On this day
March 25 in literary history
Literary history for March 25: 20 writers born, 16 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1546 to 2026. Born on this day: Jenny Slate, Teddy Lussi-Modeste, Susie Bright.
20writers born
16writers died
2literary events
Writers born on March 25
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Jenny Slate | American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1982) |
| 1978 | Teddy Lussi-Modeste | French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher |
| 1958 | Susie Bright | American writer and feminist |
| 1958 | Lorna Brown (artist) | Canadian artist, curator and writer |
| 1958 | Sisy Chen | Taiwanese journalist, television commentator, writer and former politician |
| 1957 | Jim Uhls | American screenwriter |
| 1946 | Stephen Hunter | American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic |
| 1942 | Richard O'Brien | British-New Zealand writer and actor (born 1942) |
| 1939 | Toni Cade Bambara | American author, activist, professor (1939–1995) |
| 1939 | D. C. Fontana | American screenwriter (1939–2019) |
| 1932 | Penelope Gilliatt | English writer and film critic (1932–1993) |
| 1929 | Cecil Taylor | American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018) |
| 1926 | Jaime Sabines | Mexican poet and federal legislator (1926–1999) |
| 1925 | Flannery O'Connor | American writer (1925–1964) |
| 1924 | Roberts Blossom | American actor and poet (1924–2011) |
| 1920 | Paul Scott (novelist) | English novelist, playwright and poet (1920–1978) |
| 1881 | Mary Webb | English novelist (1881–1927) |
| 1808 | José de Espronceda | 19th-century Spanish poet (1808–1842) |
| 1611 | Evliya Çelebi | Turkish traveler and writer (1611–1684) |
| 1546 | Giacomo Castelvetro | Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (died 1616) |
Writers who died on March 25
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alexander Kluge | German author, film director and public intellectual (1932–2026) |
| 2021 | Beverly Cleary | American writer (1916–2021) |
| 2014 | Jonathan Schell | American author and advocate against nuclear weapons (1943–2014) |
| 2013 | Jean-Marc Roberts | Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (born 1954) |
| 2012 | Priscilla Buckley | American journalist and author (1921–2012) |
| 2012 | Antonio Tabucchi | Italian writer and academic (1943–2012) |
| 2008 | Abby Mann | American screenwriter and producer (1927–2008) |
| 2005 | Paul Henning | American producer and screenwriter (1911–2005) |
| 1994 | Bernard Kangro | Estonian writer and poet (1910–1994) |
| 1982 | Goodman Ace | American screenwriter (1899–1982) |
| 1969 | Max Eastman | American writer and political activist (1883–1969) |
| 1914 | Frédéric Mistral | French Provençal writer and lexicographer (1830–1914) |
| 1873 | Wilhelm Marstrand | Painter and illustrator (1810–1873) |
| 1848 | Nicolai Wergeland | Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician (born 1780) |
| 1701 | Jean Regnault de Segrais | French poet and novelist (1624–1701) |
| 1625 | Giambattista Marino | Italian poet (1569–1625) |
Literary events on March 25
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1957 | United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. |
| 1934 | Enrico Fermi published his discovery of neutron-induced radioactivity, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. |
Featured
Jenny Slate (1982) — Jenny Slate is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer.
Teddy Lussi-Modeste (1978) — Teddy Lussi-Modeste is a French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024).
Susie Bright (1958) — Susannah Bright is an American feminist, author and journalist, often writing on the subject of politics and sexuality.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.