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May 27 in literary history
Literary history for May 27: 24 writers born and 9 writers who died from 1819 to 2020. Born on this day: Chris Colfer, Michael Buonauro, Kaur Kender.
Writers born on May 27
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Chris Colfer | American actor, singer, and author (born 1990) |
| 1979 | Michael Buonauro | American webcomic artist and author (1979–2004) |
| 1971 | Kaur Kender | Estonian author and entrepreneur (born 1971) |
| 1962 | Steven Brill (filmmaker) | American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor |
| 1956 | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart | American writer and Neopagan priestess (1948–2014) |
| 1934 | Harlan Ellison | American writer (1934–2018) |
| 1931 | Philip Kotler | American marketing author (born 1931) |
| 1930 | John Barth | American writer (1930–2024) |
| 1925 | Tony Hillerman | American writer (1925–2008) |
| 1915 | Herman Wouk | American writer (1915–2019) |
| 1912 | John Cheever | American novelist and short story writer (1912–1982) |
| 1907 | Nicolas Calas | Greek-American poet and art critic |
| 1900 | Uładzimir Žyłka | Belarusian poet |
| 1898 | David Crosthwait | African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer |
| 1894 | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | French writer (1894–1961) |
| 1894 | Dashiell Hammett | American writer (1894–1961) |
| 1891 | Jaan Kärner | Estonian poet and writer (1891–1958) |
| 1884 | Max Brod | Czech-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968) |
| 1876 | Ferdynand Ossendowski | Polish explorer and writer (1876–1945) |
| 1868 | Aleksa Šantić | Herzegovinian Serb poet (1868-1924) |
| 1867 | Arnold Bennett | English author (1867–1931) |
| 1860 | Margrethe Munthe | Norwegian children's writer and songwriter (1860–1931) |
| 1819 | Julia Ward Howe | American abolitionist, social activist, and poet (1819–1910) |
Writers who died on May 27
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Larry Kramer | American playwright and gay rights activist (1935–2020) |
| 2018 | Gardner Dozois | American science fiction author and editor (1947–2018) |
| 2014 | Helma Sanders-Brahms | German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014) |
| 2011 | Gil Scott-Heron | American soul and jazz poet, musician and author (1949–2011) |
| 2010 | Payut Ngaokrachang | Thai cartoonist and animator |
| 2009 | Carol Anne O'Marie | American writer |
| 1989 | Arseny Tarkovsky | Soviet Russian poet and translator (1907–1989) |
| 1949 | Robert Ripley | American cartoonist (1890–1949) |
| 1939 | Joseph Roth | Austro-Hungarian novelist and journalist (1894–1939) |
Featured
Chris Colfer (1990) — Christopher Paul Colfer is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical Glee (2009–2015).
Michael Buonauro (1979) — Michael A. Buonauro was an American webcomic artist, and author. Best known for his webcomic Marvelous Bob, Buonauro had co-created various other webcomics in collaboration with Jeff Lofvers.
Kaur Kender (1971) — Kaur Kender is an Estonian author, entrepreneur, and advertising executive. Kender entered the Estonian literary scene in 1998 with his debut novel, Independence Day (transl. Iseseisvuspäev), which has been translated into Finnish (2001) and Russian (2003).
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.