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January 19 in literary history
Literary history for January 19: 21 writers born, 13 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1547 to 2016. Born on this day: Jack Schlossberg, Robin tom Rink, Edwidge Danticat.
Writers born on January 19
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Jack Schlossberg | American writer and political commentator (born 1993) |
| 1982 | Robin tom Rink | German singer-songwriter and poet |
| 1969 | Edwidge Danticat | Haitian-American writer (born 1969) |
| 1957 | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | English actor, screenwriter and film director |
| 1954 | Esther Shkalim | Israeli poet, Mizrahi feminist, cultural researcher (born 1954) |
| 1947 | Paula Deen | American cook, restaurateur, author, and television personality |
| 1946 | Julian Barnes | English writer (born 1946) |
| 1926 | Hans Massaquoi | Afro-German-American author (1926–2013) |
| 1925 | Nina Bawden | English novelist and children's writer (1925–2012) |
| 1924 | Jean-François Revel | French writer and philosopher (1924–2006) |
| 1921 | Patricia Highsmith | American novelist (1921–1995) |
| 1920 | Bernard Dunstan | British artist, teacher, and author (1920–2017) |
| 1918 | John H. Johnson | American businessman and publisher (1918–2005) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells | Australian poet |
| 1879 | Boris Savinkov | Russian revolutionary and writer (1879–1925) |
| 1876 | Dragotin Kette | Slovene poet |
| 1848 | Arturo Graf | Italian poet (1848–1913) |
| 1810 | Talhaiarn | Welsh poet and architect (1810–1869) |
| 1809 | Edgar Allan Poe | American writer and critic (1809–1849) |
| 1803 | Sarah Helen Whitman | American poet (1803–1878) |
| 1790 | Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom | Swedish poet |
Writers who died on January 19
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ettore Scola | Italian screenwriter and film director (1931–2016) |
| 2005 | K. Sello Duiker | South African writer (1974–2005) |
| 2003 | Françoise Giroud | French journalist, writer, and politician (1916–2003) |
| 1997 | James Dickey | American poet and novelist (1923–1997) |
| 1996 | Don Simpson | American film producer, screenwriter and actor (1943–1996) |
| 1979 | Moritz Jahn (writer) | German novelist and an educator (1884–1979) |
| 1938 | Branislav Nušić | Serbian playwright (1864–1938) |
| 1874 | August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben | German poet (1798–1874) |
| 1851 | Esteban Echeverría | Argentine poet and writer |
| 1847 | Athanasios Christopoulos | Greek poet, scholar, and jurist (1772–1847) |
| 1729 | William Congreve | English playwright and poet (1670-1729) |
| 1576 | Hans Sachs | German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker |
| 1547 | Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | English poet (1516/17–1547) |
Literary events on January 19
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. |
| 1972 | The French newspaper L'Aurore revealed that the former Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon", had been found to be living in Peru. |
Featured
Jack Schlossberg (1993) — John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg is an American social media personality, political commentator and writer. He is a member of the Kennedy family and the Bouvier family.
Robin tom Rink (1982) — Robin tom Rink is a German singer-songwriter and poet from Münster.
Edwidge Danticat (1969) — Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.