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Judi
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October 26
BORN: 1902 Beryl Markham (West with the Night), Ashwell, England
1945 Pat Conroy (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides), Atlanta
DIED: 1957 Nikos Kazantzakis (Zorba the Greek), 74, Freiburg, Germany
2008 Tony Hillerman (The Wailing Wind), 83, Albuquerque, N.M.
— Nov 19, 2022 09:00PM
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BORN: 1902 Beryl Markham (West with the Night), Ashwell, England
1945 Pat Conroy (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides), Atlanta
DIED: 1957 Nikos Kazantzakis (Zorba the Greek), 74, Freiburg, Germany
2008 Tony Hillerman (The Wailing Wind), 83, Albuquerque, N.M.
Judi
is on page 336 of 448
October 25
BORN: 1941 Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons), Minneapolis
1975 Zadie Smith (White Teeth, On Beauty, NW), London
DIED: 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales), 57, London
1989 Mary McCarthy (Memories of a Catholic Girlhood), 77, New York City
— Nov 19, 2022 02:01PM
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BORN: 1941 Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons), Minneapolis
1975 Zadie Smith (White Teeth, On Beauty, NW), London
DIED: 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales), 57, London
1989 Mary McCarthy (Memories of a Catholic Girlhood), 77, New York City
Judi
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October 24
BORN: 1933 Norman Rush (Mating, Mortals, Whites), San Francisco
1969 Emma Donoghue (Room, Slammerkin), Dublin
DIED: 1970 Richard Hofstadter (The Paranoid Style in American Politics)f, 54, New York City
1992 Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking, A Big Storm Knocked It Over), 489, New York City
— Nov 19, 2022 10:17AM
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BORN: 1933 Norman Rush (Mating, Mortals, Whites), San Francisco
1969 Emma Donoghue (Room, Slammerkin), Dublin
DIED: 1970 Richard Hofstadter (The Paranoid Style in American Politics)f, 54, New York City
1992 Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking, A Big Storm Knocked It Over), 489, New York City
Judi
is on page 334 of 448
October 23
BORN:1942 Michael Crichton (The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park), Chicago
1961 Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Chains, Wintergirls), Potsdam, N.Y.
DIED: 1939 Zane Grey (Riders of the Purple Sage), 67, Altadena, Calif.
1996 Diana Trilling (We Must March My Darlings), 91, New York City
— Nov 19, 2022 07:21AM
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BORN:1942 Michael Crichton (The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park), Chicago
1961 Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Chains, Wintergirls), Potsdam, N.Y.
DIED: 1939 Zane Grey (Riders of the Purple Sage), 67, Altadena, Calif.
1996 Diana Trilling (We Must March My Darlings), 91, New York City
Judi
is on page 333 of 448
October 22
BORN: 1919 Doris Lessing (The Golden Notebook, The Four-Gated City), Kermanshah, Iran
1965 A.L. Kennedy (Paradise, On Bullfighting), Dundee, Scotland
DIED: 1982 Richard Hugo (The Real West Marginal Way), 58, Seattle
1998 Eric Ambler (Journey into Fear, The Light of Day), 89, London
— Nov 18, 2022 09:37AM
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BORN: 1919 Doris Lessing (The Golden Notebook, The Four-Gated City), Kermanshah, Iran
1965 A.L. Kennedy (Paradise, On Bullfighting), Dundee, Scotland
DIED: 1982 Richard Hugo (The Real West Marginal Way), 58, Seattle
1998 Eric Ambler (Journey into Fear, The Light of Day), 89, London
Judi
is on page 332 of 448
October 21
BORN: 1772 Samual Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:), Ottery St. Mary, England
1929 Ursula K. Le Guin (A Wizard of Earths), Berkeley, Calif.
DIED: 1969 Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums), 47, St. Petersburg, Fla.
1974 Donald Goines (Dopefiend, Whoreson), 37, Detroit
— Nov 18, 2022 06:30AM
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BORN: 1772 Samual Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:), Ottery St. Mary, England
1929 Ursula K. Le Guin (A Wizard of Earths), Berkeley, Calif.
DIED: 1969 Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums), 47, St. Petersburg, Fla.
1974 Donald Goines (Dopefiend, Whoreson), 37, Detroit
Judi
is on page 331 of 448
October 20
BORN: 1854 Arthur Rimbaud (A Season in Hell), Charlesville, France
1946 Elfriede Jelinek (The Piano Teacher), Mürzzuschlag, Austria
DIED: 1890 Richard Francis Burton (The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night), 69, Trieste
1994 Francis Steegmuller (Flaubert and Madame Bovary), 88, Naples, Italy
— Nov 17, 2022 04:10PM
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BORN: 1854 Arthur Rimbaud (A Season in Hell), Charlesville, France
1946 Elfriede Jelinek (The Piano Teacher), Mürzzuschlag, Austria
DIED: 1890 Richard Francis Burton (The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night), 69, Trieste
1994 Francis Steegmuller (Flaubert and Madame Bovary), 88, Naples, Italy
Judi
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October 19
BORN: 1931 John le Carré (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Poole, England
1938 Renata Adler (Speedboat, Reckless Disregard), Milan, Italy
DIED: 1682 Thomas Browne (Religion Medici, Urn Burial), 77, Norwich, England
1745 Johathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal), 77, Dublin
— Nov 17, 2022 01:48PM
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BORN: 1931 John le Carré (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Poole, England
1938 Renata Adler (Speedboat, Reckless Disregard), Milan, Italy
DIED: 1682 Thomas Browne (Religion Medici, Urn Burial), 77, Norwich, England
1745 Johathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal), 77, Dublin
Judi
is on page 329 of 448
October 18
BORN: 1777 Heinrich von Kleist (The Marquise of O-), Frankfurt, Germany
1948 Ntozake Shange (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf), Trenton, N.J.
DIED: 1973 Walt Kelly (Pogo), 60, Woodland Hills, Calif.
1973 Leo Strauss (Natural Right and History), 74, Annapolis, Md.
— Nov 17, 2022 05:15AM
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BORN: 1777 Heinrich von Kleist (The Marquise of O-), Frankfurt, Germany
1948 Ntozake Shange (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf), Trenton, N.J.
DIED: 1973 Walt Kelly (Pogo), 60, Woodland Hills, Calif.
1973 Leo Strauss (Natural Right and History), 74, Annapolis, Md.
Judi
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October 17
BORN: 1903 Nathaniel West (Miss Lonelyhearts, The Day of the Locust), New York City
1915 Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible), New York City
DIED: 1973 Ingeborg Bachmann (Malina, The Book of Franza), 47, Rome
1979 S.J. Perelman (Crazy Like a Fox, Westward Ho!), 75, New York City
— Nov 15, 2022 12:15PM
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BORN: 1903 Nathaniel West (Miss Lonelyhearts, The Day of the Locust), New York City
1915 Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible), New York City
DIED: 1973 Ingeborg Bachmann (Malina, The Book of Franza), 47, Rome
1979 S.J. Perelman (Crazy Like a Fox, Westward Ho!), 75, New York City
Judi
is on page 327 of 448
October 16
BORN: 1854 Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray), Dublin
1888 Eugene O'Neill (A Long Day's Journey into Night), New York City
DIED: 1997 James A. Mitchener (Hawaii, Chesapeake, Space), 90, Austin, Tex.
1999 Jean Shepherd (In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash), 78, Sanibel Island, Fla.
— Nov 07, 2022 09:58AM
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BORN: 1854 Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray), Dublin
1888 Eugene O'Neill (A Long Day's Journey into Night), New York City
DIED: 1997 James A. Mitchener (Hawaii, Chesapeake, Space), 90, Austin, Tex.
1999 Jean Shepherd (In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash), 78, Sanibel Island, Fla.
Judi
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October 15
BORN: 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Röcken, Prussia
1881 P.G. Wodehouse (Carry On, Jeeves), Guildford, England
1923 Italo Calvin (Invisible Cities), Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba
DIED: 1968 Virginia Lee Burton (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel), 59, Boston
— Nov 04, 2022 09:54AM
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BORN: 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Röcken, Prussia
1881 P.G. Wodehouse (Carry On, Jeeves), Guildford, England
1923 Italo Calvin (Invisible Cities), Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba
DIED: 1968 Virginia Lee Burton (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel), 59, Boston
Judi
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October 14
BORN: 1894 E.E. Cummings (The Enormous Room), Cambridge, Mass.
1942 Péter Nádas (A Book of Memories), Budapest
DIED: 1959 Errol Flynn (My Wicked, Wicked Ways), 50, Vancouver, B.C.
1997 Harold Robbins (The Carpetbaggers), 81, Palm Springs, Calif.
— Nov 03, 2022 01:25PM
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BORN: 1894 E.E. Cummings (The Enormous Room), Cambridge, Mass.
1942 Péter Nádas (A Book of Memories), Budapest
DIED: 1959 Errol Flynn (My Wicked, Wicked Ways), 50, Vancouver, B.C.
1997 Harold Robbins (The Carpetbaggers), 81, Palm Springs, Calif.
Judi
is on page 324 of 448
October 13
BORN: 1890 Conrad Richter (The Light in the Forest), Pine Grove, Pa.
1902 Arna Bontemps (Black Thunder), Alexandria, La.
DIED: 1995 Henry Roth (Call It Sleep), 89, Alburquerque, N.M.
2002 Stephen E. Ambrose (Undaunted Courage), yy, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
— Nov 03, 2022 05:51AM
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BORN: 1890 Conrad Richter (The Light in the Forest), Pine Grove, Pa.
1902 Arna Bontemps (Black Thunder), Alexandria, La.
DIED: 1995 Henry Roth (Call It Sleep), 89, Alburquerque, N.M.
2002 Stephen E. Ambrose (Undaunted Courage), yy, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Judi
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October 12
BORN: 1939 James Crumbley (The Last Good Kiss), Three Rivers, Tex.
1949 Richard Price (Clockers, Lash Life), Bronx, N.Y.
DIED: 1926 Edwin A. Abbott (Flatland), 87, London
2010 Belva Plain (Evergreen, Promises), 95, Short Hills, N.J.
— Nov 02, 2022 12:36PM
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BORN: 1939 James Crumbley (The Last Good Kiss), Three Rivers, Tex.
1949 Richard Price (Clockers, Lash Life), Bronx, N.Y.
DIED: 1926 Edwin A. Abbott (Flatland), 87, London
2010 Belva Plain (Evergreen, Promises), 95, Short Hills, N.J.
Judi
is on page 322 of 448
October 11
BORN: 1925 Elmore Leonard (Hombre, Rum Punch, Out of Sight), New Orleans
1962 Anne Enright (The Gathering, What Are You Like?), Dublin
DIED: 1809 Meriwehter Lewis ()The Journals of Lewis and Clark), 35, Hohenwald, Tenn.
1963 Jean Cocteau (The Holy Terror), 74, Milly-la-Forêt, France
— Oct 31, 2022 10:58AM
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BORN: 1925 Elmore Leonard (Hombre, Rum Punch, Out of Sight), New Orleans
1962 Anne Enright (The Gathering, What Are You Like?), Dublin
DIED: 1809 Meriwehter Lewis ()The Journals of Lewis and Clark), 35, Hohenwald, Tenn.
1963 Jean Cocteau (The Holy Terror), 74, Milly-la-Forêt, France
Judi
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October 10
BORN: 1950 Nora Roberts (Angels Fall, Naked in Death), Silver Spring, MD.
1959 Jaime Hernedez (Love and Rockets, Locus), Oxnard, Calif.
DIED: 1837 Charles Fourier (The Theory of the Four Movements), 65, Paris
1973 Ludwig von Moses (The Theory of Money and Credit), 92, New York City
— Oct 31, 2022 09:51AM
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BORN: 1950 Nora Roberts (Angels Fall, Naked in Death), Silver Spring, MD.
1959 Jaime Hernedez (Love and Rockets, Locus), Oxnard, Calif.
DIED: 1837 Charles Fourier (The Theory of the Four Movements), 65, Paris
1973 Ludwig von Moses (The Theory of Money and Credit), 92, New York City
Judi
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October 9
BORN: 1899 Bruce Catton (A Stillness at Appomattox), Petroskey, Mich.
1934 Jill Ker Conway (The Road from Coorain), Hillston, Australia
DIED: 2003 Carolyn Heilbrun (Writing a Woman's Life, Amanda Cross novels), 77, New York City
2004 Jacques Derrida (Of Grammatology), 74, Paris
— Oct 31, 2022 06:54AM
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BORN: 1899 Bruce Catton (A Stillness at Appomattox), Petroskey, Mich.
1934 Jill Ker Conway (The Road from Coorain), Hillston, Australia
DIED: 2003 Carolyn Heilbrun (Writing a Woman's Life, Amanda Cross novels), 77, New York City
2004 Jacques Derrida (Of Grammatology), 74, Paris
Judi
is on page 319 of 448
October 8
BORN: 1917 Walter Lord (A Night to Remember, Day of Infamy), Baltimore
1920 Frank Herbert (Dune, God Emperor of Dune), Tacoma, Wash.
DIED: 1754 Henry Fielding (Tom Jones, Joseph Andreaws), 47, Lisbon
1945 Felix Salten (Bambi, Josephine Mutzenbacher), 76, Zurich
— Oct 13, 2022 02:03PM
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BORN: 1917 Walter Lord (A Night to Remember, Day of Infamy), Baltimore
1920 Frank Herbert (Dune, God Emperor of Dune), Tacoma, Wash.
DIED: 1754 Henry Fielding (Tom Jones, Joseph Andreaws), 47, Lisbon
1945 Felix Salten (Bambi, Josephine Mutzenbacher), 76, Zurich
Judi
is on page 318 of 448
October 7
BORN: 1964 Dan Savage (Savage Love, The Kid), Chicago
1966 Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian), Wellpinit, Wash.
DIED: 1849 Edgar Allan Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart,""The Purloined Letter"),40, Baltimore
1943 Radclyffe Hall (The Well of Loneliness, Adam's Breed), 63, London
— Oct 13, 2022 08:43AM
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BORN: 1964 Dan Savage (Savage Love, The Kid), Chicago
1966 Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian), Wellpinit, Wash.
DIED: 1849 Edgar Allan Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart,""The Purloined Letter"),40, Baltimore
1943 Radclyffe Hall (The Well of Loneliness, Adam's Breed), 63, London
Judi
is on page 317 of 448
October 6
BORN: 1895 Caroline Gordon (None Shall Look Back), Todd County, Ky.
1914 Thor Heyerdahl (fKon-Tiki, Aku-Aku), Larvik, Norway
DIED: 1892 Alfred Tennyson (In Memoriam A.H.H., Idylls of the King), 83, Lurgashall, England
1979 Elizabeth Bishop (North & South, A Cold Spring), 68, Boston
— Oct 13, 2022 05:48AM
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BORN: 1895 Caroline Gordon (None Shall Look Back), Todd County, Ky.
1914 Thor Heyerdahl (fKon-Tiki, Aku-Aku), Larvik, Norway
DIED: 1892 Alfred Tennyson (In Memoriam A.H.H., Idylls of the King), 83, Lurgashall, England
1979 Elizabeth Bishop (North & South, A Cold Spring), 68, Boston
Judi
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October 5
BORN: 1949 Bill James (Bill James Baseball Abstract), Holton, Kans.
1952 Clive Barker (Books of Blood, Weaveworld, Abarat), Liverpool
DIED: 1962 Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare & Company), 75, Paris
2003 Neil Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death), 72, New York City
— Oct 12, 2022 02:57PM
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BORN: 1949 Bill James (Bill James Baseball Abstract), Holton, Kans.
1952 Clive Barker (Books of Blood, Weaveworld, Abarat), Liverpool
DIED: 1962 Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare & Company), 75, Paris
2003 Neil Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death), 72, New York City
Judi
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October 4
BORN: 1937 Jackie Collins (Hollywood Wife's, The Stud), London
1941 Anna Rice (Interview with the Vampire), New Orleans
DIED: 1974 Anne Sexton (The Awful Rowing Toward God), 45, Weston, Mass.
1988 Geoffrey Household (Rogue Male), 87, Banbury, England
— Oct 10, 2022 05:59AM
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BORN: 1937 Jackie Collins (Hollywood Wife's, The Stud), London
1941 Anna Rice (Interview with the Vampire), New Orleans
DIED: 1974 Anne Sexton (The Awful Rowing Toward God), 45, Weston, Mass.
1988 Geoffrey Household (Rogue Male), 87, Banbury, England
