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April 29 in literary history
Literary history for April 29: 24 writers born, 11 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1630 to 2022. Born on this day: Micol Ostow, Michel Bussi, Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Writers born on April 29
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Micol Ostow | American writer |
| 1965 | Michel Bussi | French author (born 1965) |
| 1965 | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | American author, radio host, and filmmaker (1965–2017) |
| 1962 | Polly Samson | English writer |
| 1960 | Robert J. Sawyer | Canadian science fiction writer (born 1960) |
| 1955 | Leslie Jordan | American actor, comedian, writer and singer (1955–2022) |
| 1955 | Kate Mulgrew | American actress and author (born 1955) |
| 1938 | Steven Bach | American film studio executive and writer |
| 1937 | Jill Paton Walsh | English author (1937–2020) |
| 1936 | Alejandra Pizarnik | Argentine poet (1936–1972) |
| 1933 | Rod McKuen | American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer (1933–2015) |
| 1929 | Walter Kempowski | German writer (1929–2007) |
| 1926 | Elmer Kelton | American journalist and writer |
| 1920 | Edward Blishen | English author and broadcaster (1920–1996) |
| 1919 | Gérard Oury | French film director, actor and writer (1919–2006) |
| 1912 | Richard Carlson (actor) | American actor, director, and screenwriter (1912–1977) |
| 1908 | Jack Williamson | American science fiction writer (1908–2006) |
| 1899 | Mary Petty | American cartoonist |
| 1885 | Egon Kisch | Austrian-Czechoslovak writer and journalist |
| 1875 | Rafael Sabatini | Italian-British writer (1875–1950) |
| 1863 | Constantine P. Cavafy | Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933) |
| 1863 | William Randolph Hearst | American newspaper publisher (1863–1951) |
| 1810 | Thomas Adolphus Trollope | English writer (1810–1892) |
| 1780 | Charles Nodier | French author (1780–1844) |
Writers who died on April 29
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Joanna Barnes | American actress and writer (1934–2022) |
| 2021 | Cate Haste | English author (1945–2021) |
| 2012 | Roland Moreno | French inventor, engineer, and author |
| 2011 | Joanna Russ | American writer and academic (1937–2011) |
| 2005 | William J. Bell (producer) | American screenwriter (1927–2005) |
| 1937 | William Gillette | American manager and playwright |
| 1933 | Constantine P. Cavafy | Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933) |
| 1776 | Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller) | English writer and traveller (1713-1776) |
| 1707 | George Farquhar | Irish dramatist (1677–1707) |
| 1658 | John Cleveland | English poet and Royalist (1613–1658) |
| 1630 | Agrippa d'Aubigné | French poet (1552–1630) |
Literary events on April 29
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1986 | A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. |
Featured
Micol Ostow (1976) — Micol Ostow is an American author, editor and educator who has written more than 40 published works. Her first original hardcover novel, Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, was named a "New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age".
Michel Bussi (1965) — Michel Bussi is a French author, known for writing thriller novels, and a political analyst and professor of geography at the University of Rouen, where he leads a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment in the French National Centre for Scientific Research, where he is a specialist in electoral…
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965) — Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely.
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