Born:
Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation
More Notable Birthdays on April 13:
1976 - Jonathan Brandis, born in Danbury, Connecticut, actor, Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV
1951 - Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You
1933 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Sen-D Colorado
1909 - Eudora Welty, born in Jackson, Mississippi, novelist, Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973
1906 - Samuel Beckett, French playwright, Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969
