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June 8 in literary history
Literary history for June 8: 14 writers born, 14 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1508 to 2013. Born on this day: Rachel Held Evans, Scott Adams, Sara Paretsky.
Writers born on June 8
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rachel Held Evans | American writer |
| 1957 | Scott Adams | American cartoonist and author (1957–2026) |
| 1947 | Sara Paretsky | American author of detective fiction |
| 1945 | Steven Fromholz | American poet and singer-songwriter (1945–2014) |
| 1937 | Gillian Clarke | Welsh writer and broadcaster |
| 1929 | Nada Inada | Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (died 2013) |
| 1928 | Kate Wilhelm | American science fiction writer (1928–2018) |
| 1920 | Gwen Harwood | Australian poet |
| 1915 | Kayyar Kinhanna Rai | Indian poet and activist (1915–2015) |
| 1910 | John W. Campbell | American science fiction writer and editor (1910–1971) |
| 1903 | Marguerite Yourcenar | French novelist and essayist (1903–1987) |
| 1897 | John G. Bennett | British academic and writer (1897–1974) |
| 1829 | John Everett Millais | British painter and illustrator (1829–1896) |
| 1508 | Primož Trubar | Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer |
Writers who died on June 8
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Yoram Kaniuk | Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic (1930–2013) |
| 2006 | Jaxon (cartoonist) | American cartoonist |
| 2000 | Frédéric Dard | French crime writer |
| 1998 | Maria Reiche | Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator (1903–1998) |
| 1997 | George Turner (writer) | Australian writer (1916–1997) |
| 1971 | J. I. Rodale | Publisher and author |
| 1968 | Elizabeth Enright | American writer (1907–1968) |
| 1956 | Marie Laurencin | French painter, poet and printmaker (1883–1956) |
| 1889 | Gerard Manley Hopkins | English poet and Catholic priest (1844–1889) |
| 1876 | George Sand | French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876) |
| 1857 | Douglas William Jerrold | English dramatist and writer (1803–1857) |
| 1846 | Rodolphe Töpffer | Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799–1846) |
| 1809 | Thomas Paine | English-born philosopher and author (1737–1809) |
| 1611 | Jean Bertaut | French poet |
Literary events on June 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1949 | George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States |
| 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional totalitarian government, was published. |
| 1826 | In York, Upper Canada, members of the Family Compact destroyed William Lyon Mackenzie's printing press in the Types Riot after Mackenzie accused them of corruption. |
Featured
Rachel Held Evans (1981) — Rachel Held Evans was an American columnist and author. Her book A Year of Biblical Womanhood was a New York Times bestseller in e-book non-fiction, and Searching for Sunday was a New York Times bestseller nonfiction paperback.
Scott Adams (1957) — Scott Raymond Adams was an American cartoonist, author, and commentator. He is best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.
Sara Paretsky (1947) — Sara Paretsky is an American author of detective fiction, most notable for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.