April 11

Born:

1893 - Dean Acheson
American statesman and lawyer whose memoirs won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for History.

1911 - David Westheimer
American novelist best known for Von Ryan's Express, which was adapted into the film of the same name.

1920 - Peter O'Donnell
British writer of mysteries and comic strips; also gothic romances under the pseudonym Madeline Brent.

1930 - Anton LaVey
American author of The Satanic Bible and founder of the Church of Satan.

1934 - Mark Strand
Canadian-born American poet; U.S. Poet Laureate from 1990-91.

1940 - Thomas Harris
American author and screenwriter best known for his series of novels about serial killer Hannibal Lecter.

1951 - James Patrick Kelly
American author of science fiction and cyberpunk.



Died:
1916 - Richard Harding Davis
1970 - John O'Hara
1981 - Caroline Gordon
1987 - Erskine Caldwell
1987 - Primo Levi
1999 - William H. Armstrong
2007 - Kurt Vonnegut
2011 - Jean S. MacLeod