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20th-century diarists

39 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alejandra PizarnikAuthor · BooksFlora Alejandra Pizarnik (29 April 1936 – 25 September 1972) was an Argentine poet.
Allen GinsbergAuthor · BooksIrwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.
Astrid VarnayPerson · Music memorabiliaIbolyka Astrid Maria Varnay (25 April 1918 – 4 September 2006) was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent.
Brigitte ReimannAuthor · BooksBrigitte Reimann (21 July 1933 – 22 February 1973) was a German writer who is best known for her posthumously published novel Franziska Linkerhand.
Cecil BeatonPhotographer · PhotographySir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British photographer, designer, and diarist.
Charles LindberghAuthor · BooksCharles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author.
Dang Thuy TramAuthor · BooksĐặng Thùy Trâm (November 26, 1942 – June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War.
Etty HillesumAuthor · BooksEsther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of…
Hervé GuibertPhotographer · PhotographyHervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer, photographer, photography critic and filmmaker.
Jack BrucePerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and bassist of rock band Cream.
Jean-Patrick ManchetteArtist · Comics and comic artJean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942 – 3 June 1995) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre.
Jim CarrollAuthor · BooksJim Carroll (disambiguation)
Jochen KlepperAuthor · BooksJoachim Georg Wilhelm Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German Christian writer, poet and journalist.
José SaramagoAuthor · BooksJosé de Sousa Saramago (lang; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer.
Joyce JohnsonAuthor · BooksShe was born in New York City.
Jun TakamiAuthor · BooksJun Takami was the pen-name of a Japanese novelist and poet active in Shōwa era Japan. His real name was Takami Yoshio.
Kenneth TynanPerson · Film memorabiliaKenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer.
Maria BanușAuthor · BooksShe was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest, and her parents were Max Banuș, an accountan
Marie UguayAuthor · BooksMarie Uguay (April 22, 1955 – October 26, 1981) was a French Canadian poet from the province of Quebec. Her first book of poetry was Signe et rumeur (1976).
Max FrischDesigner · DesignMax Rudolf Frisch (German: [maks ˈfʁɪʃ]; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist.
May SartonAuthor · BooksEleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), known by the pen name May Sarton, was a Belgian and American novelist, poet, and memoirist.
Norbert SchmelzerPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer (22 March 1921 – 14 November 2008) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as party leader of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) from 1963 to 1971 and…
Odd NansenDesigner · DesignOdd Nansen (6 December 1901 – 27 June 1973) was a Norwegian architect, writer, and humanitarian.
Olga BergholzAuthor · BooksOlga Fyodorovna Berggolts (Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц; – November 13, 1975) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, playwright and journalist.
Peter PitseolakPhotographer · PhotographyPeter Pitseolak (1902–1973) was an Inuk photographer, sculptor, artist and historian. Pitseolak was Baffin Island's first indigenous photographer.
Peter RühmkorfAuthor · BooksPeter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.
Pierre TrudeauAuthor · BooksJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, jurist, academic, author, and journalist who served as the 15th prime…
Polina ZherebtsovaAuthor · BooksPolina Zherebtsova (Полина Викторовна Жеребцова; 20 March 1985) is a Chechen Russian diarist and poet.
Ravindra KelekarAuthor · BooksRavindra Kelekar (7 March 1925 – 27 August 2010) was an Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.
Richard BurtonPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Walter Burton (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor.
Richard E. GrantPerson · Film memorabilia
Rutka LaskierAuthor · BooksRuth "Rutka" Laskier (12 June 1929 – December 1943) was a Jewish Polish diarist who is best known for her 1943 diary chronicling three months of her life during the Holocaust in Poland.
S. K. PottekkattAuthor · BooksSankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, traveller, and politician from Kerala.
Simone de BeauvoirAuthor · BooksSimone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
Sławomir MrożekArtist · PaintingsSławomir Tangolo Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish playwright.
Stevie NicksPerson · Film memorabiliaStephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
Tony BennAuthor · BooksAnthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as…
Wolfdietrich SchnurrePhotographer · PhotographyWolfdietrich Schnurre (22 August 19209 June 1989) was a German writer. Best known for his short stories, he also wrote tales, diaries, poems, radio plays, and children's books.

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