Childrens author born 100 yrs ago

Name Lifespan Age Notability M. H. Abrams1912–2015102American literary critic^[1]Angelina Acuña1905–2006101Guatemalan educator, writer and poet^[2]Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner)1874–1974100Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist^[3]Nan Hayden Agle1905–2006100American children's writer^[4]Said Akl1912–2014102Lebanese writer and poet^[5]Roger Angell1920–2022101American penman, writer and poet^[6]Ruth Nanda Anshen1900–2003103American author and editor.^[7]Jaime Ardila Casamitjana1919–2019100Colombian writer^[8]Diana Athill1917–2019101British literary editor, novelist take memoirist^[9]Francisco Ayala1906–2009103Spanish novelist^[10]Ba Jin1904–2005100Chinese author^[11]Ann Barzel1905–2007101American writer, commentator and lecturer on dance^[12]Ralph Bates1899–2000101English novelist^[13]Georgina Battiscombe1905–2006100British biographer^[14]Pierre Béarn1902–2004102French poet^[15]Pepin Bello1904–2008103Spanish intellectual and writer^[16]Eric Bentley1916–2020103American dramaturgist and theatre critic^[17]Edward Bernays1891–1995103Austrian-born American publicist^[18]Harry Bernstein1910–2011101English-American author^[19]Colm de Bhailís1796–1906109Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason^[20]H.J. Blackham1903–2009105British ism author and philosopher^[21]Lesley Blanch1904–2007102English author and fashion critic^[22]Ronald Blythe1922–2023100English writer^[23]Ralph de Boissière1907–2008100Trinidadian-Australian author^[24]Landrum Bolling1913–2018104American journalist, courier, and noted pacifist^[25]Georges Bonnet1919–2021101French writer and poet^[26]Salvador Borrego1915–2018102Mexican journalist^[27]E. R. Braithwaite1912–2016104Guyanese author^[28]George Braziller1916–2017101American book publisher^[29]George Liken. Bria1916–2017101American journalist^[30]Sir Harry Brittain1873–1974100British journalist and founder staff the Empire Press Union^[31]Arthur Judson Brown1856–1963106American clergyman, preacher and author^{[citation needed]}William Slater Brown1896–1997100American novelist, biographer extremity translator^[32]Elfriede Brüning1910–2014103German journalist and novelist^[33]Geneviève Callerot1916–2025108French novelist^[34]Paco Cano1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist^[35]Chang Ch'ung-ho1914–2015101Chinese-American poet, writer and educator^[36]Fulgence Charpentier1897–2001103Canadian member of the fourth estate and columnist^[37]Nirad C. Chaudhuri1897–1999101Bengali-Indian writer^[38]Yehuda Chitrik1899–2006106American Chabad-Lubavitch novelist and Mashpia^[39]Georges-Emmanuel Clancier1914–2018104French poet^[40]Beverly Cleary1916–2021104American author^[41][42][43]Julia Clements1906–2010104English penman and flower arranger^[44]Norman Corwin1910–2011101American writer, essayist, screenwriter, cleave to producer, and teacher^[45]Fleur Cowles1908–2009101American author, editor and artist^[46]Victoriano Crémer1906–2009102Spanish poet^[47]Wilbur Cross1918–2019100American author^[48]Ève Curie1904–2007102American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie^[49]Bernard Binlin Dadié1916–2019103Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet^[50]Robin Dalton1920–2022101Australian literary agent become calm journalist^[51]Hope Hale Davis1903–2004100American feminist and communist, later hack and writing teacher^[52]Geoffrey Dearmer1893–1996103British poet^[53]Bessie Delany1891–1995104American dentist, novelist and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of individual centenarian Sadie Delany^[54]Sadie Delany1889–1999109American educator, author and secular rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie Delany^[54]Güzin Dino1910–2013102Turkish writer^[55]Marjory Stoneman Douglas1890–1998108American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist^[56]Milt Dunnell1905–2008102Canadian sportswriter^[57]Oscar Dystel1912–2014101American publisher^[58]Richard Eberhart1904–2005101American poet; Pulitzer Prize winner^[59]Julius Eisenstein1854–1956101Russian-American writer direct historian^[60]Mari Ellis1913–2015101Welsh feminist writer^[61]Nils Elowsson1890–1999109Swedish journalist and politician^[62]Jeannette Eyerly1908–2008100American writer^[63]Lawrence Ferlinghetti1919–2021101American poet^[64]Charles Fern1892–1995102American journalist and aviator^[65]Hélio Fernandes1921–2021100Brazilian journalist^[66]Juan Filloy1894–2000105Argentinian writer^[67]Traute Foresti1915–2015100Austrian poet and actress^[68]Neta Lohnes Frazier1890–1990100American children's author^[69]Mariana Frenk-Westheim1898–2004106German-Spanish writer^[70]Jacque Fresco1916–2017101American futurist^[71]Jean Fritz1915–2017101American children's author^[72]Dorothy Frooks1896–1997101American author, publisher, military fuzz and military lawyer^[73]Luciana Frassati Gawronska1902–2007105Polish-Italian author^[74]Margot Gayle1908–2008100American framer and historical preservationist^[75]Edward K. Gaylord1873–1974101American newspaper publisher crucial philanthropist^[76]Itche Goldberg1904–2006102Yiddish writer, scholar and political activist^[77]Miriam Goldberg1916–2017100American newspaper publisher and editor^[78]Bernice Gordon1914–2015101American cruciverbalist^[79]Javare Gowda1915–2016100Indian Kanarese language author^[80]George F. Grant1906–2008102American author on angling instruct innovator of fly tying^[81]Francesc Gras Salas1921–2022101Catalan ophthalmologist charge writer^[82]Ruth Gruber1911–2016105American journalist and writer^[83]Doris Grumbach1918–2022104American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist^[84]Charles H. Hayward1898–1998100British novelist, editor, and illustrator of books and magazines solution woodworking; also a cabinet maker^[85][86]Andrés Henestrosa1906–2008101Mexican writer^[87]Học Phi1913–2014101Vietnamese dramatist^[88]Drue Heinz1915–2018103American literary publisher (The Paris Review) shaft patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize)^[89]Clare Hollingworth1911–2017105British journalist, cardinal correspondent to report on World War II^[90]Joan Hollobon1920–2024104Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist^[91]Edith Iglauer1917–2019101American writer^[92]William Arthur Irwin1898–1999101Canadian journalist and diplomat^[93]Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh1892–1997105Iranian writer^[94]Elizabeth Jenkins1905–2010104English novelist^[95]Satya Mohan Joshi1920–2022102Nepalese writer and scholar^[96]Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo1915–2017102Indian nationalist hack and scholar^[97]Ernst Jünger1895–1998102German writer^[98]Irena Jurgielewiczowa1903–2003100Polish author^[99]Bernard Kalb1922–2023100American newspaperwoman, moderator, and author^[100]Joseph Nathan Kane1899–2002103American author^[101]Bel Kaufman1911–2014103German-born Land novelist and professor^[102]Hans Keilson1909–2011101German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst arena child psychologist^[103]Hossein Wahid Khorasani1921–104Iranian author and ayatollah^[104]Ted Knap1920–2023102American journalist^[105]Masajirō Kojima1894–1994100Japanese novelist^[106]William Krehm1913–2019105Canadian author, foreign correspondent turf Spanish Civil War volunteer^[107]Stanley Kunitz1905–2006100American poet; two-time Metrist Laureate (1974 and 2000)^[108]André Lafargue1917–2017100French journalist and auditorium critic^[109]Marc Lamunière1921–2021100Swiss writer^[110]Anthony Lawrence1912–2013101British journalist^[111]Erna Lazarus1903–2006102American screenwriter^[112]Chin Yang Lee1915–2018102Chinese-American author^[113]Frances M. López-Morillas1918–2018100American translator of Spanish literature^[114]Krystyna Łyczywek1920–2021100Polish photographer, translator and journalist^[115]Ma Shitu1915–2024109Chinese writer become more intense politician^[116]Dorothy Maclean1920–2020100Canadian writer and educator^[117]Michio Mado1909–2014104Japanese poet^[118]George Mandel1920–2021101American Beat writer^[119]Clément Marchand1912–2013100Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisher^[120]Claire Martin1914–2014100Canadian novelist^[121]Lambert Mascarenhas1914–2021106Indian journalist (The Navhind Times give orders to Goa Today), independence activist and writer^[122]Mildred Shapley Matthews1915–2016101American book editor and writer, best known for spurn astronomy books^[123][124]Lorna McDonald1916–2017100Australian author and historian^[125]Joe Medicine Crow1913–2016102American Crow historian and author^[126]Polly Allen Mellen1924–2024100American fashion rewriter and stylist^[127]Louise Meriwether1923–2023100American author and activist^[128]Erik Mesterton1903–2004100Swedish hack, literary critic and translator^[129]Curt Meyer-Clason1910–2012101German writer and translator^[130]Morton Mintz1922–102American journalist^[131]Naomi Mitchison1897–1999101Scottish writer^[132]Alicia Moreau de Justo1885–1986100Argentine writer^[133]Henry Morgenthau III1917–2018101American writer^[134]John Godfrey Morris1916–2017100American author, photojournalist tell off picture editor^[135]Ruth Munce1898–2001103American romance novelist Carla Porta Musa1902–2012110Italian essayist and poet^[136]Maurice Nadeau1911–2013102French writer and editor^[137]Fumio Niwa1904–2005100Japanese novelist^[138]Lise Nørgaard1917–2023105Danish journalist and writer^[139]Eleanor Owen1921–2022101American journalist, dramatist, actress, professor and mental health advocate^[140]Boris Pahor1913–2022108Italian European novelist and concentration camp survivor^[141]Lillian Rogers Parks1897–1997100American writer^[142]Nicanor Parra1914–2018103Chilean poet^[143]Frances Partridge1900–2004103English diarist; member of the Bloomsbury Group^[144]James Larkin Pearson1879–1981101American poet; Poet Laureate of Northerly Carolina (1953–81) Michel Peyramaure1922–2023101French writer^[145]José Osvaldo de Meira Penna1917–2017100Brazilian classical liberal writer^[146]Fernando Pessa1902–2002100Portuguese journalist and crystal set broadcaster^[147]Chapman Pincher1914–2014100British writer^[148]Nilawan Pintong1915–2017101Thai feminist writer^[149]Gertrude Poe1915–2017101American newspaperman, lawyer and real estate agent^[150]Ida Pollock1908–2013105British romance novelist^[151]Tao Porchon-Lynch1918–2020101American author, dancer and yogi^[152]Giuseppe Prezzolini1882–1982100Italian journalist limit writer^[153]Edith B. Price1897–1997100American author of children's books^[154]Carl Rakosi1903–2004101American Objectivist poet^[155]Joana Raspall i Juanola1913–2013100Spanish writer^[156]Naomi Replansky1918–2023104American poet^[157]Madeleine Riffaud1924–2024100French poet, journalist and member of the Land Resistance^[158]Ahmad Samii Gilani1921–2023102Iranian translator and editor^[159]Pura Santillan-Castrence1905–2007101Filipino hack and diplomat^[160]Constance Savery1897–1999101English author, principally of children's books^[161]Gil Savery1917–2018101American journalist^[162]Marian Cannon Schlesinger1912–2017105American artist and author^[163]Claude Seignolle1917–2018101French author^[164]George Seldes1890–1995104American journalist and writer^[165]K. D. Sethna1904–2011106Indian novelist and poet^[166]Mildred Shapley Matthews1915–2016100American book editor^[167]Toyo Shibata1911–2013101Japanese poet^[168]Vera Shlakman1909–2017108American Marxist writer and academic^[169]Jakob Skarstein1921–2021100Norwegian journalist enthralled radio personality^[170][171]Barbosa Lima Sobrinho1897–2000103Brazilian historian, writer and journalist^[172]Marga Spiegel1912–2014101German writer^[173]Edna Staebler1906–2006100Canadian writer Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka1914–2014100Latvian writer^[174]Barrie Stavis1906–2007100American playwright^[175]Grace Zaring Stone1891–1991100American novelist^[176]Audrey Stubbart1895–2000105American newspaper columnist^[177]Peter Stursberg1913–2014101Canadian writer and broadcaster^[178]Dragutin Tadijanović1905–2007101Croatian poet and writer^[179]Gladys Tantaquidgeon1899–2005106American anthropologist and author^[180]Ellen Tarry1906–2008101American writer specialized in novice literature^[181]Ruth Ashton Taylor1922–2024101American television and radio newscaster^[182]Jean Danger signal Thomas1881–1982101American folk festival promoter, traveler and author^[183]Frits Thors1909–2014104Dutch journalist and news anchor^[184]Vance Trimble1913–2021107American journalist^[185]Walter Trohan1903–2003100American novelist and historian^[186]Daisy Turner1883–1988104American storyteller and poet^[187]William Ungar1913–2013100Polish-born Earth author^[188]Edward Upward1903–2009105English writer^[189]Henri Vernes1918–2021102Belgian author^[190]Edward Wagenknecht1900–2004104American co-author cherished White House memoirs^[191]Alison Waley1901–2001100New Zealand poet and author^[192]Arthur Walworth1903–2005101American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson^[193]Curt Weibull1886–1991105Swedish historian and author^[194]Ruth Weiss1924–100German-born South African writer^[195]Phyllis Splendid. Whitney1903–2008104American mystery writer^[196]Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx1916–2018102English poet; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson^[197]Herman Wouk1915–2019103American author^[198]Yang Jiang1911–2016104Chinese playwright, author and translator^[199]Donald Zec1919–2021102British journalist^[200][201]Zheng Min1920–2022101Chinese poet^[202]Lester Ziffren1906–2007101First American journalist to note down on the Spanish Civil War^[203]Juan Eduardo Zúñiga1919–2020101Spanish founder and literary scholar^[204][205]