On this day
June 1 in literary history
Literary history for June 1: 21 writers born, 14 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1310 to 2010. Born on this day: Patrick Besson, Petra Morsbach, Michael McDowell (author).
21writers born
14writers died
2literary events
Writers born on June 1
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Patrick Besson | French writer and journalist (born 1956) |
| 1956 | Petra Morsbach | German author |
| 1950 | Michael McDowell (author) | American novelist and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Katerina Gogou | Greek poet, author and actress (1940–1993) |
| 1940 | Kip Thorne | American physicist, writer, and Nobel Laureate (born 1940) |
| 1937 | Colleen McCullough | Australian author (1937–2015) |
| 1936 | Gerald Scarfe | English cartoonist, illustrator, animator (born 1936) |
| 1934 | Peter Masterson | American actor, director, and writer (1934-2018) |
| 1934 | Doris Buchanan Smith | American novelist (1934–2002) |
| 1929 | James H. Billington | American author (1929–2018) |
| 1928 | Bob Monkhouse | English comedian, writer and actor (1928–2003) |
| 1925 | Dilia Díaz Cisneros | Venezuelan teacher and poet |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy | Austrian author, geologist, journalist and climber |
| 1901 | John Van Druten | English actor and playwright (1901–1957) |
| 1889 | Charles Kay Ogden | British linguist, philosopher and writer (1889-1957) |
| 1878 | John Masefield | English poet and writer (1878–1967) |
| 1790 | Ferdinand Raimund | Austrian actor and dramatist (1790–1836) |
| 1770 | Friedrich Laun | German novelist |
| 1675 | Francesco Scipione Maffei | Italian writer and art critic (1675 – 1755) |
| 1522 | Dirck Coornhert | Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, and theologian (1522–1590) |
| 1480 | Tiedemann Giese | Polish bishop and writer |
Writers who died on June 1
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Andrei Voznesensky | Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2010) |
| 2004 | William Manchester | American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004) |
| 2001 | Hank Ketcham | American cartoonist (1920–2001) |
| 1983 | Anna Seghers | German writer (1900–1983) |
| 1968 | Helen Keller | American deafblind author and activist (1880–1968) |
| 1954 | Martin Andersen Nexø | Danish writer (1869–1954) |
| 1948 | Alex Gard | Russian-American cartoonist (1898–1948) |
| 1943 | Leslie Howard | English actor and writer (1893–1943) |
| 1941 | Hugh Walpole | English writer (1894–1941) |
| 1938 | Ödön von Horváth | Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (1901–1938) |
| 1876 | Hristo Botev | Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1848-1876) |
| 1625 | Honoré d'Urfé | French novelist (1568–1625) |
| 1354 | Kitabatake Chikafusa | 14th-century Japanese court noble, author, and historian |
| 1310 | Marguerite Porete | French mystic and poet (died 1310) |
Literary events on June 1
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1974 | The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. |
| 1857 | Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. |
Featured
Patrick Besson (1956) — Patrick Besson is a French writer and journalist.
Petra Morsbach (1956) — Petra Morsbach is a German author.
Michael McDowell (author) (1950) — Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was described by Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today." His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.