On this day
May 7 in literary history
Literary history for May 7: 16 writers born, 10 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1711 to 2023. Born on this day: Almudena Grandes, Michael Rosen, Peter Carey (novelist).
Writers born on May 7
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Almudena Grandes | Spanish writer (1960–2021) |
| 1946 | Michael Rosen | English children's author and poet (born 1946) |
| 1943 | Peter Carey (novelist) | Australian novelist |
| 1940 | Angela Carter | English novelist (1940–1992) |
| 1939 | Ruggero Deodato | Italian film director and screenwriter (1939–2022) |
| 1932 | Derek Taylor | English journalist, writer, publicist and record producer |
| 1931 | Gene Wolfe | American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019) |
| 1927 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | British-American writer (1927–2013) |
| 1913 | Simon Ramo | American engineer, businessman, and author |
| 1903 | Nikolay Zabolotsky | Soviet and Russian poet and translator |
| 1892 | Archibald MacLeish | American poet and 9th Librarian of Congress (1892–1982) |
| 1882 | Willem Elsschot | Flemish writer |
| 1867 | Władysław Reymont | Polish novelist (1867–1925) |
| 1812 | Robert Browning | English poet and playwright (1812–1889) |
| 1748 | Olympe de Gouges | French playwright and activist (1746–1793) |
| 1711 | David Hume | Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (1711–1776) |
Writers who died on May 7
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aase Foss Abrahamsen | Norwegian children's writer (1930–2023) |
| 2015 | John Dixon (cartoonist) | Australian comic book artist and writer (1929–2015) |
| 2007 | Octavian Paler | Romanian writer and politician (1926–2007) |
| 2005 | Tristan Egolf | American author and activist (1971–2005) |
| 2001 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset | French novelist, essayist and politician |
| 1994 | Clement Greenberg | American essayist and visual art critic (1909–1994) |
| 1986 | Haldun Taner | Turkish playwright and story writer |
| 1978 | Mort Weisinger | American comic book writer (1915–1978) |
| 1976 | Alison Uttley | English children's writer (1884–1976) |
| 1938 | Octavian Goga | Romanian politician and poet (1881–1938) |
Literary events on May 7
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2010 | A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors. |
| 1952 | The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer. |
Featured
Almudena Grandes (1960) — María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors.
Michael Rosen (1946) — Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written more than 200 books for children and adults.
Peter Carey (novelist) (1943) — Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
Sources & data
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