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Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born English novelist (born 1925) Robert Katz, American writer (born 1933) Julian Roberts, English scholar and librarian (born 1930) October 21 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet in Malayalam (born 1945) October 22 – Alí Chumacero, Mexican writer and poet (born 1918) October 23 – George Cain, American author (born 1943)
The most popular books of the year were The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson and The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, with respectively 8 and 6 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books (Worst Case, The 9th Judgment, Private, The Postcard Killers and Cross Fire).
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825) was a prominent eighteenth-century English poet, essayist, and children's author.A "woman of letters" who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when female professional writers were rare.
The Royal Society of Literature is embroiled in chaos after two of its chiefs announced their departure amid a series of scandals and bitter in-fighting.. Director Molly Rosenberg has resigned ...
Dick Turpin (bap. 1705 – 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher , burglar , horse thief, and murderer.
Literature was the last of this year's Nobel prizes to be awarded. The prize is named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature ...
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