Behrouz Boochani (born July 23, 1982) Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer, filmmaker - No Friend but the Mountains (2018)
Read about Boochani gaining asylum in New Zealand here
Boochani talks about his imprisonment here
Watch a news report about Boochani's situation
here
Milisav Popović (born July 23, 1978) Montenegrin novelist – Forgotten Mountain (2008)
The GoodReads page for Milisav Popovic here
Watch a Croatian language interview of
Milisav Popović
Raymond Chandler (born July 23, 1888) US-British novelist and screenwriter -The Big Sleep
Read the Authors Calendar biography of Raymond Chandler
Read about a 1958 BBC recording of Raymond Chandler
here
and listen to the BBC program
here
(Note that Chandler was rather drunk during the interview)
Watch a video about Chandler's writing
here
Ludvik Vaculik (born July 23, 1926) Czech writer and journalist - "Two Thousand Words" (1968)
Eugène François Vidocq (born July 23, 1775) French criminal turned police detective/private investigator – Les Voleurs
