May 27

Guadalupe Nettel

Guadalupe Nettel (born May 27, 1973) Mexican novelist - La Hija Unica (Still Born) (2020)

Read more about Guadalupe Nettel at her website:
https://guadalupenettel.com/en/

Guadalupe Nettel explains the myth of the rabbit on the moon
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Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov

Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov (Russian: Андрей Георгиевич Битов) born May 27, 1937) Russian novelist, poet

Read about Bitov's writing here


John Cheever

John Cheever (born May 27, 1912) U.S. novelist, short story writer – The Stories of John Cheever (1979)

Read more about Cheever here

"I was about 13 years old and had decided that I wanted to be a writer (especially if the baseball player thing didn’t work out). When I announced this to my parents, my mom suggested I write a neighbor of ours to see if he might be able to supply some professional guidance. His name was John Cheever..."


Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson (born May 27, 1907) U.S. marine biologist and environmentalist – Silent Spring

Read more about Rachel Carson here

Watch a documentary about Rachel Carson
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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett (born May 27, 1894) U.S. detective fiction novelist – The Maltese Falcon

Read more about Hammett here

A lecture about Dashiell Hammett and San Francisco
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