Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, and she is one of the more frequently read and recognized writers of Louisiana Creole heritage. She is best known today for her 1899 novel The Awakening.

8 February 1850

Born on the same birth day (8 February): AD 120 • Arlie Petters • Bethany Hamilton • Dave Farrell • Emperor Sakuramachi • Harry Wu • Jim Parrack • Joe Raposo • Klay Thompson • Lana Turner • Mary Robinette Kowal • Ranveer Brar • Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg • Viktor Schwanneke

Born in the same month (February 1850): César Ritz • George Henschel • Sophie Bryant