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April 26 in literary history
Literary history for April 26: 15 writers born, 15 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1538 to 2015. Born on this day: H. G. Carrillo, Marilyn Nelson, Svyatoslav Belza.
Writers born on April 26
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | H. G. Carrillo | American writer (1960–2020) |
| 1946 | Marilyn Nelson | American poet, translator, and children's book author (born 1946) |
| 1942 | Svyatoslav Belza | Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (died 2014) |
| 1929 | Richard Mitchell | Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (died 2002) |
| 1925 | Vladimir Boltyansky | Soviet and Russian mathematician, educator, and author (1925–2019) |
| 1916 | Eyvind Earle | American artist and author (1916–2000) |
| 1916 | Morris West | Australian novelist and playwright |
| 1914 | Bernard Malamud | American writer (1914–1986) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt | Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000) |
| 1898 | Vicente Aleixandre | Spanish poet (1898–1984) |
| 1889 | Anita Loos | American actress and writer (1888–1981) |
| 1886 | Gabdulla Tukay | Tatar poet (1886–1913) |
| 1834 | Artemus Ward | American writer (1834–1867) |
| 1787 | Ludwig Uhland | German poet and politician (1787–1862) |
| 1538 | Gian Paolo Lomazzo | Italian artist and writer (1538–1592) |
Writers who died on April 26
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jayne Meadows | American actress and author (1919–2015) |
| 2009 | Hans Holzer | American writer and parapsychologist |
| 2005 | Augusto Roa Bastos | Paraguayan writer (1917–2005) |
| 2004 | Hubert Selby Jr. | American writer |
| 2003 | Yun Hyon-seok | South Korean writer and activist (1984–2003) |
| 1996 | Stirling Silliphant | American screenwriter (1918–1996) |
| 1991 | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | American writer and historian (1901–1991) |
| 1976 | Armstrong Sperry | American writer and illustrator (1897–1976) |
| 1970 | Gypsy Rose Lee | American burlesque performer, actress and writer (1911–1970) |
| 1964 | E. J. Pratt | Canadian poet (1882–1964) |
| 1934 | Konstantin Vaginov | Russian poet |
| 1916 | Mário de Sá-Carneiro | Portuguese poet and writer (1890–1916) |
| 1910 | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | Norwegian writer (1832–1910) |
| 1895 | Eric Stenbock | Baltic Swedish poet and novelist (1860–1895) |
| 1809 | Bernhard Schott | German clarinetist and music publisher |
Literary events on April 26
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1989 | An editorial was published in the People's Daily denouncing the growing unrest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing which would remain contentious through the remainder of the protests. |
| 1564 | Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown). |
Featured
H. G. Carrillo (1960) — H. G. Carrillo was an American fiction writer and academic. In the 1990s, he began writing as "H. G. Carrillo" and he eventually adopted that identity in his private life as well. Carroll constructed a false claim that he was a Cuban immigrant who had left Cuba with his family at the age of seven.
Marilyn Nelson (1946) — Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, biographer, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former Poet Laureate of Connecticut. She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, and the Frost Medal.
Svyatoslav Belza (1942) — Svyatoslav Igorevich Belza was a Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist, and a prominent TV personality who's launched and hosted several TV programs aimed at popularizing classical music, theatre, and ballet, including Music on Air and Masterpieces of the World Music Theatre.
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