148 years since the birth of Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore. He wrote dozens of books — novels, investigations, plays — and ran for office in...
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George R. R. Martin turns 78, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe
George R. R. Martin turns 78. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on 20 September 1948, he sold stories to neighbourhood children, studied journalism at Nort...
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41 years since the death of Italo Calvino, the writer who combined fable, history and literary experiment
Italo Calvino died in Siena on 19 September 1985, after a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 61. Born on 15 October 1923 in Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, to...
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317 years since the birth of Samuel Johnson, author of the great English dictionary
18 September 2026 marks 317 years since the birth of Samuel Johnson in Lichfield, England. Encyclopaedia Britannica and the London house-museum record...
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143 years since the birth of American poet William Carlos Williams
17 September 2026 marks 143 years since the birth of American poet and physician William Carlos Williams. He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. He st...
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72 years since William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was published
17 September 2026 marks 72 years since Faber and Faber published Lord of the Flies in the United Kingdom. It was William Golding’s debut novel. The da...
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Bucharest International Poetry Festival continues with writers from Romania and abroad
Bucharest is hosting the 16th edition of its International Poetry Festival from 14 to 20 September, bringing Romanian and international writers togeth...
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136 years since Agatha Christie's birth: the story of the “Queen of Crime” who created Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Today, 15 September 2026, marks 136 years since the birth of Agatha Christie, one of the most famous writers in the history of detective fiction. The...
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110 years since the birth of Roald Dahl, creator of Matilda, Willy Wonka and the BFG
On 13 September 1916 Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, near Cardiff in Wales, the author who would become one of the best-known voices in twentieth-cen...
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