10 Famous Authors Who Were Born in June

June 5, 2018

It’s finally June; the first month where it really starts to feel like summer! Now is the perfect time to grab your favorite book, pop on over to the nearest park, take root under a tree, and read while you soak up the sun.

And, what better way to celebrate the month of June than with the works of an author born this very month? Let’s say happy birthday to these ten Geminis and Cancers!

Thomas Hardy (June 2, 1840)

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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926)

via My Jewish Learning

Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.

Nikki Giovanni (June 7, 1943)

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There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.

Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928)