Arca, Udo Kier, Katherine Mansfield, Ocean Vuong, Leonard Bernstein
Born: Arca (1989), Udo Kier (1944), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Ocean Vuong (1988)
Died: Leonard Bernstein (1990)
Born on this day
14OctBorn 198937th birthday
Arca
Her electronic music brings fractured rhythms, reggaeton and a fluid understanding of the self into the same restless sound world.
14OctBorn 194482nd birthdayUdo Kier
A cult actor of more than 200 films, from Warhol’s Dracula to Lars von Trier – openly gay throughout his long career.
14OctBorn 1888138th birthdayKatherine Mansfield
New Zealand’s great short-story writer loved both women and men, and changed the modern short story before dying at 34.
14OctBorn 198838th birthdayOcean Vuong
A refugee child who learned to read late became one of America’s most celebrated poets – writing about family, war and queer love.