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| Feb.22 |
Western Canada |
Canadian serial killer book pulled from Amazon
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| Feb.19 |
Alabama |
Harper Lee: Author of To Kill a Mockingbird dies aged 89
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| Sep.19 |
Los Angeles |
Novelist Jackie Collins dies aged 77 |
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| Jul.21 |
Manhattan |
US novelist EL Doctorow dies at 84 |
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| Nov.27 |
England |
Novelist PD James dies at 94 |
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| Oct.9 |
France |
French author wins Nobel prize |
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| May.28 |
North Carolina |
Author Maya Angelou dies aged 86
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| Apr.17 |
Mexico |
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies
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| Nov.17 |
England |
Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies aged 94
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| Oct.10 |
Sweden |
Canadian wins Nobel in literature |
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| Oct.2 |
Baltimore |
Spy novelist Tom Clancy dies aged 66 |
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| Aug.30 |
Ireland |
Poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74 |
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| Aug.20 |
Detroit |
Elmore Leonard, crime novelist, dies aged 87 |
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| Jun.25 |
Los Angeles |
I Am Legend author Matheson dies |
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| May.3 |
Alabama |
To Kill A Mockingbird author sues |
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| Mar.22 |
Nigeria |
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies
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| Oct.11 |
Sweden |
Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel
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| Jul.31 |
Los Angeles |
US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86 |
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| Jul.6 |
Colombia |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'has dementia' |
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| Jun.26 |
Seattle |
Hollywood writer Nora Ephron dies
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| Jun.6 |
Los Angeles |
Author Ray Bradbury dies, aged 91 |
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| Dec.15 |
Houston |
Writer Christopher Hitchens dies |
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| Oct.6 |
Sweden |
Swedish poet wins Nobel Literature prize
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| Nov.10 |
Seattle |
Amazon row over paedophile book |
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| Oct.7 |
Sweden |
Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature
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| Jul.19 |
New York |
Best-selling author McCourt dies |
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| Jan.27 |
New England |
Novelist Updike dies of cancer
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| Dec.25 |
London |
Playwright Harold Pinter dies
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| Oct.9 |
France |
Author Le Clezio wins Nobel prize |
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| Jul.20 |
London |
Fans receive final Potter book  The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum
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| Nov.20 |
USA |
Murdoch cancels OJ Simpson plans |
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| Apr.26 |
England |
Harry Potter author richer than Queen |
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| Nov.3 |
England |
Harry Potter premiere II |
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| Nov.17 |
USA |
Harry Potter sets box office record
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| Feb. 2, 1882 |
 Ireland |
James Joyce born  Map of Rathgar Ireland James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde
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| Jun. 1, 1878 |
England |
 John Masefield born Map of Ledbury United Kingdom An English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967
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| Mar. 26, 1874 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Robert Frost born An American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America
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| Jun. 9, 1870 |
England |
Charles Dickens died An English writer and social critic. He created some of the best-known characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era
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| Jun. 13, 1865 |
Ireland |
William Butler Yeats born An Irish poet was a pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two t...
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| Dec. 30, 1865 |
 Mumbai |
Rudyard Kipling born| An English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children | |
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| Mar. 26, 1859 |
England |
A.E. Houseman born An English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic...
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| Jul. 26, 1856 |
Ireland |
George Bernard Shaw born Map of Dublin Ireland| An Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. His main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays | |
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| Dec. 9, 1854 |
London |
Publication of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade A narrative poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War
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| Aug. 5, 1850 |
 France |
Guy de Maupassant born A popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents.
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| Nov. 13, 1850 |
Scotland |
Robert Louis Stevenson born A Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped
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| Mar. 22, 1832 |
 Eastern Germany |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe died A German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose
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| Nov. 29, 1832 |
Philadelphia |
Louisa May Alcott born An American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys
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| Mar. 20, 1828 |
 Norway |
Henrik Ibsen born A major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
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| Dec. 12, 1821 |
France |
Gustav Flaubert born An influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known for Madame Bovary
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| Aug. 20, 1818 |
Northern England |
Emily Bronte born An English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature
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| Feb. 7, 1812 |
England |
Charles Dickens born Map of Landport United Kingdom| An English writer and social critic. He created some of the best-known fictional characters and is the greatest novelist of the Victorian era | |
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| Jul. 5, 1804 |
Paris |
George Sand born
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| Feb. 26, 1802 |
France |
Victor Hugo born Map of Besan%E7on France| A French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers | |
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| Apr. 24, 1800 |
Washington |
Library of Congress founded
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| Aug. 12, 1774 |
England |
Robert Southey born
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| Apr. 7, 1770 |
Northern England |
William Wordsworth born
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| May. 16, 1763 |
London |
James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson
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| Jan. 25, 1759 |
Scotland |
Robert Burns born Map of Alloway Scotland United Kingdom The Bard was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide
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| Oct. 30, 1751 |
Ireland |
Richard Sheridan born
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| Sep. 18, 1709 |
England |
Dr. Samuel Johnson born
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| Apr. 26, 1699 |
France |
Jean Racine dies
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| Jan. 15, 1622 |
Paris |
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere born A French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature
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| Jul. 8, 1621 |
France |
Jean de la Fontaine born
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| Apr. 23, 1616 |
England |
William Shakespeare died Map of Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire United Kingdom| He died within a month of signing his will, a document which he begins by describing himself as being in 'perfect health'. An English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greates... | |
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| Apr. 23, 1616 |
 Madrid |
Cervantes died His major work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written
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| Apr. 9, 1553 |
Paris |
Francois Rabelais dies
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| Sep. 11, 1524 |
France |
Pierre de Ronsard born
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| Apr. 8, 1341 |
Rome |
Petrarch crowned Poet on the Capitol
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| Sep. 14, 1321 |
Northern Italy |
Dante Alighieri died
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| Jul. 20, 1304 |
Northern Italy |
Francesco Petrarch born
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