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March 9 in literary history
Literary history for March 9: 12 writers born, 11 writers who died and 4 literary events from 1463 to 2003. Born on this day: Matthew Gray Gubler, Lonny Price, Shashi Tharoor.
Writers born on March 9
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Matthew Gray Gubler | American actor, filmmaker, author, and model (born 1980) |
| 1959 | Lonny Price | American dramatist (born 1959) |
| 1956 | Shashi Tharoor | Indian politician and author (born 1956) |
| 1947 | Keri Hulme | New Zealand writer (1947–2021) |
| 1946 | Warren Skaaren | American screenwriter (1946–1990) |
| 1945 | Robert Calvert | English poet, writer, musician (1945–1988) |
| 1926 | Joe Franklin | American radio and television host, author, and actor (1926–2015) |
| 1918 | Mickey Spillane | American crime novelist (1918–2006) |
| 1892 | Vita Sackville-West | English writer and gardener (1892–1962) |
| 1814 | Taras Shevchenko | Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861) |
| 1749 | Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau | French writer, orator and statesman (1749–1791) |
| 1697 | Friederike Caroline Neuber | German playwright and writer (1697–1760) |
Writers who died on March 9
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Stan Brakhage | American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003) |
| 1997 | Jean-Dominique Bauby | French writer and editor (1952–1997) |
| 1997 | Terry Nation | Welsh television writer (1930–1997) |
| 1994 | Charles Bukowski | American writer (1920–1994) |
| 1937 | Paul Elmer More | American journalist, critic, essayist and Christian apologist |
| 1918 | Frank Wedekind | German playwright (1864–1918) |
| 1895 | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch | Austrian author (1836–1895) |
| 1876 | Louise Colet | French poet and writer |
| 1831 | Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger | German dramatist and novelist (1752–1831) |
| 1825 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld | English author (1743–1825) |
| 1463 | Catherine of Bologna | Italian writer, artist (1413–1463) |
Literary events on March 9
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, is launched. |
| 1815 | Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine. |
| 1776 | Scottish philosopher Adam Smith published his book The Wealth of Nations, the first classical treatise on political economy. |
| 1765 | After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide. |
Featured
Matthew Gray Gubler (1980) — Matthew Gray Gubler is an American actor, best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show Criminal Minds, for which he also directed several episodes. Gubler has appeared in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 500 Days of Summer, Life After Beth, Suburban Gothic, and Newness.
Lonny Price (1959) — Lonny Price is an American actor, director and writer, primarily in theatre. He is best known for his New York directing work, including Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Company, and Sondheim! The Birthday Concert.
Shashi Tharoor (1956) — Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, author, intellectual, diplomat, and bureaucrat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.