June 21 Writer Birthdays
June 21 Writer Birthdays
1839 - Joaquim Maria Machado (often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho), Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and advocate of monarchism; he is widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature.- 1850 - Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator who was active in early scouting and wrote and illustrated The American Boy's Handy Book.
- 1894 - Milward Kennedy, English crime writer known for police mysteries and private investigator stories.
- 1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American naturalist and author who wrote on botany and history.
- 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, best known as a leader of the Existentialist movement.
- 1912 - Mary McCarthy, American novelist, critic, and political activist who was famously called, “a literary figure, a political figure, an urbane figure, a very witty figure who had honesty and wasn’t shy about expressing her opinions.”
- 1935 - Françoise Sagan, French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter whose first book was published when she was just 18 years old.
- 1938 - John W. Dower, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and historian.
- 1942 - Henry S. Taylor, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet.
- 1948 - Ian McEwan, English novelist and screenwriter.
- 1949 - John Agard, Guyanan poet, playwright, and children’s writer.
- 1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of Classics.
- 1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani political leader and memoirist.
- 1956 - Lyubov Sirota, Kazakhstan-born Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, journalist, and translator.
- 1957 - Berke Breathed, American cartoonist best known for his Bloom County comic strip and books.
- 1963 - Dr. Jan Jaroslav Pinkava, Czech screenwriter and director, best known for his Oscar-winning animated Pixar film, Ratatouille.
