57
    Poet
    Sunday, September 4th 1966
  • Ferenc Sánta  96
    Novelist, Screenwriter
    Sunday, September 4th 1927
  • Forrest Carter  98
    Novelist
    Friday, September 4th 1925
  • Joan Aiken  99
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 4th 1924
  • Per Olof Sundman  101
    Novelist
    Monday, September 4th 1922
  • Syd Hoff  111
    Children's Literature
    Wednesday, September 4th 1912
  • Richard Wright  115
    Novelist
    Friday, September 4th 1908
  • Mary Renault  118
    Novelist
    Monday, September 4th 1905
  • Antonin Artaud  127
    Playwright
    Friday, September 4th 1896
  • Juliusz Słowacki  214
    Poet, Playwright
    Monday, September 4th 1809
  • Constantijn Huygens  427
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 4th 1596
  • Richard Marsland  47
    Comedy Writer
    Sunday, September 5th 1976
  • Frederick Kempe  69
    Journalist
    Sunday, September 5th 1954
  • Dario Bellezza  79
    Poet, Playwright
    Tuesday, September 5th 1944
  • Jonathan Kozol  87
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 5th 1936
  • Luis Alcoriza  105
    Screenwriter
    Thursday, September 5th 1918
  • Frank Yerby  107
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 5th 1916
  • Nicanor Parra  109
    Poet
    Saturday, September 5th 1914
  • Leila Mackinlay  113
    Novelist
    Monday, September 5th 1910
  • Josué de Castro  115
    Non-Fiction
    Saturday, September 5th 1908
  • Arthur Koestler  118
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 5th 1905
  • Victorien Sardou  192
    Playwright
    Monday, September 5th 1831
  • Goffredo Mameli  196
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 5th 1827
  • A. K. Tolstoy  206
    Poet, Novelist, Playwright
    Friday, September 5th 1817
  • Robert Fergusson  273
    Poet
    Saturday, September 5th 1750
  • Tommaso Campanella  455
    Non-Fiction, Poet
    Thursday, September 5th 1568
  • China Miéville  51
    Novelist
    Wednesday, September 6th 1972
  • Christopher Brookmyre  55
    Novelist
    Friday, September 6th 1968
  • Christopher Nolan  58
    Poet, Novelist
    Monday, September 6th 1965
  • Alice Sebold  60
    Novelist
    Friday, September 6th 1963
  • Jennifer Egan  61
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1962
  • Raymond Benson  68
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 6th 1955
  • Donna Haraway  79
    Non-Fiction
    Wednesday, September 6th 1944
  • Dan Cragg  84
    Novelist, Essayist
    Wednesday, September 6th 1939
  • Robert M. Pirsig  95
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1928
  • Carmen Laforet  102
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 6th 1921
  • Julien Green  123
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 6th 1900
  • Felix Salten  154
    Novelist
    Monday, September 6th 1869
  • William Lane  162
    Journalist
    Friday, September 6th 1861
  • Frances Wright  228
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 6th 1795
  • Diane Farr  50
    Memoirest
    Friday, September 7th 1973
  • Eric Hill  96

    Wednesday, September 7th 1927
  • Edith Sitwell  136

    Wednesday, September 7th 1887
  • Elinor Wylie  138

    Monday, September 7th 1885
  • C. J. Dennis  147

    Thursday, September 7th 1876
  • Aleksandr Kuprin  153

    Wednesday, September 7th 1870
  • Tristan Bernard  157

    Friday, September 7th 1866
  • Angela Rawlings  45
    Poet
    Friday, September 8th 1978
  • Christopher Klim  61
    Novelist
    Saturday, September 8th 1962
  • Terry Tempest Williams  68
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 8th 1955
  • Jon Scieszka  69
    Children's Literature
    Wednesday, September 8th 1954
  • Michael Shermer  69
    Non-Fiction
    Wednesday, September 8th 1954
  • Ann Beattie  76
    Novelist
    Monday, September 8th 1947
  • Jack Prelutsky  83
    Children's Literature
    Sunday, September 8th 1940
  • Michael Frayn  90
    Playwright, Novelist
    Friday, September 8th 1933
  • Robert W. Firestone  93
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1930
  • Grace Metalious  99
    Novelist
    Monday, September 8th 1924
  • Rasul Gamzatov  100
    Poet
    Saturday, September 8th 1923
  • Gianni Brera  104
    Novelist, Journalist
    Monday, September 8th 1919
  • Jane Arbor  120
    Novelist
    Tuesday, September 8th 1903
  • Siegfried Sassoon  137
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 8th 1886
  • Alfred Jarry  150
    Playwright
    Monday, September 8th 1873
  • Wilhelm Raabe  192
    Novelist
    Thursday, September 8th 1831
  • Frédéric Mistral  193
    Poet
    Wednesday, September 8th 1830
  • Clarence Cook  195
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1828
  • Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg  209
    Non-Fiction
    Thursday, September 8th 1814
  • Eduard Mörike  219
    Poet
    Saturday, September 8th 1804
  • N. F. S. Grundtvig  240
    Non-Fiction
    Monday, September 8th 1783
  • August Wilhelm Schlegel  256
    Poet
    Tuesday, September 8th 1767
  • John Sheffield  376
    Poet
    Sunday, September 8th 1647
  • Ludovico Ariosto  549
    Poet
    Tuesday, September 8th 1474
  • Paul Goodman  112

    Saturday, September 9th 1911
  • Cesare Pavese  115

    Wednesday, September 9th 1908
  • Phyllis A. Whitney  120

    Wednesday, September 9th 1903
  • James Hilton  123

    Sunday, September 9th 1900
  • Brassai  124

    Saturday, September 9th 1899
  • Mary Hunter Austin  155

    Wednesday, September 9th 1868
  • Joseph Henry Shorthouse  189

    Tuesday, September 9th 1834
  • Leo Tolstoy  195

    Tuesday, September 9th 1828
  • Zhang Chengzhi  75

    Friday, September 10th 1948
  • Stephen Jay Gould  82

    Wednesday, September 10th 1941
  • Mary Oliver  88

    Tuesday, September 10th 1935
  • Miguel Serrano  106

    Monday, September 10th 1917
  • Cyril Connolly  120

    Thursday, September 10th 1903
  • Georges Bataille  126

    Friday, September 10th 1897
  • Franz Werfel  133

    Wednesday, September 10th 1890
  • H.D.  137

    Friday, September 10th 1886
  • Jeppe Aakjær  157

    Monday, September 10th 1866
  • Hannah Webster Foster  265

    Sunday, September 10th 1758
  • Philip Ardagh  62

    Monday, September 11th 1961
  • Andrew Macdonald  90

    Monday, September 11th 1933
  • Jessica Mitford  106

    Tuesday, September 11th 1917
  • William Thomas Walsh  132

    Friday, September 11th 1891
  • D. H. Lawrence  138

    Friday, September 11th 1885
  • O. Henry  161

    Thursday, September 11th 1862
  • Vjenceslav Novak  164

    Sunday, September 11th 1859
  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow  187

    Sunday, September 11th 1836
  • James Frey  54

    Friday, September 12th 1969
  • Jon Clinch  69

    Sunday, September 12th 1954
  • Michael Ondaatje  80

    Sunday, September 12th 1943
  • Stanislaw Lem  102

    Monday, September 12th 1921
  • H. L. Mencken  143

    Sunday, September 12th 1880
  • Tõnu Õnnepalu  61

    Thursday, September 13th 1962
  • Roald Dahl  107

    Wednesday, September 13th 1916
  • J. B. Priestley  129

    Thursday, September 13th 1894
  • Frances Newman  140

    Thursday, September 13th 1883
  • Sherwood Anderson  147

    Wednesday, September 13th 1876
  • Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach  193

    Monday, September 13th 1830
  • Bernard MacLaverty  81

    Monday, September 14th 1942
  • Kate Millett  89

    Friday, September 14th 1934
  • Ivan Klima  92

    Monday, September 14th 1931
  • Larry Collins  94

    Saturday, September 14th 1929
  • Martin Caidin  96

    Wednesday, September 14th 1927
  • Michel Butor  97

    Tuesday, September 14th 1926
  • Abioseh Nicol  99

    Sunday, September 14th 1924
  • Mario Benedetti  103

    Tuesday, September 14th 1920
  • Hamlin Garland  163

    Friday, September 14th 1860
  • Howard Waldrop  77

    Sunday, September 15th 1946
  • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro  81

    Tuesday, September 15th 1942
  • Robert McCloskey  109

    Tuesday, September 15th 1914
  • Adolfo Bioy Casares  109

    Tuesday, September 15th 1914
  • Betty Neels  113

    Thursday, September 15th 1910
  • Gunnar Ekelof  116

    Sunday, September 15th 1907
  • J. Slauerhoff  125

    Thursday, September 15th 1898
  • Agatha Christie  133

    Monday, September 15th 1890
  • Robert Benchley  134

    Sunday, September 15th 1889
  • Sharat Chandra Chatterji  147

    Friday, September 15th 1876
  • James Fenimore Cooper  234

    Tuesday, September 15th 1789
  • Justin Haythe  50

    Sunday, September 16th 1973
  • Nick Sagan  53

    Wednesday, September 16th 1970
  • Walt Becker  55

    Monday, September 16th 1968
  • Nancy Huston  70

    Wednesday, September 16th 1953
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  73

    Saturday, September 16th 1950
  • James Alan McPherson  80

    Thursday, September 16th 1943
  • Breyten Breytenbach  84

    Saturday, September 16th 1939
  • John Knowles  97

    Thursday, September 16th 1926
  • Laurence J. Peter  104

    Tuesday, September 16th 1919
  • H. A. Rey  125

    Friday, September 16th 1898
  • T. E. Hulme  140

    Sunday, September 16th 1883
  • Wendy Northcutt  60

    Tuesday, September 17th 1963
  • Lawrence Anthony  73
    Non-Fiction
    Sunday, September 17th 1950
  • Ken Kesey  88

    Tuesday, September 17th 1935
  • Robert B. Parker  91

    Saturday, September 17th 1932
  • Frank O'Connor  120

    Thursday, September 17th 1903
  • William Carlos Williams  140

    Monday, September 17th 1883
  • Chris Hedges  67

    Tuesday, September 18th 1956
  • Francis Parker Yockey  106

    Tuesday, September 18th 1917
  • William March  130

    Monday, September 18th 1893
  • Samuel Johnson  314

    Wednesday, September 18th 1709
  • Susan Compo  68

    Monday, September 19th 1955
  • James Lipton  97

    Sunday, September 19th 1926
  • Damon Knight  101

    Tuesday, September 19th 1922
  • William Golding  112

    Tuesday, September 19th 1911
  • Mika Waltari  115

    Saturday, September 19th 1908
  • James Blaylock  73

    Wednesday, September 20th 1950
  • George R. R. Martin  75

    Monday, September 20th 1948
  • Keith Roberts  88

    Friday, September 20th 1935
  • Donald Hall  95

    Thursday, September 20th 1928
  • Geraldine Clinton Little  100

    Thursday, September 20th 1923
  • Stevie Smith  121

    Saturday, September 20th 1902
  • Charles Williams  137

    Monday, September 20th 1886
  • Maxwell Perkins  139

    Saturday, September 20th 1884
  • Upton Sinclair  145

    Friday, September 20th 1878
  • Kate Harrington  192

    Tuesday, September 20th 1831
  • Heather Brewer  50

    Friday, September 21st 1973
  • Ethan Coen  66

    Saturday, September 21st 1957
  • Stephen King  76

    Sunday, September 21st 1947
  • Fannie Flagg  79

    Thursday, September 21st 1944
  • Leonard Cohen  89

    Friday, September 21st 1934
  • H. G. Wells  157

    Friday, September 21st 1866
  • Rosamunde Pilcher  99

    Monday, September 22nd 1924
  • Dannie Abse  100

    Saturday, September 22nd 1923
  • Theodore Hook  235

    Monday, September 22nd 1788
  • John Home  301

    Tuesday, September 22nd 1722
  • Ana Marie Cox  51

    Saturday, September 23rd 1972
  • Peter David  67

    Sunday, September 23rd 1956
  • Anne Desclos - Pauline Réage  116

    Monday, September 23rd 1907
  • Jaroslav Seifert  122

    Monday, September 23rd 1901
  • Emma Orczy  158

    Saturday, September 23rd 1865
  • Mary Church Terrell  160

    Wednesday, September 23rd 1863
  • Szilvia Molnar  39

    Monday, September 24th 1984
  • Shamim Sarif  54

    Wednesday, September 24th 1969
  • Yves Navarre  83

    Tuesday, September 24th 1940
  • John Brunner  89

    Monday, September 24th 1934
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald  127

    Thursday, September 24th 1896
  • A. P. Herbert  133

    Wednesday, September 24th 1890
  • Charles Ferdinand Ramuz  145

    Tuesday, September 24th 1878
  • Horace Walpole  306

    Friday, September 24th 1717
  • William Faulkner  126

    Saturday, September 25th 1897
  • Mark Haddon  61

    Wednesday, September 26th 1962
  • Minette Walters  74

    Monday, September 26th 1949
  • Jane Smiley  74

    Monday, September 26th 1949
  • Andrea Dworkin  77

    Thursday, September 26th 1946
  • T. S. Eliot  135

    Wednesday, September 26th 1888
  • Joyce Johnson  88

    Friday, September 27th 1935
  • Jim Thompson  117

    Thursday, September 27th 1906
  • Grazia Deledda  152

    Wednesday, September 27th 1871
  • Stuart M. Kaminsky  89

    Saturday, September 29th 1934
  • Stan Berenstain  100

    Saturday, September 29th 1923
  • Miguel de Cervantes  476
    Novelist, Poet, Playwright
    Monday, September 29th 1547
  • W. S. Merwin  96

    Friday, September 30th 1927
  • Truman Capote  99

    Tuesday, September 30th 1924
  • Gertrude Atherton  166

    Wednesday, September 30th 1857
  • Ferdinand von Saar  190

    Monday, September 30th 1833
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