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2005 Fay Godwin, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell, dies at age 74, in Hastings, England
1997 Leon Edel, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, dies at 89 1996 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87 1996 Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65 1996 Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65 1995 Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95 1995 Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86 1995 David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71 1995 Herta Ryder, literary agent, dies at 77 1995 Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74 1994 Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77 1994 William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34 1994 Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at 81 1993 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1991 H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke 1987 Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74 1987 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, dies at 69 1982 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82 1982 Joris Noe, Flemish literary, dies at 68 1972 Gunter Eich, German literary (Botschaften des Regens), dies at 65 1972 Mark A Van Doren, U.S. literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 1972 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 1971 Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 1971 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary/art historian, dies at 70 1968 Anton van Duinkerken, Willem J M A Asselbergs, literary, dies 1965 Anthonie Donker, Dutch, literary, dies at 63 1962 David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1960 William John Readings, literary theorist 1958 Alois Blommaert, Flemish literary (De Heikeuters), dies at 45 1956 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69 1956 Renee Erdos, Hungarian literary (Leanyalmok [Dream Girl]), dies 1955 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 1950 Carl Clinton Van Doren, U.S. literary (The Nation), dies at 64 1946 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67 1944 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1944 Sherley Anne Williams, U.S. literary, Dessa Rose 1944 Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75 1943 Franz Hohler, born in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, writer, cabaret performer, winner, Kaseel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor, 2002 1941 Milhaly Babits, Hungarians literary (Golyakalifa), dies at 57 1936 Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent 1935 Frans, MJ Francois, Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78 1933 John M Acket, literary (New Friends), dies at 70 1932 John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1931 Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1931 Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1931 Fay Godwin, born in Berlin, Germany, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell 1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1929 Rudy [Herman R] Kousbroek, literary, Leopold the Buch 1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert 1925 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44 1924 Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits) 1924 David Richard Holloway, literary Editor 1923 Phyllis Jenkins, literary and theatrical agent community activist 1923 Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch literary 1923 Ad[rianus C] de Besten, Dutch literary, River Basin 1922 Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association 1921 Jozsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (A het), dies at 78 1920 Elaine Greene, literary Agent 1919 Anne S Wadman, Frisian literary, Fioele and faem, Smearlappen 1919 Luis H P Daal, Antillean literary 1919 Elizabeth Thomas, literary consultant 1919 Max Dendermonde, Henk Hazelhoff, Dutch literary 1919 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary 1918 Richard Ellmann, U.S., literary scholar and writer, Oscar Wilde 1917 Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary 1917 Herta Ryder, literary agent 1917 Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter, M Nijhoff Prize 1958 1917 A Marja, ATE Mooy, Dutch literary, Shreds on the River 1916 Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 1915 Roland Barthes, French literary critic, L'Empire des Signer 1914 Albert Westerlinck, Jose J M Aerts, Flemish literary 1913 Joris Noe, Flemish literary 1913 Graham Watson, literary agent 1912 Alois Blommaert, Flemish literary, Difficult Beginning 1912 Harry Levin, literary Scholar 1912 Adriaan Morrien, Dutch literary, An Untidy Man 1912 Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary, Les Gens Heureux 1912 Arthur Crook, British editor, Times Literary Supplement 1909 Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet, Lorca 1909 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman 1909 Miron Grindea, literary editor 1907 Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary, Poet in Love 1907 Leon Edel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, wrote on James Joyce, taught literature at Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University 1907 Gunter Eich, German literary, Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo 1906 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85 1905 Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses Maatres 1903 Anton van Duinkerken, Willem JMA Asselbergs, literary 1902 Anthonie Donker, Dutch literary 1902 Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen 1900 Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers 1900 Henri Bruning, Dutch literary 1899 Harold Guinzburg, publisher, founder of Literary Guild 1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary, 1 Man Without Character 1897 Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1897 Peter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense 1896 Mario Praz, Italian literary, La carne, la morte, e il diavolo 1896 Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement 1895 Frank Raymond Leavis, British literary critic, Culture and Environment 1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic 1893 Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary, Festival 1887 Dirk Koster, literary, New Noises 1886 Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary, Chateaubriand 1886 Van Wyck Brooks, New Jersey, literary historian and writer, Ordeal of Mark Twain 1885 Carl Clinton Van Doren, U.S. literary, 9th Wave 1883 Milhaly Babits, Hungarian literary, Laodameia 1882 Max Mell, Austria officer/literary, Donauweibchen 1882 Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper 1879 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary, Grimaces 1878 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary, Hadewych 1876 Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums 1873 Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, Abraham van Luik, literary, dies 1869 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette 1869 Henry graaf Carton de Wiart, Belgian literary/premier, 1920-21 1867 Benjamin A. Jesurun, Antillian literary 1865 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1862 John M Acket, Dutch literary, Grammatic Conceptions 1857 French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary, Pursue Years 1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies 1848 Pieter Louis Tak, literary, The Chronicle 1844 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 1843 Jozsef Kiss, Hungarian literary, Zsido Dalok 1841 Sandor Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Boldog Szerelem), dies at 69 1834 Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24 1833 Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, historian/literary, dies at 58 1831 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 1830 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (Irene, Mohacs), dies at 44 1830 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69 1828 Mihaly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies 1826 Conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary, Country of Rubens 1820 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic 1819 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary 1818 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist 1811 Vissarion Belinsky, born in Sveaborg, Finland, Russian author, Literary Review 1810 Aernout Drost, Dutch literary, Hermingard van de Eikenterpen 1807 August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 1806 1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue 1804 Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62 1803 Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 1794 John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society 1792 Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane 1788 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary, A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon 1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms 1760 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary, Om sku skuespillerkunsten 1742 Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet 1729 Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore 1728 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 1723 Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary 1714 Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary, 1st European Lottery 1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies 1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82 1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic, Arcadia 1609 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary, Djihannuma 1608 Thomas Fuller, England, literary, History of the Holy War 1602 John Lightfoot, English theologist and literary, Horae Hebraicae |
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