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November 24 in literary history
Literary history for November 24: 30 writers born, 15 writers who died and 7 literary events from 1572 to 2024. Born on this day: Thomas Kohnstamm, Stephen Merchant, John Kovalic.
30writers born
15writers died
7literary events
Writers born on November 24
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Thomas Kohnstamm | American writer |
| 1974 | Stephen Merchant | English comedian, writer and actor (born 1974) |
| 1962 | John Kovalic | American cartoonist |
| 1961 | Arundhati Roy | Indian author and activist (born 1961) |
| 1956 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | American actor and screenwriter (born 1956) |
| 1954 | Emir Kusturica | Serbian film director, writer, and musician (born 1954) |
| 1952 | Thierry Lhermitte | French actor, director, writer and producer (born 1952) |
| 1952 | Parveen Shakir | Pakistani poet (1952–1994) |
| 1951 | Mimis Androulakis | Greek author and politician |
| 1948 | Spider Robinson | Canadian science fiction author (born 1948) |
| 1946 | Penny Jordan | English novelist (1946–2011) |
| 1945 | Nuruddin Farah | Somali novelist (born 1945) |
| 1940 | Marshall Berman | American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer |
| 1940 | Eric Wilson (author) | Canadian author of young adult fiction (born 1940) |
| 1935 | Mordicai Gerstein | American writer (1935–2019) |
| 1927 | Ahmadou Kourouma | Ivorian novelist (1927–2003) |
| 1925 | William F. Buckley Jr. | American conservative author and commentator (1925–2008) |
| 1916 | Forrest J Ackerman | American writer and collector (1916–2008) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin | American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter (1912–1999) |
| 1912 | Charles Schneeman | American illustrator (1912–1972) |
| 1899 | Ward Morehouse | American dramatist |
| 1891 | Vasil Gendov | Bulgarian actor, film director and screenwriter (1891–1970) |
| 1888 | Dale Carnegie | American writer and lecturer (1888–1955) |
| 1864 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | French painter and illustrator (1864–1901) |
| 1857 | Miklós Kovács (poet) | Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937) |
| 1849 | Frances Hodgson Burnett | English-American novelist (1849–1924) |
| 1826 | Carlo Collodi | Italian writer (1826–1890) |
| 1801 | Ludwig Bechstein | German writer and fairy tale collector (1801–1860) |
| 1713 | Laurence Sterne | Anglo-Irish writer and cleric (1713–1768) |
| 1583 | Philip Massinger | English playwright (1583–1640) |
Writers who died on November 24
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Barbara Taylor Bradford | British novelist (1933–2024) |
| 2024 | Breyten Breytenbach | South African writer and painter (1939–2024) |
| 2006 | George W. S. Trow | American writer |
| 2004 | Arthur Hailey | British Canadian writer (1920–2004) |
| 2004 | Joseph Hansen (writer) | American crime writer and poet (1923–2004) |
| 2004 | James Wong Jim | Hong Kong lyricist and songwriter (1941–2004) |
| 1996 | Sorley MacLean | Scottish poet (1911 – 1996) |
| 1990 | Dodie Smith | English novelist and playwright (1896–1990) |
| 1973 | John G. Neihardt | American poet |
| 1968 | D. A. Levy | American poet (1942–1968) |
| 1922 | Erskine Childers (author) | Irish nationalist and author (1870–1922) |
| 1920 | Alexandru Macedonski | Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854–1920) |
| 1870 | Comte de Lautréamont | Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870) |
| 1770 | Charles-Jean-François Hénault | French writer and historian (1685–1770) |
| 1572 | John Knox | Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572) |
Literary events on November 24
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2009 | The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania. |
| 2009 | The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania. |
| 1922 | Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. |
| 1922 | Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol. |
| 1877 | Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published. |
| 1859 | British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published. |
| 1859 | British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day. |
Featured
Thomas Kohnstamm (1975) — Thomas Kohnstamm is an American author from Seattle, Washington.
Stephen Merchant (1974) — Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-creator and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-creator, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005–2007) and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) alongside Ricky Gervais.
John Kovalic (1962) — John Kovalic is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
Sources & data
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