Panait Istrati
Panait Istrati was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati appears to be the first Romanian author explicitly depicting a homosexual character in his work.
10 August 1884
Born on the same birth day (10 August): Charlie Peacock • Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Florent Vollant • Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua • Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg • John W. Galbreath • Marcus Foligno • Paul Newlove • Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark • Richard J. Hughes • William Willett
Born in the same month (August 1884): Billie Burke • Béla Balázs • Denis G. Lillie • Earl Derr Biggers • George Sarton • Hermann Wlach • Rudolf Bultmann • Sara Teasdale • Theodor Svedberg