Authors Born April 13

Alexandra Pereira, 33

Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Barney Simon (1932-1995)

Shanaya Fastje, 22

Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

Nella Larsen (1891-1964)

Adam Baker, 40

Hayley Campbell, 35

Ahlam Mosteghanemi, 68

Little Emma, 29

Rae Armantrout, 74

Lanford Wilson (1937-2011)

Shubhneet Jain, 25

Alberto Ortiz Rey, 36

John Braine (1922-1986)

Drago Jancar, 73

Palak Joshi, 26

Anthea Cheng, 33

Wendy Gilmour, 40

Michel Faber, 61

Michael Herr, 81

Jack T. Chick (1924-2016)

Juan Montalvo-Fiallos (1832-1889)

Lílian Sá, 44

Jessi Quednau, 26

Chuck Pfarrer, 64

Jonathan Fast, 73