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August 19 in literary history
Literary history for August 19: 22 writers born and 11 writers who died from 1631 to 2017. Born on this day: Veronica Roth, Tasma Walton, Jonathan Coe.
Writers born on August 19
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Veronica Roth | American author (born 1988) |
| 1973 | Tasma Walton | Australian actress and writer (born 1973) |
| 1961 | Jonathan Coe | English novelist |
| 1955 | Mary-Anne Fahey | Australian actress, comedian and writer |
| 1945 | Dennis Eichhorn | American writer (1945–2015) |
| 1944 | Jack Canfield | American writer & speaker (born 1944) |
| 1944 | Bodil Malmsten | Swedish poet and novelist |
| 1930 | Frank McCourt | Irish-American writer |
| 1928 | Shiv Prasaad Singh | Indian novelist (1928–1998) |
| 1925 | Claude Gauvreau | Canadian writer |
| 1921 | Gene Roddenberry | American screenwriter and producer (1921–1991) |
| 1919 | Malcolm Forbes | American publisher (1919–1990) |
| 1915 | Ring Lardner Jr. | American screenwriter (1915–2000) |
| 1915 | Peter Kemp (writer) | English soldier and writer (1915–1993) |
| 1907 | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi | Hindi novelist and scholar (1907–1979) |
| 1903 | James Gould Cozzens | American novelist |
| 1902 | Ogden Nash | American poet (1902–1971) |
| 1900 | Gontran de Poncins | French writer (1900–1962) |
| 1849 | Joaquim Nabuco | Brazilian writer, abolitionist, and statesman |
| 1843 | C. I. Scofield | American theologian, minister and writer (1843 – 1921) |
| 1815 | Harriette Woods Baker | American author (1815–1893) |
| 1631 | John Dryden | English poet and playwright (1630–1700) |
Writers who died on August 19
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Brian Aldiss | British science-fiction writer (1925–2017) |
| 2017 | Dick Gregory | American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017) |
| 2014 | Samih al-Qasim | Palestinian Druze poet (1939–2014) |
| 2014 | Simin Behbahani | Persian poet (1927–2014) |
| 2014 | Candida Lycett Green | British author (1942–2014) |
| 2011 | Raúl Ruiz (director) | Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher (1941-2011) |
| 1993 | Utpal Dutt | Indian actor, director, playwright (1929–1993) |
| 1967 | Hugo Gernsback | American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967) |
| 1936 | Federico García Lorca | Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936) |
| 1915 | Tevfik Fikret | Ottoman educator and poet (1867–1915) |
| 1889 | Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam | French symbolist writer |
Featured
Veronica Roth (1988) — Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
Tasma Walton (1973) — Tasma Walton is an Aboriginal Australian stage, television, and film actress and writer.
Jonathan Coe (1961) — Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.