April 5 Writer Birthdays
April 5 Writer Birthdays
1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, physicist, and historian who laid the foundations of western political philosophy.- 1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English lyric poet, playwright, novelist, and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- 1856 - Booker T. Washington, author, educator, orator, Tuskegee Institute founder, activist, and African-American leader who was born into slavery.
- 1904 - Richard Eberhart, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning American poet.
- 1917 - Robert Bloch, American writer of horror and science fiction; best known as the author of Psycho, the basis of the Hitchcock film.
- 1920 - Arthur Hailey, bestselling British/Canadian novelist.
- 1923 - Ernest Mandel, revolutionary Marxist theorist and writer.
- 1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian novelist, poet, and playwright; also a painter and theatrical director.
- 1937 - Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist, NY Times Executive Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who often set his books in South Africa.
- 1956 - Anthony Horowitz, English novelist and screenwriter, known for children's novels and his work for British television.
- 1957 - Anu Garg, Indian-American author whose works explore the intricacies of the English language; founder of Wordsmith.org.
- 1971 - Charles Cumming, Scottish author of spy fiction.
- 1975 - Caitlin Moran, British broadcaster, television critic, journalist, columnist, and author.