Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel L'Enfant de sable. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. #81today 📚🎂

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Born this day 1898, Belfast 📚🎂

Armando Giovanni Iannucci CBE is a Scottish-Italian satirist, writer, director, producer and performer. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow followed by the University of Oxford. #62today 📚🎂

David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-born American writer of prose and poetry based in New York City, who wrote humorous and sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Born this day 1964, Montreal 📚🎂

Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Born this day 1909, Slatina 📚🎂

William Angus McIlvanney was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature. Born this day 1936, Glasgow 📚🎂

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. #64today 📚🎂

André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born this day 1869, Paris 📚🎂🇫🇷

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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born novelist, shortstory writer, memoirist, essayist, & translator in the United States. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. BTD 1902, Leoncin 📚🎂

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Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity". Born this day 1923, Springs 📚🎂

Rūta Šepetys is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. She is a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, winner of the Carnegie Medal, and has been honoured by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. #58today 📚🎂

Alan Moore is an English author known primarily for his work in graphic novels including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and From Hell. #72today 📚🎂

Miguel Augusto Gabriel Jalbuena Syjuco is a Filipino writer from Manila and the grand prize winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize for his first novel Ilustrado. #49today 📚🎂

Congrats to Richard for winning @bbuk - deserved winner matey! Just to let you know, the book you ghost wrote is out and it’s doing well! I’ll be in touch soon!

Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and short-story writer. In 1993, he was selected by the literary magazine Granta as one of the 20 best young British writers. #66today 📚🎂

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga and Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Born this day 1907, Vimmerby, Sweden 📚🎂🇸🇪

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped, and the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses. Born this day 1850, Edinburgh 📚🎂

Thank you to our amazing Roundhay community. We have, to date, donated 5,292 books to @lonbookproject and still taking donations on a daily basis. No child should be without a book 📚📚😍