Today in Literary and Art History: May 10

May 10 1604 – French dramatist Jean Mairet born https://amzn.to/3hkne39
May 10 1760 – German writer Johann Peter Hebel born https://amzn.to/3tyn0b9
May 10 1876 – Slovene writer Ivan Cankar born https://amzn.to/3o5AYju
May 10 1888 – Prolific film composer Max Steiner born https://amzn.to/3o4EBpV
May 10 1900 – Cartoonist V.T. Hamlin born https://amzn.to/3ewpnH8
May 10 1905 – Puerto Rican comic artist Alex Shomburg born https://amzn.to/2RDshRu
May 10 1915 – English author Monica Dickens born https://amzn.to/3uAnnU7
May 10 1925 – Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida born https://amzn.to/3hep2KW
May 10 1933 – Nazi book burning campaign in Berlin begins https://amzn.to/2RH3RGC
May 10 1944 – American author Judith McNaught born https://amzn.to/2RE17Kq
May 10 1953 – American children’s book author Christopher Paul Curtis born https://amzn.to/3hc4cvT
May 10 1973 – American author Tana French born https://amzn.to/3hcdZSE

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