On this day
March 22 in literary history
Literary history for March 22: 20 writers born, 10 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1499 to 2024. Born on this day: Deborah Bull, Simon Furman, Rudy Rucker.
Writers born on March 22
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Deborah Bull | English life peer, former dancer, writer and broadcaster (born 1963) |
| 1961 | Simon Furman | British comic book writer |
| 1946 | Rudy Rucker | American mathematician and novelist (born 1946) |
| 1945 | Eric Roth | American screenwriter (born 1945) |
| 1941 | Billy Collins | American poet |
| 1931 | Ann Shulgin | American author (1931–2022) |
| 1931 | Leslie Thomas | Welsh writer (1931–2014) |
| 1924 | Osman F. Seden | Turkish film director and screenwriter (1924–1998) |
| 1922 | Stewart Stern | American screenwriter (1922-2015) |
| 1914 | John Stanley (cartoonist) | American cartoonist (1914–1993) |
| 1910 | Nicholas Monsarrat | English writer (1910–1979) |
| 1909 | Gabrielle Roy | Canadian author (1909–1983) |
| 1903 | Bill Holman (cartoonist) | American cartoonist |
| 1902 | Madeleine Milhaud | French actress and librettist |
| 1892 | Johannes Semper | Estonian writer and politician (1892–1970) |
| 1846 | Randolph Caldecott | British artist and illustrator (1846–1886) |
| 1808 | Caroline Norton | English social reformer and writer (1808–1877) |
| 1712 | Edward Moore (dramatist) | English dramatist and writer |
| 1503 | Antonio Francesco Grazzini | Italian writer, poet and playwright (1503–1584) |
| 1499 | Johann Carion | German astrologer and historical writer |
Writers who died on March 22
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laurent de Brunhoff | French author and illustrator (1925–2024) |
| 2015 | Arkady Arkanov | Russian writer, doctor, playwright and stand-up comedian |
| 2014 | Yashwant Vithoba Chittal | Indian writer (1928–2014) |
| 2006 | Pierre Clostermann | World War II French ace fighter pilot, writer, diplomat, engineer and politician |
| 2006 | Kurt von Trojan | Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937) |
| 1991 | Paul Engle | American poet |
| 1985 | Spyros Vassiliou | Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer |
| 1896 | Thomas Hughes | English author and politician (1822–1896) |
| 1864 | Konstanty Kalinowski | Polish writer and journalist (1838–1864) |
| 1832 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | German writer and polymath (1749–1832) |
Literary events on March 22
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1765 | The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp. |
Featured
Deborah Bull (1963) — Deborah Clare Bull, Baroness Bull,, is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster, and former creative director of the Royal Opera House. She joined King's College London as Director, Cultural Partnerships in 2012.
Simon Furman (1961) — Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the…
Rudy Rucker (1946) — Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which both won Philip K. Dick Awards.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.