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January 28 in literary history
Literary history for January 28: 17 writers born, 16 writers who died and 4 literary events from 1582 to 2014. Born on this day: Tabyana Ali, Michael Hastings (journalist), Ramsey Nasr.
Writers born on January 28
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Tabyana Ali | American actress and author (born 2002) |
| 1980 | Michael Hastings (journalist) | American journalist and author (1980–2013) |
| 1974 | Ramsey Nasr | Dutch writer, actor and poet |
| 1952 | Richard Glatzer | American writer and director |
| 1949 | Jim Wong-Chu | Canadian writer |
| 1936 | Ismail Kadare | Albanian writer (1936–2024) |
| 1935 | David Lodge (author) | English writer (1935–2025) |
| 1930 | Roy Clarke | English comedy writer (born 1930) |
| 1927 | Vera Williams | American writer |
| 1924 | Marcel Broodthaers | Belgian poet, filmmaker and visual artist |
| 1903 | Aleksander Kamiński | Polish writer and scout leader (1903–1978) |
| 1897 | Valentin Kataev | Soviet writer and editor (1897–1986) |
| 1886 | Marthe Bibesco | Romanian writer (1886–1973) |
| 1885 | Vahan Terian | Armenian poet (1885–1920) |
| 1873 | Colette | French novelist (1873–1954) |
| 1726 | Christian Felix Weiße | German writer and pedagogue (1726–1804) |
| 1582 | John Barclay (poet) | Scottish writer (1582-1621) |
Writers who died on January 28
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nigel Jenkins | Anglo-Welsh poet (1949–2014) |
| 2013 | Oldřich Kulhánek | Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1940) |
| 2012 | Don Starkell | Canadian adventurer, diarist and author |
| 2002 | Astrid Lindgren | Swedish author and screenwriter (1907–2002) |
| 2002 | Ayşe Nur Zarakolu | Author, publisher, human rights activist (1946–2002) |
| 2001 | Ranko Marinković | Croatian novelist and dramatist |
| 1996 | Joseph Brodsky | Russian poet (1940–1996) |
| 1996 | Burne Hogarth | American artist, educator, and cartoonist (1911–1996) |
| 1996 | Jerry Siegel | American comic book writer (1914–1996) |
| 1978 | Ward Moore | American writer of fiction |
| 1976 | Marcel Broodthaers | Belgian poet, filmmaker and visual artist |
| 1960 | Zora Neale Hurston | American author, anthropologist, filmmaker (1891–1960) |
| 1953 | Neyzen Tevfik | Turkish poet and satirist (1879-1953) |
| 1939 | W. B. Yeats | Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939) |
| 1918 | John McCrae | Canadian poet and physician (1872–1918) |
| 1754 | Ludvig Holberg | Danish–Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754) |
Literary events on January 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1977 | The Shining, the horror novel and the first hardcover bestseller by Stephen King, is published. |
| 1933 | Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan". |
| 1878 | Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States. |
| 1813 | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. |
Featured
Tabyana Ali (2002) — Tabyana Ali is an American actress and author. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to California with her mother to begin a career in the entertainment industry.
Michael Hastings (journalist) (1980) — Michael Mahon Hastings was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and he attended New York University. Hastings rose to prominence with his coverage of the Iraq War for Newsweek in the 2000s.
Ramsey Nasr (1974) — Ramsey Nasr is a Dutch author and actor of mixed Palestinian and Dutch descent.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.