May 3

Angel De Cora

Angel De Cora (born May 3, 1871) – Native American (Winnebago) artist, illustrator – "Gray Wolf’s Daughter” (Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, November 1899)

Read more about De Cora here and here

Watch a biography of Angel De Cora
 here


Leslie Marmon Silko

Leslie Marmon Silko (born May 3, 1948) Native American (U.S.) novelist, poet, essayist – The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright (1986)

Read a 2023 New Yorker article about her here

Leslie Marmon Silko at the Writers Institute
 here


Yehuda Amichai

Yehuda Amichai (born May 3, 1924) – German-Israeli poet

Read more about Yehuda Amichai here

Listen to Yehuda Amichai reading and commenting on his poems
 here


Betty Comden

Betty Comden (born May 3, 1915 or 1917) – U.S. playwright, songwriter, screenwriter (musicals) – Singin’ in the Rain

Read an interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green here

Watch a short bio of songwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green
 here