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June 29 in literary history
Literary history for June 29: 23 writers born, 11 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1315 to 2014. Born on this day: Colin Jost, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Yoko Kamio.
Writers born on June 29
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Colin Jost | American comedian, writer and actor (born 1982) |
| 1981 | Shmuly Yanklowitz | American rabbi, activist, and author |
| 1966 | Yoko Kamio | Japanese manga artist and writer (born 1966) |
| 1956 | David B. Mattingly | American illustrator and painter |
| 1950 | Bobby London | American cartoonist |
| 1942 | Charlotte Bingham | English novelist (1942–2025) |
| 1934 | Corey Allen | American director, writer and actor |
| 1933 | John Bradshaw (author) | American educator and author (1933 – 2016) |
| 1931 | Sevim Burak | Turkish writer |
| 1930 | Sławomir Mrożek | Polish playwright (1930–2013) |
| 1929 | Oriana Fallaci | Italian journalist and author (1929–2006) |
| 1928 | Jean-Louis Pesch | French writer (1928–2023) |
| 1922 | Vasko Popa | Serbian poet (1922–1991) |
| 1921 | Frédéric Dard | French crime writer |
| 1912 | John Toland (historian) | American writer (1912–2004) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | French writer and aviator (1900–1944) |
| 1897 | Fulgence Charpentier | Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (died 2001) |
| 1835 | Celia Thaxter | American writer |
| 1803 | John Newton Brown | John Newton Brown, American minister and author (died 1868) |
| 1798 | Willibald Alexis | German novelist |
| 1798 | Giacomo Leopardi | Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798–1837) |
| 1787 | Lavinia Stoddard | American poet, school founder |
| 1746 | Joachim Heinrich Campe | German writer, linguist and educator |
Writers who died on June 29
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Dermot Healy | Irish writer (1947–2014) |
| 2013 | Margherita Hack | Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013) |
| 2011 | K. D. Sethna | Indian historian and writer (1904–2011) |
| 2007 | Fred Saberhagen | American science fiction and fantasy writer (1930–2007) |
| 1990 | Irving Wallace | American writer (1916–1990) |
| 1936 | János Szlepecz | Slovene Roman Catholic priest, dean and writer (1872–1936) |
| 1931 | Nérée Beauchemin | Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (born 1850) |
| 1873 | Michael Madhusudan Dutt | Bengali poet and dramatist (1825–1873) |
| 1861 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | English poet (1806–1861) |
| 1729 | Edward Taylor | American poet (c.1642 – 1729) |
| 1315 | Ramon Llull | Majorcan writer and philosopher (c. 1232 – 1316) |
Literary events on June 29
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1613 | The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground. |
Featured
Colin Jost (1982) — Colin Kelly Jost is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of Weekend Update since 2014.
Shmuly Yanklowitz (1981) — Shmuly Yanklowitz is an American open orthodox rabbi and activist. In March 2012 and March 2013, Newsweek listed Yanklowitz as one of the 50 most influential rabbis in America.
Yoko Kamio (1966) — Yōko Kamio is a Japanese manga artist. Her best known series Boys Over Flowers , for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996, is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and the best-selling shōjo manga of all time. Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.