Happy Birthday to Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954), a French novelist, mime, actress and journalist. Here is an image of a stamp honoring Colette, designed and engraved by French artist Pierre Gandon (1899-1990), and issued by Monaco on April 30, 1973 to commemorate the author's birth centenary, Scott No. 772, plus a photograph of Colette with pen in hand. Bonuses: Cat, fruit (grapes), bird, books, butterflies, and flower.
Here are images of the two stamps in a set honoring Uruguayan philosopher, educator, and essayist José Enrique Camilo Rodó Pińeyro (1871-1917), designed by Uruguayan artist Ángel Medina Medina (1914-1980), printed by lithography, and issued by Uruguay on October 6, 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the writer's death, Scott Nos. 746 & 747, plus an image of a photograph of José Enrique Rodó in 1913.
"El milagro griego es una sonrisa para la humanidad." ("The Greek miracle is a smile for humanity.") - José Enrique Rodó
Olha Yulianivna Kobylianska (1863-1942) was a Ukrainian modernist writer and feminist noted for her novels about the lives of the Ukrainian peasantry, and the impressionistic, lyrical descriptions of nature and subtle psychological portrayals in her literary works. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the author, designed by Russian artist Vasili Vasilievich Zavialov (1906-1972), printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on October 24, 1963 to commemorate her birth centenary, Scott No. 2802, Zagorski No. 2838, plus an image of a photograph of Olha Yulianivna Kobylianska in 1899.
Josef Dobrovský (1753-1829) was a Bohemian philologist and historian, and one of the most important figures of the Czech national revival. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Dobrovský, designed by Oldrich Kulhánek (1940-2013), combined engraved by Miloš Ondrácek (1936- ) and photogravure, and issued by Czech Republic on June 25, 2003, Scott No. 3207, plus an image of a portrait of Josef Dobrovský by Czech artist Jan Vilímek (1860-1938).
Happy Birthday to French novelist, poet and dramatist Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885). Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Hugo, designed by Edward Konecki, engraved by Czeslaw Slania (1921-2005), and issued by Poland on September 1, 1952, Scott No. 559, plus an image of a detail from a portrait of Victor Hugo in 1876 by French photographer Étienne Carjat (1828-1906) which was surely a model for this stamp's design.
Božena Nemcová (1820-1862) was a Czech writer whose best known work is the novel Babicka ("The Grandmother," 1855) about a young girl's childhood with her grandmother in the countryside. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Grandmother, designed by Otakar Karlas after an original illustration by Czech artist Adolf Kašpar (1877-1934), combined engraved by Bohumil Šneider (1936- ) and photogravure, and issued by Czech Republic on February 9, 2005 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Babicka, Scott No. 3265, plus an image of a portrait of Božena Nemcová by Czech artist Jan Vilímek (1860-1938).
Johanna Louise Spyri (1827-1901) was a Swiss-born writer best known for her children's stories, especially for her novel Heidi (1881). Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp featuring a portrait of the author, designed and engraved by Swiss artist Karl Bickel (1886-1982), and issued by Switzerland on December 1, 1951 to benefit children's welfare funds, Scott No. B207, plus an image of a photograph of Johanna Spyri in 1870, and a YouTube link to the classic 1937 film version of Heidi, starring American actress Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014).
Happy Birthday to Jan Šverma (1901-1944), a Czechoslovak journalist, communist activist and resistance fighter against the Nazi-backed Slovak State who was considered a national hero in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the journalist, designed by Josef Baláž (1923-2006), combined engraved by Josef Hercík (1922-1999) and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on March 10, 1981, Scott No. 2350, plus an image of a photograph of Jan Šverma.
Annette Kolb (1870-1967) was a German author and pacifist who wrote novels about high society, and in later life wrote nonfiction about musicians. Her works were banned in Germany during the Third Reich, but in 1955 she was awarded the prestigious Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt. Here is an image of a stamp honoring Kolb, designed by Gerd Aretz (1930-2009), combined engraved and lithography, and issued by Germany on January 15, 1975, Scott No. 1155, Michel No. 826, plus an image of a photograph of Annette Kolb which was the model for this stamp's design. Note: Kolb's birth year is incorrectly indicated as 1875 on the stamp!
Happy Birthday to John Amos Comenius (Czech: Jan Amos Komenský, 1592-1670), a Czech speaking Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian. Here is an image of a stamp commemorating the 350th anniversary of the publication of Comenius's work (in Latin) Opera didactica omnia ("Writing on All Learning," 1657), designed by Petr Melan, combined engraved by Václav Fajt and photogravure, and issued by Czech Republic on September 9, 2007, plus an image of an illustration from another work by John Amos Comenius, Orbis Sensualium Pictus ("The Visible World in Pictures," 1658), a textbook for school children, which may have been a model for this stamp's design.
Happy Birthday to Hugo Stumberg Kollataj (1750-1812), a Polish Roman Catholic priest, social and political activist, political thinker, historian and philosopher who is considered one of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment in Poland. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Kollataj, designed and engraved by Stefan Lukaszewski (1918-2002), and issued by Poland on May 20, 1952 to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the philosopher's death, Scott No. 542, plus an image of a detail from a painted portrait of Hugo Kollataj which was probably a model (in mirror image) for this stamp's design.
Aleko Konstantinov (1863-1897) was a Bulgarian writer best known for his character Bay Ganyo ("Uncle Ganyo"), an itinerant peddler of rose oil and rugs, and one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian fiction. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Konstantinov, and a label with an illustration of Bay Ganyo, printed by photogravure, and issued by Bulgaria on March 5, 1963 to commemorate the author's birth centenary, Scott No. 1252, plus an image of a photograph of Aleko Konstantinov which was probably a model for this stamp's design.
Happy Birthday to Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870), a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" who had a major influence on the rise of agrarian populism which led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Herzen's autobiography, My Past and Thoughts, is widely considered the best specimen of that genre in Russian literature. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Herzen, designed by Roman Filippovich Zhitkov (1907-1999), printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on March 28, 1962 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the author's birth, Scott No. 2572, Zagorski No. 2582, plus an image of a detail from a portrait (1867) of Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen by Russian realist painter Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831-1894) which was probably a model for this stamp's design.
Happy Birthday to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a Dutch jurist and writer whose works, particularly De jure belli ac pacis libri tres ("On the Law of War and Peace: Three books," 1625), helped lay the foundations for international law. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Grotius, designed by Mircea Tofan, and issued by Romania on April 30, 1983 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the jurist's birth, Scott No. 3128, plus an image of an engraved portrait of Hugo Grotius from an antiquarian book which may have been a model for this stamp's design.
Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of French Naturalist novelist, playwright and journalist Émile Zola (1840-1902), designed by Jean-Paul Véret-Lemarinier after a photograph by the Harlingue-Viollet photo studio, printed by photogravure, and issued by France on October 5, 2002 to commemorate the centenary of the author's death, Scott No. 2917, Y&T No. 3524, plus an image of the original photograpic portrait of Émile Zola. Note the symbolic sword in this stamp's design, which may refer to Zola's controversial public denunciation of the French Army's obstruction of justice during the Dreyfus affair: J'accuse! (1898). Bonus: Signature.
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