On this day
June 25 in literary history
Literary history for June 25: 23 writers born, 16 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1483 to 2016. Born on this day: Yann Martel, Marcello Toninelli, Richard Clarke (bishop).
Writers born on June 25
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Yann Martel | Canadian novelist (born 1963) |
| 1950 | Marcello Toninelli | Italian comics writer (born 1950) |
| 1949 | Richard Clarke (bishop) | Irish Anglican bishop and author |
| 1944 | Robert Charlebois | Canadian musician, actor, and author (born 1944) |
| 1944 | Gary David Goldberg | American screenwriter and producer (1944–2013) |
| 1942 | Michel Tremblay | Canadian writer (born 1942) |
| 1940 | A. J. Quinnell | English thriller novelist (1940–2005) |
| 1935 | Taufiq Ismail | Indonesian poet, activist and editor |
| 1935 | Larry Kramer | American playwright and gay rights activist (1935–2020) |
| 1935 | Charles Sheffield | British mathematician, physicist and writer (1935–2002) |
| 1929 | Eric Carle | American author and illustrator (1929–2021) |
| 1928 | Peyo | Belgian comics cartoonist and scriptwriter (1928–1992) |
| 1926 | Ingeborg Bachmann | Austrian poet and author (1926–1973) |
| 1923 | Dorothy Gilman | American novelist |
| 1918 | P. H. Newby | English writer and broadcasting administrator (1918–1997) |
| 1917 | Claude Seignolle | French author (1917–2018) |
| 1903 | George Orwell | English author and journalist (1903–1950) |
| 1898 | Kay Sage | American Surrealist artist, poet (1898–1963) |
| 1887 | George Abbott | American writer and director (1887–1995) |
| 1887 | Frigyes Karinthy | Hungarian writer (1887–1938) |
| 1884 | Géza Gyóni | Hungarian writer (1884–1917) |
| 1874 | Rose O'Neill | American illustrator (1874–1944) |
| 1858 | Georges Courteline | French dramatist and novelist (1858–1929) |
Writers who died on June 25
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Adam Small | South African writer (1936–2016) |
| 2014 | Nigel Calder | British science writer |
| 2014 | Ana María Matute | Spanish author |
| 2013 | George Burditt (writer) | American television writer and producer |
| 2013 | Mildred Ladner Thompson | American journalist, writer and columnist |
| 2010 | Alan Plater | English playwright and screenwriter (1935–2010) |
| 1997 | Jacques Cousteau | French oceanographer and author (1910–1997) |
| 1976 | Johnny Mercer | American lyricist, songwriter, singer (1909–1976) |
| 1958 | Alfred Noyes | English poet (1880–1958) |
| 1950 | Muiris Ó Súilleabháin | Irish author (1904–1950) |
| 1922 | Satyendranath Dutta | Bengali poet and rhymer (1882–1922) |
| 1917 | Géza Gyóni | Hungarian writer (1884–1917) |
| 1822 | E. T. A. Hoffmann | German author (1776–1822) |
| 1638 | Juan Pérez de Montalbán | Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1602) |
| 1634 | John Marston (playwright) | English poet, playwright, and satirist (1576-1634) |
| 1483 | Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers | English noble, courtier, and writer (c. 1440–1483) |
Literary events on June 25
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1947 | The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. |
| 1944 | The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. |
Featured
Yann Martel (1963) — Yann Martel, is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories.
Marcello Toninelli (1950) — Marcello Toninelli is an Italian comics writer, best known as main writer of series of Zagor between 1982 and 1993.
Richard Clarke (bishop) (1949) — Richard Lionel Clarke is a retired Irish Anglican bishop and author. From 2012 to 2020, he served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland: as such, he was the senior cleric of the Church of Ireland.
Sources & data
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