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 * 1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet died
 * 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet born
 * 1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer born
 * 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet born
 * 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer born
 * 1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese American writer born
 * 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist born
 * 1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist died
 * 1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist died