On this day
June 23 in literary history
Literary history for June 23: 21 writers born, 10 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1770 to 2014. Born on this day: Joss Whedon, Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Robert Hunter (lyricist).
Writers born on June 23
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Joss Whedon | American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964) |
| 1945 | Kjell Albin Abrahamson | Swedish journalist and writer |
| 1941 | Robert Hunter (lyricist) | Lyricist and member of the Grateful Dead (1941–2019) |
| 1941 | Roger McDonald | Australian author (born 1941) |
| 1939 | Scott Burton | American artist and writer (1939–1989) |
| 1936 | Richard Bach | American spiritual writer (born 1936) |
| 1930 | Anthony Thwaite | British poet and critic (1930-2021) |
| 1928 | Michael Shaara | American novelist (1928–1988) |
| 1926 | Magda Herzberger | Romanian-born American author, lecturer, composer and Holocaust survivor (1926–2021) |
| 1926 | Annette Mbaye d'Erneville | Senegalese writer (born 1926) |
| 1924 | Frank Bolle | American cartoonist (1924–2020) |
| 1923 | Elroy Schwartz | American writer |
| 1921 | Paul Findley | American politician and writer (1921–2019) |
| 1910 | Jean Anouilh | French playwright (1910–1987) |
| 1910 | Gordon B. Hinckley | American religious leader and author (1910–2008) |
| 1910 | Bill King (Royal Navy officer) | British naval officer, yachtsman, author |
| 1901 | Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar | Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962) |
| 1898 | Winifred Holtby | English novelist and journalist (1898–1935) |
| 1889 | Anna Akhmatova | Russian and Soviet poet (1889–1966) |
| 1863 | Sándor Bródy (writer) | Hungarian author and journalist (1863–1924) |
| 1860 | Albert Giraud | Belgian poet |
Writers who died on June 23
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nancy Garden | American fiction writer (1938–2014) |
| 2013 | Gary David Goldberg | American screenwriter and producer (1944–2013) |
| 2013 | Richard Matheson | American author and screenwriter (1926–2013) |
| 2005 | Manolis Anagnostakis | Greek poet and critic |
| 1990 | Harindranath Chattopadhyay | Indian poet (1898–1990) |
| 1959 | Boris Vian | French writer and musician (1920–1959) |
| 1959 | Hidir Lutfi | Iraqi poet |
| 1811 | Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida | Portuguese writer (1740–1811) |
| 1775 | Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz | German soldier, adventurer and writer (1692–1775) |
| 1770 | Mark Akenside | English poet and physician (1721–1770) |
Literary events on June 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1972 | President Richard Nixon signed Title IX (co-author Patsy Mink pictured) into law as part of the Education Amendments, prohibiting gender discrimination in any educational program receiving U.S. federal funds. |
| 1868 | Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer". |
| 1860 | The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. |
Featured
Joss Whedon (1964) — Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer.
Kjell Albin Abrahamson (1945) — Kjell Albin Abrahamson was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to Warsaw, Poland, a position he previously held in Moscow, USSR (1986–1990); twice in Vienna, Austria ; and once before in Warsaw (1994–1997).
Robert Hunter (lyricist) (1941) — Robert C. Christie Hunter was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.