Authors Born January 1

1

April R, 41

2

J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

3

Elisabetta Dami, 65

4

Aaron Blabey, 49

5

Ally Carter, 49

6

Dana Olsen, 70

7

Sandor Petofi (1823-1849)

8

María Dueñas, 59

9

Jasimuddin (1903-1976)

10

Evita Nuh, 24

11

Martin Espada, 66

12

Stephanie Be, 33

13

Dwight Taylor (1902-1986)

14

Mary Beard, 68

15

Mehmet Bozdağ, 40

16

Maile Meloy, 51

17

John Wilkins (1614-1672)

18

EM Forster (1879-1970)

19

Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007)

20

Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714-1780)

21

John Kingsley Orton (1933-1967)

22

Megan Reid, 34

23

Joe Orton (1933-1967)

24

Ali Ahmad Said, 93

25

Mati Unt (1944-2005)

26

Dave Martin (1935-2007)

27

Shelby Steele, 77

28

John Fuller, 86

29

Katherine Philips (1632-1664)

30

Aleko Konstantinov (1863-1897)

31

Peyo Yavorov (1878-1914)

32

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)

33

Maria Louise Rame (1839-1908)

34

Bryan Thao Worra, 50

35

Rudolfs Blaumanis (1863-1908)

36

Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973)

37

Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)

38

Tory Dent (1958-2005)

39

Duncan Barrett, 40

40

Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998)

41

Claudia Guillen, 34

42

Gina Berriault (1926-1999)

43

Ryan Frederick, 40

44

Meg Waite Clayton, 64

45

Peter Adeney, 48

46

Ernest Tidyman (1928-1984)

47

Dennis O'Driscoll (1954-2012)

48

Donald Ray Pollock, 69