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March 1 in literary history
Literary history for March 1: 24 writers born and 15 writers who died from 1620 to 2025. Born on this day: Brad Falchuk, Nevada Barr, Jim Crace.
Writers born on March 1
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Brad Falchuk | American television writer, director, and producer (born 1971) |
| 1952 | Nevada Barr | American author |
| 1946 | Jim Crace | English novelist, play, short story writer (born 1946) |
| 1941 | Robert Hass | American poet (born 1941) |
| 1940 | Robert Grossman (artist) | American cartoonist |
| 1939 | Mustansar Hussain Tarar | Pakistani Author and TV Host (born 1939) |
| 1936 | Jean-Edern Hallier | French writer, critic and editor |
| 1929 | Georgi Markov | Bulgarian-British dissident writer (1929–1978) |
| 1928 | Jacques Rivette | French film director, screenwriter and film critic |
| 1924 | Arnold Drake | American comic book writer and screenwriter (1924–2007) |
| 1922 | William Gaines | American publisher (1922–1992) |
| 1921 | Richard Wilbur | American poet (1921–2017) |
| 1920 | Howard Nemerov | American poet |
| 1917 | Robert Lowell | American poet (1917–1977) |
| 1914 | Ralph Ellison | American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994) |
| 1910 | David Niven | English actor, memoirist and novelist (1910–1983) |
| 1900 | Basil Bunting | English modernist poet (1900–1985) |
| 1896 | Moriz Seeler | German writer (1896-1942) |
| 1893 | Mercedes de Acosta | American poet, playwright, and novelist (1892–1968) |
| 1892 | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Japanese writer (1892–1927) |
| 1890 | Theresa Bernstein | American artist, and writer (1890–2002) |
| 1886 | Oskar Kokoschka | Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980) |
| 1880 | Lytton Strachey | English writer and critic (1880–1932) |
| 1837 | William Dean Howells | American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920) |
Writers who died on March 1
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pat Ingoldsby | Irish poet and television presenter (1942–2025) |
| 2016 | Carole Achache | French writer, photographer and actress |
| 1998 | Archie Goodwin (comics) | American writer (1937–1998) |
| 1983 | Arthur Koestler | Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983) |
| 1978 | Paul Scott (novelist) | English novelist, playwright and poet (1920–1978) |
| 1952 | Mariano Azuela | Mexican author (1873–1952) |
| 1940 | A. H. Tammsaare | Estonian writer |
| 1938 | Gabriele D'Annunzio | Italian writer (1863–1938) |
| 1936 | Mikhail Kuzmin | Russian poet, musician and novelist |
| 1906 | José María de Pereda | Modern Spanish novelist (1833–1906) |
| 1875 | Tristan Corbière | French poet (1845–1875) |
| 1734 | Roger North (biographer) | English lawyer and biographer (1653–1734) |
| 1697 | Francesco Redi | Italian naturalist and poet |
| 1633 | George Herbert | English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633) |
| 1620 | Thomas Campion | English composer and poet (1567–1620) |
Featured
Brad Falchuk (1971) — Bradley Douglas Falchuk is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the television series Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, The Brothers Sun, and Pose with Ryan Murphy, as well as the 9-1-1 franchise with Murphy and Tim Minear.
Nevada Barr (1952) — Nevada Barr is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States. Barr's Anna Pigeon series has been interpreted into a television series starting in 2026 under the titular character's name.
Jim Crace (1946) — James Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999, Crace was born in Hertfordshire and has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin.
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