July 23

Behrouz Boochani

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

Milisav Popović (born July 23, 1978) Montenegrin novelist – Forgotten Mountain (2008)

Watch a Croatian language interview of
 Milisav Popović


Raymond Chandler

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

Ludvik Vaculik (born July 23, 1926) Czech writer and journalist - "Two Thousand Words" (1968)

Read "Two Thousand Words" here

Watch a 2013 interview of Vaculik
 here


Eugène François Vidocq

Eugène François Vidocq (born July 23, 1775) French criminal turned police detective/private investigator – Les Voleurs

Read more about Vidocq (in French) here

Watch a short video (in French) about Vidocq
 here