Writers born on November 8

Take a focused look at the writers born on November 8. Dive into curated bios, achievements, and cultural milestones verified by our editors.

• 1900 Margaret Mitchell

  Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist best known for writing 'Gone with the Wind,' one of the most popular books in American literature and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. [bio]

• 1954 Kazuo Ishiguro

  Kazuo Ishiguro is a British novelist and screenwriter, best known for his works exploring memory, time, and self-deception. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 and is widely regarded as one of the most celebrated contemporary writers in the English language. [bio]