March 17

Yokomitsu Riichi

Yokomitsu Riichi (横光 利一) (born March 17, 1898) Japanese short story writer, novelist, essayist, literary theorist – Shanghai (1928)

Read about Riichi's novel Shanghai here


Harry Clarke

Harry Clarke (Henry Patrick Clarke, born March 17, 1889) Irish artist, stained glass and illustrator

Read about Harry Clarke here

Faust and Mephistopheles by Harry Clarke (1925)
Clarke's Illustration of Faust and Mephistopheles
for Faust by Goethe, 1925

Detail of stained glass The Widow's Son by Harry Clarke (1923)
Detail of stained glass The Widow's Son by Harry Clarke (1923)


Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole (born March 17, 1919) U.S. singer/songwriter – “Straighten Up and Fly Right” (1943)

Watch Nat King Cole sing
 Unforgettable


Luc Dietrich

Luc Dietrich (born 17 March 1913) French writer - The Happiness of Sad People

Read about Earth, a book by Luc Dietrich with his photographs (French language) here

Listen to a documentary in French about
 Luc Dietrich