March 3 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on March 3

Born	Writer	Known as
1982	Tolu Ogunlesi	Nigerian journalist and writer (born 1982)
1971	Charlie Brooker	English writer and TV personality
1957	Stephen Budiansky	American writer, historian, and biographer (born 1957)
1949	Ron Chernow	American writer (born 1949)
1947	Clifton Snider	American writer and educator (1947–2021)
1941	Novella Jafaroghlu	Azerbaijani poet
1940	Germán Castro Caycedo	Colombian writer (1940–2021)
1939	Larry Burkett	American writer and radio personality (1939–2003)
1926	James Merrill	American poet (1926–1995)
1920	Ronald Searle	English artist and cartoonist (1920–2011)
1914	Asger Jorn	Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author (1914–1973)
1756	William Godwin	English philosopher and novelist (1756–1836)
1652	Thomas Otway	17th-century English writer and dramatist
1606	Edmund Waller	English poet and politician (1606–1687)
1583	Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury	English soldier and poet (1583–1648)

Writers who died on March 3

Died	Writer	Known as
2023	Kenzaburō Ōe	Japanese writer (1935–2023)
2015	M. Stanton Evans	American journalist, author and educator (1934–2015)
2012	Ralph McQuarrie	American concept artist and illustrator (1929–2012)
2011	May Cutler	Canadian publisher, politician (1923–2011)
2007	Osvaldo Cavandoli	Italian cartoonist (1920–2007)
2003	Luis Marden	American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist
1996	Marguerite Duras	French writer and film director (1914–1996)
1994	John Edward Williams	American writer (1922–1994)
1993	Mel Bradford	American author and political commentator (1934–1993)
1983	Hergé	Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983)
1982	Firaq Gorakhpuri	Indian Urdu poet
1982	Georges Perec	French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
1966	Joseph Fields	American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film producer (1895–1966)
1927	Mikhail Artsybashev	Russian writer and playwright
1905	Antonio Annetto Caruana	Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830)
1459	Ausiàs March	Valencian poet and knight

Literary events on March 3

Year	Event
1972	The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic poem.
1940	Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1923	US magazine Time publishes its first issue.
1873	Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.

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Tolu Ogunlesi (1982) — Tolu Ogunlesi is a Nigerian journalist, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger. Ogunlesi was appointed to the role of special assistant on digital/new media by President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February 2016.

Charlie Brooker (1971) — Charlton Brooker is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured criticism of modern society and the media, such as Screenwipe, Gameswipe, Newswipe, and Weekly Wipe.

Stephen Budiansky (1957) — Stephen Budiansky is an American writer, historian and biographer, best known for his books on animal behaviour and his criticism of animal rights. He is also the author of a number of scholarly publications about the history of cryptography, military and intelligence history, and music.

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