LITERARY BITS: February 15

 

Happy Birthday to writers born on this date!

1810 American poet, writer, and editor Mary S. B. Shindler (The Southern Harp, The Northern Harp, The Voice of Truth) (d. 1883)

1829 American physician and novelist Silas Weir Mitchell (The Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria, Hugh Wynne, The Adventures of François) (d. 1914)

1834 Moldavian author V. A. Urechia (Albumul macedo-român, Istoria românilor, Voci latine, Istoria şcoalelor, Beţia de cuvinte) (d. 1901)

1880 American novelist Joseph Hergesheimer (Three Black Pennys, Java Head, Linda Condon, Balisand) (d. 1954)

1883 English-American novelist Sax Rohmer (Fu Manchu series) (d. 1959)

1906 Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter Musa Cälil (Moabit Däftäre, Xat taşuçı) (d. 1944)

1912 Hungarian-born British journalist, humorist, and writer George Mikes (How to be an Alien) (d. 1987)

1928 Estonian children's writer Eno Raud (Tuli pimendatud linnas, Lugu lendavate taldrikutega, Naksitrallid) (d. 1996) and American author-illustrator Norman Bridwell (Clifford the Big Red Dog series) (d. 2014)

1935 American journalist and author Susan Brownmiller (Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape)

1937 American novelist Gregory McDonald (Fletch series, Flynn series) (d. 2008)

1941 British journalist and author Jonathan Steele (The Guardian, Socialism with a German Face, Ghosts of Afghanistan)

1945 American science fiction writer and editor Jack Dann (The Man Who Melted, The Memory Cathedral)

1954 American animator Matt Groening (Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama)

1958 Canadian novelist Chrystine Brouillet (Les aventures de la courte échelle, Chère Voisine, Le collectionneur)

1980 British best-selling food and lifestyle expert Jasmine Hemsley (The Art of Eating Well: Hemsley and Hemsley)

1985 Brazilian blogger Mariah Bernardes (Blog da Maria)

1988 American best-selling novelist Elizabeth Acevedo (The Poet X, With the Fire on High, Clap When You Land)

1989 Austrian blogger Vicky Heiler (Bikinis and Passports)