Famous Essayist Birthdays, Page 2

List of Most Famous Essayist People in History. Famous Essayists Throughout History

Name Date of birth Age
James Edwin Campbell (poet) September 28, 1867 ( Died 1896, at 29 age )
Jim Harrison December 11, 1937 ( Died 2016, at 79 age )
John Gardner (American writer) July 21, 1933 ( Died 1982, at 49 age )
Jonathan Franzen August 17, 1959 65 Age
Jonathan Lethem February 19, 1964 60 Age
Jonathan Swift November 30, 1667 ( Died 1745, at 78 age )
Jorge Luis Borges August 24, 1899 ( Died 1986, at 87 age )
Joseph Addison May 01, 1672 ( Died 1719, at 47 age )
Joseph Brodsky May 24, 1940 ( Died 1996, at 56 age )
Joy Williams (American writer) February 11, 1944 80 Age
Julian Barnes January 19, 1946 78 Age
Julian Przyboś March 05, 1901 ( Died 1970, at 69 age )
Junot Diaz December 31, 1968 55 Age
Katherine Anne Porter May 15, 1890 ( Died 1980, at 90 age )
Katherine Mansfield October 14, 1888 ( Died 1923, at 35 age )
Ken Kesey September 17, 1935 ( Died 2001, at 66 age )
Kurt Vonnegut November 11, 1922 ( Died 2007, at 85 age )
Lauretta Ngcobo September 13, 1931 ( Died 2015, at 84 age )
Lionel Trilling July 04, 1905 ( Died 1975, at 70 age )
Louis Auchincloss September 27, 1917 ( Died 2010, at 93 age )
Louisa Jane Hall February 07, 1802 ( Died 1892, at 90 age )
Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord December 03, 1810 ( Died 1879, at 69 age )
Lydia Davis July 15, 1947 77 Age
Malcolm Gladwell September 03, 1963 61 Age
Marcel Proust July 10, 1871 ( Died 1922, at 51 age )
Marilynne Robinson November 26, 1943 81 Age
Mark Strand April 11, 1934 ( Died 2014, at 80 age )
Mary Abigail Dodge March 31, 1833 ( Died 1896, at 63 age )
Mary Gaitskill November 11, 1954 70 Age
Mary Lee Settle July 29, 1918 ( Died 2005, at 87 age )
Max Beerbohm August 24, 1872 ( Died 1956, at 84 age )
Mei Zhi June 22, 1914 ( Died 2004, at 90 age )
Mineko Nomachi March 17, 1979 45 Age
Nathaniel Tarn June 30, 1928 96 Age
Nick Hornby April 17, 1957 67 Age
Old Style and New Style dates May 21, 1688 ( Died 1744, at 56 age )
Orson Scott Card August 24, 1951 73 Age
Paul Auster February 03, 1947 77 Age
Pearl S. Buck June 26, 1892 ( Died 1973, at 81 age )
Richard Bach June 23, 1936 88 Age
Richard Wilbur March 01, 1921 ( Died 2017, at 96 age )
Richard Wright (author) September 04, 1908 ( Died 1960, at 52 age )
Rita Dove August 28, 1952 72 Age
Robert Bly December 23, 1926 ( Died 2021, at 95 age )
Robert Creeley May 21, 1926 ( Died 2005, at 79 age )
Robert Louis Stevenson November 13, 1850 ( Died 1894, at 44 age )
Roberto Bolaño April 28, 1953 ( Died 2003, at 50 age )
Russell Baker August 14, 1925 ( Died 2019, at 94 age )
Ryhor Baradulin February 24, 1935 ( Died 2014, at 79 age )
Salman Rushdie June 19, 1947 77 Age