July 21

Candice Carty-Williams

Candice Carty-Williams (born July 21, 1989) U.K. novelist - Queenie (2019)

Read an interview of Carty-Williams

Visit Carty-Williams' website http://candicecartywilliams.com/

Candice Carty-Williams introduces her novel Queenie
 here


Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee (born July 21, 1970) Indian oncologist, biologist, author - The Song of the Cell (2022)

Read more about Siddhartha Mukherjee here

Mukherjee talks about his book, The Song of the Cell
 here


Mohammed Dib

Mohammed Dib (born July 21, 1920) Algerian novelist, poet - La Grande Maison / The Big House (1952)

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Watch a 1963 interview of
 Mohammed Dib


Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (born July 21, 1899) U.S. short story writer, novelist - For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

Read an analysis of Hemingway's literature here

Watch a biography of
 Ernest Hemingway


Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta (born July 21, 1944) Nigerian-British novelist - The Slave Girl (1977)

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Watch a 1975 interview of
 Buchi Emecheta


Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Suso Cecchi d'Amico (born July 21, 1914) - Italian screenwriter - Bicycle Thieves (co-author of screenplay, 1948)

Read more here

Talking about The Leopard, she repeatedly gave credit to the other three screenwriters, although it was absolutely clear that she was the key figure of the operation and the person who created that cinematic masterpiece together with Luchino Visconti—probably one of the greatest examples of film adaptation, wherein the betrayal of the novel’s structure becomes a way of respecting and exalting the essence of Lampedusa’s work. Always direct, sharp, and outspoken, both when talking about politics and art, Suso was the grande dame of Italian cinema, and the closest and most important collaborator of some of the greatest directors of the Italian golden age: Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti, Rosi, Monicelli, and many others.

Watch film clips of D'Amico's work
(Italian language)
 here