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    What Author Shares your Date of Birth?

    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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    I don't. The only writer I can find that shares my birthday is Walt Whitman.
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    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 Herbj&#248;rnsrud, 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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    Joost van den Vondel who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.

    His Lucifer is incredible. forgot to mention that.
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    "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

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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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dori View Post
    I don't. The only writer I can find that shares my birthday is Walt Whitman.
    Please tell that's sarcasm. I enjoy Whitman.

    Quote Originally Posted by Granny5 View Post
    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 Herbj&#248;rnsrud, 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
    I'm only familiar with Isaac Asimov.

    Quote Originally Posted by AimusSage View Post
    Joost van den Vondel who just happens to be the greatest Dutch poet that ever lived.

    His Lucifer is incredible. forgot to mention that.
    Lucifer looks interesting. You just added a read to my list. Thanks.



    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    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 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.

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    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

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    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

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    my poems-please comment Forum Rules

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    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.

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    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

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    I can't find anyone with my birthday.
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    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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