Authors Born January 1

1

April R, 39

2

J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

3

Ally Carter, 47

4

Aaron Blabey, 47

5

Elisabetta Dami, 63

6

Dana Olsen, 68

7

Evita Nuh, 22

8

Mary Beard, 66

9

John Kingsley Orton (1933-1967)

10

Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007)

11

Maile Meloy, 49

12

Sandor Petofi (1823-1849)

13

John Wilkins (1614-1672)

14

Ali Ahmad Said, 91

15

Mehmet Bozdağ, 38

16

Jasimuddin (1903-1976)

17

Mati Unt (1944-2005)

18

Dave Martin (1935-2007)

19

Aleko Konstantinov (1863-1897)

20

Shelby Steele, 75

21

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)

22

John Fuller, 84

23

EM Forster (1879-1970)

24

Peyo Yavorov (1878-1914)

25

Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)

26

Katherine Philips (1632-1664)

27

Joe Orton (1933-1967)

28

Sylvain Runberg, 50

29

Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714-1780)

30

Maria Louise Rame (1839-1908)

31

Martin Espada, 64

32

Rudolfs Blaumanis (1863-1908)

33

Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973)

34

Bryan Thao Worra, 48

35

Stephanie Be, 31

36

Dwight Taylor (1902-1986)

37

Duncan Barrett, 38

38

Tory Dent (1958-2005)

39

María Dueñas, 57

40

Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998)

41

Gina Berriault (1926-1999)

42

Ryan Frederick, 38

43

Peter Adeney, 46

44

Meg Waite Clayton, 62

45

Claudia Guillen, 32

46

Dennis O'Driscoll (1954-2012)

47

Ernest Tidyman (1928-1984)

48

David Shaber (1929-1999)