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March 10 in literary history
Literary history for March 10: 18 writers born and 10 writers who died from 1749 to 2016. Born on this day: Janet Mock, Odile Buisson, Katharine Houghton.
Writers born on March 10
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Janet Mock | American writer, TV host, director, and activist (born 1983) |
| 1956 | Odile Buisson | French gynacologist and writer |
| 1945 | Katharine Houghton | American actress and playwright |
| 1943 | Peter Berresford Ellis | English historian, biographer, and novelist (born 1943) |
| 1940 | David Rabe | American playwright and screenwriter (born 1940) |
| 1937 | María Kodama | Argentine writer (1937–2023) |
| 1931 | Georges Dor | Canadian author |
| 1915 | Joža Horvat | Croatian writer (1915–2012) |
| 1903 | Clare Boothe Luce | American author and politician (1903–1987) |
| 1873 | Jakob Wassermann | German writer (1873–1934) |
| 1867 | Lillian Wald | American nurse, activist, and author (1867–1940) |
| 1861 | E. Pauline Johnson | First Nations poet and performer from Canada (1861–1913) |
| 1843 | Evelyn Abbott | English writer and classical scholar (1843–1901) |
| 1841 | Ina Coolbrith | American, first poet laureate of California, writer, and librarian (1841–1928) |
| 1810 | Samuel Ferguson | Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian |
| 1788 | Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff | German poet and novelist (1788–1857) |
| 1772 | Friedrich Schlegel | German poet, critic, philosopher, and Indologist (1772–1829) |
| 1749 | Lorenzo Da Ponte | Italian librettist, professor, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838) |
Writers who died on March 10
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Anita Brookner | English novelist and art historian (1928–2016) |
| 2015 | Richard Glatzer | American writer and director |
| 2012 | Jean Giraud | French comics author (1938–2012) |
| 2011 | Bill Blackbeard | American writer-editor and comic strip collector (1926–2011) |
| 1966 | Frank O'Connor | Irish writer (1903–1966) |
| 1948 | Zelda Fitzgerald | American writer (1900–1948) |
| 1940 | Mikhail Bulgakov | Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940) |
| 1937 | Yevgeny Zamyatin | Russian author (1884–1937) |
| 1861 | Taras Shevchenko | Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861) |
| 1776 | Élie Catherine Fréron | French writer (1718–1776) |
Featured
Janet Mock (1983) — Janet Mock is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website.
Odile Buisson (1956) — Odile Buisson born Odile Poullaouec is a French gynaecologist and writer. She was a co-researcher of sonography that revealed the internal structure of the clitoris.
Katharine Houghton (1945) — Katharine Houghton is an American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's aunt.
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