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April 22 in literary history
Literary history for April 22: 18 writers born and 13 writers who died from 1322 to 2017. Born on this day: Rosalind Gill, Ana María Shua, Paul Davies.
Writers born on April 22
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Rosalind Gill | British sociologist and author (born 1963) |
| 1951 | Ana María Shua | Argentine writer (born 1951) |
| 1946 | Paul Davies | English physicist, writer and broadcaster (born 1946) |
| 1945 | Demetrio Stratos | Greek musician and lyricist (1945–1979) |
| 1943 | Janet Evanovich | American writer (born 1943) |
| 1943 | Louise Glück | American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023) |
| 1939 | Ray Guy (humorist) | Canadian writer (1939–2013) |
| 1939 | Jason Miller (playwright) | American actor and playwright (1939–2001) |
| 1938 | Adam Raphael | British journalist and author |
| 1923 | Peter Kane Dufault | American poet |
| 1918 | William Jay Smith | American poet (1918–2015) |
| 1914 | Jan de Hartog | Dutch playwright and novelist (1914–2002) |
| 1905 | Robert Choquette | Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat |
| 1899 | Vladimir Nabokov | Russian and American novelist (1899–1977) |
| 1886 | Izidor Cankar | Slovenian author, art historian, diplomat, journalist, translator and politician |
| 1873 | Ellen Glasgow | American novelist (1873–1945) |
| 1766 | Germaine de Staël | French novelist and woman of letters (1766–1817) |
| 1707 | Henry Fielding | English writer and judge (1707–1754) |
Writers who died on April 22
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Donna Williams | Australian writer (1963–2017) |
| 2015 | Dick Balharry | Scottish conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer (1937–2015) |
| 2005 | Erika Fuchs | German translator (1906–2005) |
| 1996 | Erma Bombeck | American humorist and writer (1927–1996) |
| 1995 | Jane Kenyon | American poet, translator |
| 1985 | Jacques Ferron | Canadian physician and author |
| 1932 | Ferenc Oslay | Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer and propagandist |
| 1894 | Kostas Krystallis | Greek writer and poet |
| 1850 | Friedrich Robert Faehlmann | Estonian writer |
| 1699 | Hans Erasmus Aßmann | Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (born 1646) |
| 1672 | Georg Stiernhielm | Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet |
| 1616 | Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish writer (1547–1616) |
| 1322 | Francis of Fabriano | Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and writer |
Featured
Rosalind Gill (1963) — Rosalind Clair Gill is a British sociologist and feminist cultural theorist. She is currently Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at City, University of London.
Ana María Shua (1951) — Ana María Shua is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in microfiction.
Paul Davies (1946) — Paul Charles William Davies is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies in Chapman University in California.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.