Born on This Day: November 1

Italian sculptor and goldsmith whose virtuoso works and autobiography became important records of Renaissance art and culture.

French poet and critic whose writings helped define classical literary taste in seventeenth-century France.

American writer whose realism and psychological insight transformed war fiction and the modern short story.

English painter whose distinctive industrial scenes became enduring images of working-class urban life.

German artist whose photomontages helped define Dada and challenged gender and political conventions.

American playwright whose comedies and dramas examined class, manners, and changing family life.

Palestinian-American scholar whose work on Orientalism transformed literary criticism, cultural studies, and postcolonial thought.

South African golfer whose international success and fitness standards influenced the modern professional game.