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April 2 in literary history
Literary history for April 2: 29 writers born and 18 writers who died from 1412 to 2024. Born on this day: Gavin Heffernan, Zane Lamprey, Clark Gregg.
Writers born on April 2
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Gavin Heffernan | Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter |
| 1972 | Zane Lamprey | American actor, screenwriter and producer |
| 1962 | Clark Gregg | American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1962) |
| 1959 | Yves Lavandier | French film writer and director (born 1959) |
| 1953 | Malika Oufkir | Moroccan Amazigh writer and former "disappeared" |
| 1953 | James Vance (comics) | American comic book writer, author and playwright (1953 – 2017) |
| 1948 | Roald Als | Danish cartoonist |
| 1948 | Daniel Okrent | American writer and editor (born 1948) |
| 1948 | Joan D. Vinge | American science fiction author (born 1948) |
| 1947 | Tua Forsström | Finnish writer |
| 1945 | Anne Waldman | American poet (born 1945) |
| 1942 | Roshan Seth | British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director (born 1942) |
| 1934 | Brian Glover | British character actor, writer and professional wrestler (1934–1997) |
| 1933 | György Konrád | Hungarian novelist (1933–2019) |
| 1929 | Ed Dorn | American poet (1929–1999) |
| 1925 | George MacDonald Fraser | British author (1925–2008) |
| 1900 | Roberto Arlt | Argentine writer (1900–1942) |
| 1898 | Harindranath Chattopadhyay | Indian poet (1898–1990) |
| 1888 | Neville Cardus | English writer (1888–1975) |
| 1884 | J. C. Squire | British writer, historian and editor (1884–1958) |
| 1861 | Iván Persa | Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer |
| 1840 | Émile Zola | French writer (1840–1902) |
| 1805 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danish writer (1805–1875) |
| 1798 | August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben | German poet (1798–1874) |
| 1788 | Francisco Balagtas | Renowned Filipino poet and writer (1788–1862) |
| 1755 | Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin | French lawyer, politician and culinary writer |
| 1725 | Giacomo Casanova | Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798) |
| 1719 | Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim | German Enlightenment poet (1719–1803) |
| 1586 | Pietro Della Valle | Italian composer, musicologist, traveller and author (1586–1652) |
Writers who died on April 2
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | John Barth | American writer (1930–2024) |
| 2024 | Maryse Condé | French Guadeloupean author (1934–2024) |
| 2024 | Christopher Durang | American playwright (1949–2024) |
| 2024 | John Sinclair (poet) | American poet and activist (1941–2024) |
| 2015 | Manoel de Oliveira | Portuguese film director, screenwriter and racing driver (1908–2015) |
| 2014 | Urs Widmer | Swiss novelist, playwright (1938–2014) |
| 2005 | Lillian O'Donnell | American writer (1926–2005) |
| 2002 | Levi Celerio | Filipino composer and lyricist |
| 2002 | John R. Pierce | American electrical engineer, scientist, and author |
| 1966 | C. S. Forester | British novelist (1899–1966) |
| 1948 | Sabahattin Ali | Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist (1907-1948) |
| 1942 | Édouard Estaunié | French novelist |
| 1914 | Paul Heyse | German writer and translator (1830–1914) |
| 1891 | Albert Pike | American author, Freemason, and soldier (1809–1891) |
| 1817 | Johann Heinrich Jung | German author (1740–1817) |
| 1791 | Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau | French writer, orator and statesman (1749–1791) |
| 1640 | Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski | Polish Latin poet |
| 1412 | Ruy González de Clavijo | Castilian traveler, writer, and diplomat (died 1412) |
Featured
Gavin Heffernan (1980) — Gavin Heffernan is a Canadian filmmaker, photographer, and producer. He co-wrote the psychological horror film The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) with writing partner Adam Robitel.
Zane Lamprey (1972) — Zane Lamprey is a comedian, actor, and author. After two decades pursuing a career in entertainment in Los Angeles, Lamprey landed his breakout role hosting the cult sensation Three Sheets for the now defunct MOJO HD channel.
Clark Gregg (1962) — Robert Clark Gregg Jr. is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He portrayed Phil Coulson in films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008 to 2024, and voiced Coulson in an animated television series and video games.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.