During low periods, some aspiring authors find solace in knowing that they share their day of birth with a respected writer. Maybe there is some astrological algorithm … maybe not.Out of curiosity, do you also share a birth date with an author you enjoy?
I was born, as well as Oscar Wilde and Eugene O’Neil, on October 16.
Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_wilde
Eugene O'Neil (The Iceman Cometh):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neil
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Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I don't. The only writer I can find that shares my birthday is Walt Whitman.
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Dostoevsky Forum!
I googled my birthdate, Janurary 2, (not the year!) and this is what I found....
Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer
Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Famous Modern Telugu Poet
Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author
Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
Neil Downing, Irish writer and musician
Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
Christopher Durang, American playwright
Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
My favorite
Sally Rand, American fan dancer
Don't know which is worse!
Ian Brady, British serial killer
Jim Bakker, American televangelist
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"All we are saying is give PEACE a chance." Beatles[/SIZE]
Granny5's Blog
http://www.online-literature.com/for...p?userid=35805
Joost van den Vondel who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.
His Lucifer is incredible.forgot to mention that.
There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!
http://www.nndb.com/lists/534/000106216/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17#Births
Anton Chekhov
Anne Bronte
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Found one:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com...authordate.pdf
8 2 1924 Baldwin, James
8 2 1900 Holling, Holling C.
8 2 1946 Howe, James
I'm not familiar with any of them.
I found the rest of these from here:
http://www.brainyhistory.com/birthdays.html
Myrna Loy, actress,
Carroll O'Connor
Betsy Bloomingdale, department store mogul
Peter O'Toole
Wes Craven
Isabel Allende
Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial
Caleb Carr, American Novelist - Love him!
Apollonia, actress, Purple Rain
Kevin Smith, director, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Please tell that's sarcasm.Originally Posted by Dori
I enjoy Whitman.
I'm only familiar with Isaac Asimov.
Lucifer looks interesting. You just added a read to my list. Thanks.Joost van den Vondel who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.
His Lucifer is incredible.
http://www.nndb.com/lists/534/000106216/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17#Births
Anton Chekhov
Anne Bronte
I'm familiar with Bladwin. He writes a lovely prose.
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Try inserting your birthday into wikipedia search. Then look for births down there.
Euripides happened to be born on September, 23rd. We too. Haven't actually read anything he has written, perhaps we ought to.
Philip Roth was born on the same day (19th March), that's the only author I found.
A Bond girl, Ursula Andress (the one in the white bikini)
And the new prince of Jordan....born just this year.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Konstantin Stanislovsky was born on my birthday.
But so was jim Carey
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
William Blake, Friedrich Engels, Rita Mae Brown...Jon Stewart were born on my birthday...or I was born on their birthdays!
Wat 'da hell...Anna Nicole Smith?!
Niamh, is your birthday Jan. 17th? 'cuz, thats my brothers birthday and I think he said Jim Carey was born on his birthday as well.
"Oh my my, Little white lie
I swear I'm gonna make it right this time
It's like a radio
Telling me things I do not know I know
Tonight you will be mine, Tonight the monkey dies"
yep! jan 17th.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
I can't find anyone with my birthday.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"That day I shall always recollect with grief; with reverence also, for the gods so willed it." - Virgil, The Aeneid (V, 49)
Distracted from distraction by distraction
Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet
Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
Daniel Burnham, American architect
Darius Milhaud, French composer
Antonin Artaud, French playwright
Mary Renault, English novelist
Edward Dmytryk, American film director
Richard Wright, American writer
Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
Lucie Silvas, English musician
Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal, Spanish singer
Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
DUDE!- Mickey Cohen, American gangster!:LOL:
and that person I dislike:- Beyonce!
Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)
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