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June 30 in literary history
Literary history for June 30: 21 writers born, 13 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1666 to 2025. Born on this day: Katherine Ryan, Sébastien Rose, Daniel Goldhagen.
Writers born on June 30
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Katherine Ryan | Canadian comedian, writer, and actor (born 1983) |
| 1969 | Sébastien Rose | Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1969) |
| 1959 | Daniel Goldhagen | American author and academic (born 1959) |
| 1943 | Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Indian screenwriter and director |
| 1939 | Barry Hines | British writer (1939–2016) |
| 1939 | José Emilio Pacheco | Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer (1939–2014) |
| 1938 | Jeri Taylor | American screenwriter (1938–2024) |
| 1936 | Assia Djebar | Algerian feminist novelist (1936–2015) |
| 1928 | Nathaniel Tarn | American poet (1928–2024) |
| 1927 | James Goldman | American playwright and screenwriter (1927–1998) |
| 1920 | Eleanor Ross Taylor | American poet (1920–2011) |
| 1911 | Czesław Miłosz | Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004) |
| 1911 | Nagarjun | Indian poet (1911–1998) |
| 1909 | Juan Bosch (politician) | 20th-century Dominican politician and writer |
| 1908 | Winston Graham | English novelist (1908–2003) |
| 1908 | Rob Nieuwenhuys | Dutch writer |
| 1884 | Georges Duhamel (author) | French writer (1884–1966) |
| 1864 | Frederick Bligh Bond | British architect, illustrator, archaeologist |
| 1807 | Friedrich Theodor Vischer | German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer (1807–1887) |
| 1803 | Thomas Lovell Beddoes | English poet, dramatist and physician (1803–1849) |
| 1685 | John Gay | English poet and playwright (1685–1732) |
Writers who died on June 30
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jim Shooter | American comic book writer (1951–2025) |
| 2015 | Leonard Starr | American cartoonist (1925–2015) |
| 2014 | Paul Mazursky | American director, screenwriter, and actor (1930–2014) |
| 2013 | Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway | British judge, barrister, & author (1917–2013) |
| 2012 | Michael J. Ybarra | American journalist, author and adventurer (1966-2012) |
| 2003 | Robert McCloskey | American writer and illustrator (1914–2003) |
| 1984 | Lillian Hellman | American dramatist and screenwriter (1905–1984) |
| 1973 | Nancy Mitford | English novelist and biographer (1904–1973) |
| 1971 | Herbert Biberman | American screenwriter and film director |
| 1966 | Margery Allingham | English editor and novelist (1904–1966) |
| 1959 | José Vasconcelos | Mexican lawyer, author, and Secretary of Education (1881–1959) |
| 1917 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Indian politician, scholar and writer (1825–1917) |
| 1666 | Alexander Brome | English poet |
Literary events on June 30
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik. |
Featured
Katherine Ryan (1983) — Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer. She has appeared on British TV and radio panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own, Mock the Week, Would I Lie to You?, QI, Just a Minute, Safeword, and Have I Got News for You.
Sébastien Rose (1969) — Sébastien Rose is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His debut film, How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause , won the Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian film by a first-time director in 2003.
Daniel Goldhagen (1959) — Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen received attention as the author of two controversial books about the Holocaust: Hitler's Willing Executioners (1996) and A Moral Reckoning (2002).
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.