July 3 Writer Birthdays 1860 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist, feminist, and writer of novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction; now remembered best for her semi-autobiographical short story, The Yellow Wallpaper; she was a niece of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1876 - Ralph Barton Perry, Pulitzer Prize-winning American philosopher and biographer. 1883 - Franz Kafka, German author of novels and short stories with themes of alienation, guilt, and psychological terror; he greatly influenced the existentialist literary movement and is best known for his novella The Metamorphosis. 1899 - Ernst Fischer, Bohemian-born Austrian journalist, writer, and politician; he also used the pseudonyms Ernst Peter Fischer, Peter Wieden, Pierre Vidal, and Der Miesmacher (the Killjoy). 1908 - M.F.K. Fisher, (full name Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher), a prolific American food writer whose books are mostly about traveling and eating in France and California. 1937 - Tom Stoppard, British playwright and screenwriter whose best-known work is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. 1943 - Elizabeth Morris Lally Graham Weymouth, American journalist and editor; the daughter of Washington Post publishers Katharine and Philip Graham. 1947 - Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of fiction and nonfiction; he is largely responsible for the annual celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 16. 1952 - Rohinton Mistry, Indian-born Canadian novelist and short-story writer who writes mostly about life in India; his brother is playwright and author Cyrus Mistry.. 1954 - Franny Billingsley, American author of award-winning teen fantasy books; a National Book Award finalist. 1958 - Charlie Higson, An English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author, known for dystopian fiction and for writing the Young Bond series. 1959 - Julie Burchill, controversial British novelist, journalist, and self-proclaimed militant feminist. 1964 - Joanne Harris, British author whose novel Chocolat was made into a feature film. 1966 - Sandra Lee, television chef, editor and author. 1968 - Alan Schwarz, American journalist and sports writer. 1971 - Julian Paul Assange, Australian publisher, journalist, and activist, best known as editor of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, which he co-founded after a career in programming and hacking.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:26:10 +0000
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