Famous Diaries and Journals
Famous Diaries And Journals is a structured history & culture dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Diary/Journal, Author, Period. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Diary/Journal, Author, Period, Subject Matter, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
No reliable range or grouping can be calculated from the loaded rows without interpreting the source data.
Useful for
- Comparing Diary/Journal, Author, and Period across history & culture entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Diary/Journal↕ | Author↕ | Period↕ | Subject Matter↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | 1942-1944 | Holocaust hiding, adolescence | Most famous diary ever, hiding from Nazis in the annex, translated into 70+ languages |
Pepys' Diary | Samuel Pepys | 1660-1669 | London life, Great Fire, plague | Eyewitness to Great Fire of London, coded personal entries, Restoration England |
The Diary of Frida Kahlo | Frida Kahlo | 1944-1954 | Art, pain, love, identity | Intimate paintings and writings, raw emotional honesty, beautiful illustrated journal |
The Pillow Book | Sei Shōnagon | 990s-1002 | Japanese court life, lists, observations | Heian period Japan, witty lists and observations, literary masterpiece, 1000 years old |
Journals of Lewis and Clark | Lewis & Clark | 1804-1806 | Expedition across America | Mapped the American West, documented Native American cultures, scientific observations |
The Diary of Che Guevara | Che Guevara | 1956-1967 | Revolution, guerrilla warfare | Motorcycle Diaries (earlier travels), Bolivian campaign journal, revolutionary icon |
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | 170-180 AD | Stoic philosophy, self-reflection | Roman emperor's private journal, Stoicism bible, never meant for publication, timeless wisdom |
The Diary of Virginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf | 1915-1941 | Writing process, mental health, modernism | Raw insight into creative genius, Bloomsbury Group, modern literature backdrop |
Captain Scott's Last Expedition | Robert Falcon Scott | 1910-1912 | Antarctic exploration, death | Race to South Pole (lost to Amundsen), final entries as he froze, 'Great God, this is an awful place' |
The Diary of Anaïs Nin | Anaïs Nin | 1931-1974 | Sexuality, literature, psychoanalysis | Radical openness about female sexuality, 35,000+ pages, literary Paris |
A Journal of the Plague Year | Daniel Defoe | 1722 (set in 1665) | London's Great Plague | Fictional but historically accurate, COVID-era resurgence, plague diary genre |
The Freedom Writers Diary | Freedom Writers (students) | 1994-1998 | Inner-city youth, education, hope | Real students in Long Beach, Hilary Swank movie, diary as empowerment tool |
Darwin's Notebooks | Charles Darwin | 1836-1882 | Evolution, natural history | 'I think' tree of life sketch, development of evolution theory, stolen and returned 2022 |
The Diary of Lady Murasaki | Murasaki Shikibu | 1008-1010 | Japanese court life, writing | Author of world's first novel (Tale of Genji), Heian court insider |
Zlata's Diary | Zlata Filipović | 1991-1993 | Siege of Sarajevo, childhood in war | 'Bosnian Anne Frank', child's perspective on war, powerful and devastating |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Diaries and Journals organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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