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March 5 in literary history
Literary history for March 5: 19 writers born, 16 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1046 to 2014. Born on this day: Neil Jackson, Nelly Arcan, Danny King (author).
Writers born on March 5
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Neil Jackson | English actor, singer, musician and writer |
| 1973 | Nelly Arcan | Canadian novelist |
| 1969 | Danny King (author) | British novelist and screenwriter (born 1969) |
| 1963 | Joel Osteen | American televangelist, businessman, and author (born 1963) |
| 1958 | Bob Forward | American writer, director and producer |
| 1953 | Katarina Frostenson | Swedish poet and writer (born 1953) |
| 1952 | Robin Hobb | American fiction writer (born 1952) |
| 1944 | Roy Gutman | American journalist and author |
| 1942 | Mike Resnick | American science fiction writer and editor (1942–2020) |
| 1941 | Des Wilson | British author (born 1941) |
| 1922 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975) |
| 1920 | Wang Zengqi | Chinese writer |
| 1910 | Ennio Flaiano | Italian writer (1910–1972) |
| 1908 | Irving Fiske | American playwright, writer, and public speaker (1908–1990) |
| 1901 | Julian Przyboś | Polish writer (1901–1970) |
| 1870 | Frank Norris | American journalist and novelist (1870–1902) |
| 1853 | Howard Pyle | American illustrator and author (1853–1911) |
| 1800 | Georg Friedrich Daumer | German philosopher and poet (1800–1875) |
| 1703 | Vasily Trediakovsky | Russian poet, translator and philologist (1703–1769) |
Writers who died on March 5
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Leopoldo María Panero | Spanish poet (1948–2014) |
| 2012 | Paul Haines (fiction writer) | New Zealand-born writer |
| 2010 | Richard Stapley | English actor and screenwriter (1923–2010) |
| 1997 | Samm Sinclair Baker | American writer (1909–1997) |
| 1995 | Vivian Stanshall | English musician and author (1943–1995) |
| 1981 | Yip Harburg | American lyricist (1896–1981) |
| 1973 | Robert C. O'Brien (author) | American novelist (1918–1973) |
| 1966 | Anna Akhmatova | Russian and Soviet poet (1889–1966) |
| 1953 | Herman J. Mankiewicz | American screenwriter (1897–1953) |
| 1950 | Edgar Lee Masters | American poet (1868–1950) |
| 1944 | Max Jacob | French poet, painter, writer and critic |
| 1895 | Nikolai Leskov | Russian writer and novelist (1831–1895) |
| 1889 | Mary Louise Booth | American editor, translator, and writer (1831–1889) |
| 1876 | Marie d'Agoult | Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805–1876) |
| 1695 | Henry Wharton (writer) | English writer (1664–1695) |
| 1539 | Kaspar Ursinus Velius | German humanist scholar, poet and historian |
Literary events on March 5
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1616 | Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. |
| 1046 | Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. |
Featured
Neil Jackson (1976) — Neil Jackson is an English actor, singer, musician and writer who has appeared in several television series and films, but is probably best known for his role as Marcus van Sciver on Blade: The Series, as Sasha on Make It or Break It and as Jordan Mahkent/Icicle on Stargirl (2020–2022).
Nelly Arcan (1973) — Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist and former sex worker. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
Danny King (author) (1969) — Daniel Michael King is a British novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of more than a dozen books and the writer of the BAFTA-nominated film Wild Bill.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.