Birthday

George Orwell (born Eric Arthur Blair) was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bihar (India) during the time of the British colonial rule. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was…

Octavia Butler (born Octavia Estelle Butler) was born on June 22, 1947 in Pasadena, California (USA) in a poor family. Her father died when she was still a child so…

Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, Long Island (New York). He was the second son of a quite humble family, with little formal education. His…

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22nd, 1859 in Edinburgh (Scotland) in an Irish-Roman Catholic family. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was an artist although he could not…

Daphne Du Maurier was born in London (England) on May 13th, 1907 in a wealthy family. Her father was the actor and theatre manager Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson and…

Benito Pérez Galdós was born on May 10th, 1843 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in a middle-class family. His father, Sebastián Pérez, was a soldier so he received a…

Robert Browning is the major English poet of the Victorian age. Critics praise him for his use of the dramatic monologue and psychological portrait. He was born on May 7th,…

Alexander Pope is the main author of the first part of the Augustan period. He was one of the biggest influences on English literature at his time and nowadays. He…