April 25

Born:

1873 - Walter De La Mare
English poet and writer, best remembered for his children's stories.

1892 - Maud Hart Lovelace
American author best known for her Betsy-Tacy series.

1914 - Ross Lockridge Jr.
American novelist whose Raintree County is a contender for Great American Novel. 

1933 - J. Anthony Lukas
American journalist and author pf the 1985 book Common Grounds: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families.

1939 - Ted Kooser
American poet, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006.

1961 - Dinesh D'Souza
Indian-born American conservative political commentator.

Died:

1878 - Anna Sewell
1968 - R. Carlyle Buley

1988 - Clifford D. Simak

2010 - Alan Sillitoe