Jean Poiret
Actor
Director
Writer
August 17, 1926 – March 14, 1992
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Born on this day – Evan S. Connell:
Evan S. Connell
Writer
August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013
Credits:
Books:
A Long Desire (1979); American
Short Story Masterpieces (1987); At the Crossroads (1965); Deus Lo Volt! (2000);
Double Honeymoon (1976); El Dorado and Other Pursuits (2002); Francisco Goya: A
Life (2003); Lost in Uttar Pradesh (2008); Mr. Bridge (1969); Mrs. Bridge (1959);
Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel (1962); Object Lessons: The
Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012); Points for a Compass
Rose (1973); Son of the Morning Star (1984); St. Augustine's Pigeon (1980); The
Alchymist's Journal (1991); The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories (1957); The
Aztec Treasure House (2001); The Best American Short Stories 1957 (1957); The
Collected Stories (1995); The Connoisseur (1974); The Diary of a Rapist (1966);
The Patriot (1958); The White Lantern (1980).
Movies and television:
Born on this day – Janet Lewis:
Janet Lewis
Writer
August 17, 1899 – December 1, 1998
Credits:
Poems:
A Farewell; A
Gull-following Song; A Lullaby; A Lullaby; A Song for the Grandmother; A Song
for the Wife of Manibozho; At Carmel Highlands; Austerity; Child in a Garden; Country
Burial; Days; For Louise; Fossil; Geology; Helen Grown Old; Helen, the Sad
Queen; In the Woods; Lines with a Gift of Herbs; Manibush and the Grandmother; Old
Love; On an Old Woman Dying; Sunday Morning at the Artists' House; The April
Hill; The Clock; The End of the Age; The Hangar.
Books, music and
articles:
Against a Darkening Sky
(1943 / 1985); American Poetry Review, November/December (1981); Bookman (November,
1932); Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine of Books (February 22, 1959); Contemporary
Literary Criticism, Volume 41 (1987); Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction,
winter (1964-65); Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: 1987 (1988); Good-Bye,
Son, and Other Stories (1946 / 1986); Keiko's Bubble (1961); Late Offerings
(1988); Librettist for "Easter Laudate," 1977, and "A Christmas
Canticle," 1978, (1981); Los Angeles Times Book Review (November 3, 1985);
Mulberry Street: An Opera (1981 / 1988); New York Times Book Review (October 2,
1932 / January 24, 1943 / April 8, 1951); Poems Old and New, 1918-1978 (1981); Poems,
1924-1944 (1950); Poetry (January, 1947); Southern Review (winter, 1966 / spring,
1980 / spring, 1982); The Ancient Ones: Poems (1979); The Birthday of the
Infanta: An Opera in One Act (1977 / 1979); The Dear Past and Other Poems ,1919–1994
(1994); The Earth-Bound, 1924-1944 (1946); The Friendly Adventures of Ollie
Ostrich (1923); The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron (1959); The Indians in the Woods
(1922 / 1980); The Invasion: A Narrative of Events Concerning the Johnston
Family of St. Mary's (1932 / 1964); The Last of the Mohicans (1976 / 1978); The
Legend (1987 / 1987); The Swans: An Opera in Three Acts (1986); The Trial of
Soren Qvist (1947 / 1989); The Wheel in Midsummer (1927); The Wife of Martin
Guerre (1941 / 1970); The Wife of Martin Guerre: An Opera / aka The Wife: A
Libretto (For an Opera in Three Acts) (1956 / 1958 / 1988); Times Literary
Supplement (April 10, 1987); Women Writers of the West Coast: Speaking of Their
Lives and Careers (1983).
Movies and television:
The
Return of Martin Guerre (1982); Writers of Northern California (1990).
Born on this day – Edna Maison:
Edna Maison
Actress
August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946
Credits:
The
Mysterious Mr. Browning (1918); A Rich Man's Darling (1918); Love's Turmoil (1917);
The Jewel of Death (1917); Mister Vampire (1916); Through Baby's Voice (1916); The
Dumb Bandit (1916); The One Woman (1916); After the Play (1916); Undine (1916);
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); A Daughter of Penance (1916); Buck Simmons,
Puncher (1916); Manna (1915); Was She a Vampire? (1915); Vanity (1915); Her
Mysterious Escort (1915); One Man's Evil (1915); Under the Crescent (1915); Roses
and Thorns (1915); Courage (1915); The Grim Messenger (1915); The Love of Mary
West (1915); When Jealousy Tumbled (1915); Her Adopted Mother (1915); The
Recoil (1915); The Vaudry Jewels (1915); Lure of the West (1915); The Unmasking
(1915); Their Island of Happiness (1915); A Girl of the Pines (1915); The King
and the Man (1914); The Heart of a Magdalene (1914); Siss Dobbins, Oil Magnate
(1914); Nan of the Hills (1914); The Senator's Lady (1914); Suspended Sentence
(1914); The Padrone's Ward (1914); The Mayor's Manicure (1914); The Actress
(1914); Richelieu (1914); Be Neutral (1914); A Modern Melnotte (1914); The
Angel of the Camp (1914); The Storm Bird (1914); This Is the Life (1914); The
Divorcee (1914); The Barnstormers (1914); Kate Waters of the Secret Service
(1914); The Pearl of the Sea (1914); The Spy (1914); The Woman in Black (1914);
The Brand of Cain (1914); The Masked Rider (1914); Heart Strings (1914); The
Transformation of Prudence (1914); Old California (1914); The Taint of an Alien
(1914); Risen from the Ashes (1914); Pitfalls (1914); Dangers of the Veldt
(1914); Cupid Incognito (1914); The Way of a Woman (1914); By Radium's Rays
(1914); The Merchant of Venice (1914); The Option (1914); The Cycle of
Adversity (1914); Them Ol' Letters (1914); Three Children (1913); What Happened
to Freckles (1913); Freckles' Fight for His Bride (1913); Her Legacy (1913); How
Freckles Won His Bride (1913); The Lesson the Children Taught (1913); Playmates
(1913); The Kid (1913); The Revelation (1913); The Struggle (1913); Mother (1913);
The Little Skipper (1913); The Village Blacksmith (1913); The Death Stone of
India (1913); The Second Home-Coming (1913); The Proof of the Man (1913); Poleon
the Trapper (1913); The Idol of Bonanza Camp (1913); In Slavery Days (1913); On
El Camino Real (1913); A Pig's a Pig (1913); The Bear Hunter (1913); The
Spectre Bridegroom (1913); The Faithful Yuma Servant (1913); The Bear Trap (1912);
The Padre's Gift (1912); Fate's Decree (1912); A Double Reward (1912); The Branded
Arm (1912); Misleading Evidence (1912); For the Sake of the Papoose (1912); A
Redman's Friendship (1912); The Girl Sheriff (1912).
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