Вернуть словарь из файла

#Вариант 1
with open("D:\pythonProject/authors.txt", "r") as text_:
    for record in text_:
        step1 = record.split("", 4)
        step2 = step1[4].split("'s ", 2)
        step3 = step2[1].split(",", 2)
        print(step1[0], step1[1], step1[2], step3[0].lower())
 
#Вариант 2
with open("D:\pythonProject/authors.txt", "r") as f:
    for s in f:
       if len(s.split()) > 1:
           s = s.split(" - ")
       print(s[0], s[1].split(",")[0].split()[-1].lower())
 
# Вариант 3
 
with open("authors.txt", "rt", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    for line in file:
        data, info = line.split("-")
        action = "birthday" if "birthday" in info else "death"
        print(data, action)

def parse(line):
    date, info = line.split('-')
    name = info.split(',')[0]
    d,m,y = date.split()
    return {'name' : name, 'date' : date}
 
 
line = '''8th February 1828 - Jules Verne's birthday, author of Around the World in Eighty Days'''
print(parse(line))

def parse(line):
    date, info = line.split('-')
    name = info.split(',')[0]
    d,m,y = date.split()
    return {'name' : name, 'date' : date}
 
 
 
line = '''2nd February 1882 - James Joyce's birthday, author of Ulysses
7th February 1812 - Charles ****ens's birthday, author of A Christmas Carol
8th February 1828 - Jules Verne's birthday, author of Around the World in Eighty Days'''
print(list(map(parse, line.splitlines())))

def parse(line):
    date, info = line.split('-')
    name = info.split(',')[0]
    date = '/'.join(date.split())
    return {'name' : name, 'date' : date}