writers
Today in history: Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo is born
December 9, 2015Writer Dalton Trumbo was born on this day 110 years ago. He won two Academy Awards while blacklisted.
Read moreToday in history: Alberto Moravia died in 1990
September 25, 2015In the same year Italian writer Alberto Moravia died in his Rome apartment at 82, his autobiography, "Vita di Moravia" was published.
Read moreToday in history: Writer Ken Kesey born in 1935
September 17, 2015Kesey is best remembered for his novels "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"and"Sometimes a Great Notion."
Read moreAn appreciation of Oliver Sacks, 82
September 10, 2015Sacks' writing chronicled case histories of his brain-disordered patients whose challenges were detailed in sympathetic and fascinating ways.
Read moreToday in history: Ernest Hemingway is born
July 21, 2015Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was one of America's most popular authors.
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