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November 10 in literary history
Literary history for November 10: 23 writers born, 22 writers who died and 4 literary events from 1483 to 2024. Born on this day: Daniel Waters (screenwriter), Neil Gaiman, Steven Utley.
23writers born
22writers died
4literary events
Writers born on November 10
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Daniel Waters (screenwriter) | American screenwriter and film director |
| 1960 | Neil Gaiman | English writer (born 1960) |
| 1948 | Steven Utley | American novelist |
| 1944 | Tim Rice | English lyricist and author (born 1944) |
| 1929 | W. E. B. Griffin | American novelist |
| 1913 | Karl Shapiro | American poet |
| 1907 | John Moore (British writer) | British author (1907–1967) |
| 1899 | Kate Seredy | American writer |
| 1894 | Boris Furlan | Slovenian jurist, philosopher of law, translator and politician |
| 1893 | John P. Marquand | American novelist (1893–1960) |
| 1887 | Arnold Zweig | German writer (1887–1968) |
| 1884 | Zofia Nałkowska | Polish prose writer and dramatist (1884–1954) |
| 1879 | Vachel Lindsay | American poet (1879–1931) |
| 1871 | Winston Churchill (novelist) | American novelist (1871–1947) |
| 1861 | Amy Levy | English essayist, poet and novelist (1861–1889) |
| 1834 | José Hernández (writer) | Argentine writer (1834–1886) |
| 1826 | Jacob Hamburger | German rabbi and author (1826–1911) |
| 1759 | Friedrich Schiller | German playwright (1759–1805) |
| 1728 | Oliver Goldsmith | Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774) |
| 1697 | William Hogarth | English artist and writer (1697–1764) |
| 1620 | Ninon de l'Enclos | French author and courtesan (1620–1705) |
| 1577 | Jacob Cats | Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577–1660) |
| 1483 | Martin Luther | German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546) |
Writers who died on November 10
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tim Sullivan (writer) | American novelist (1948–2024) |
| 2015 | André Glucksmann | French philosopher, activist, and writer (1937–2015) |
| 2013 | Vijaydan Detha | Rajasthani folklorist and writer (1926 – 2013) |
| 2013 | Giorgio Orelli | Swiss writer (1921–2013) |
| 2011 | Ivan Martin Jirous | Czech poet and dissident |
| 2008 | Wannes Van de Velde | Flemish musician, poet, puppeteer and artist |
| 2007 | Norman Mailer | American writer (1923–2007) |
| 2006 | Jack Williamson | American science fiction writer (1908–2006) |
| 2002 | Michel Boisrond | French film director and screenwriter (1921–2002) |
| 2001 | Ken Kesey | American writer and countercultural figure (1935–2001) |
| 1994 | Kuvempu | Indian poet (1904–1994) |
| 1990 | Mário Schenberg | Brazilian electrical engineer, physicist, art critic and writer (1914–1990) |
| 1989 | Cookie Mueller | American actress and writer (1949–1989) |
| 1984 | Xavier Herbert | Australian writer (1901–1984) |
| 1971 | Walter Van Tilburg Clark | Novelist, short story writer, educator |
| 1956 | Gordon MacQuarrie | Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (born 1900) |
| 1928 | Anita Berber | German actress, dancer and writer (1899–1928) |
| 1909 | George Essex Evans | Australian poet (1863–1909) |
| 1891 | Arthur Rimbaud | French poet (1854–1891) |
| 1772 | Pedro Correia Garção | Portuguese lyric poet |
| 1644 | Luis Vélez de Guevara | Spanish dramatist and novelist (1579–1644) |
| 1617 | Barnabe Rich | English author and soldier |
Literary events on November 10
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1995 | In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces. |
| 1995 | Writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were executed by the Nigerian military regime led by Sani Abacha. |
| 1939 | Finnish author F. E. Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| 1898 | White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre,(newspaper headline depicted) the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history. |
Featured
Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (1962) — Daniel Waters is an American screenwriter and film director. He is the older brother of director Mark Waters, and is best known for writing the movies Heathers and Batman Returns, co-writing Hudson Hawk and Demolition Man, and writing and directing Happy Campers.
Neil Gaiman (1960) — Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays.
Steven Utley (1948) — Steven Utley was an American writer. He wrote poems, humorous essays and other non-fiction, and worked on comic books and cartoons, but was best known for his science fiction stories.
Sources & data
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