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October 12 in literary history
Literary history for October 12: 21 writers born and 11 writers who died from 1679 to 2013. Born on this day: Katie Piper, Dan Abnett, Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias.
Writers born on October 12
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Katie Piper | English television presenter and writer (born 1983) |
| 1965 | Dan Abnett | British comic book writer and novelist (born 1965) |
| 1958 | Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias | Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic (died… |
| 1957 | Clémentine Célarié | French actress, writer, director and singer |
| 1957 | Serge Clerc | French comic book artist and illustrator |
| 1956 | Rafael Ábalos | Spanish writer |
| 1934 | Oğuz Atay | Turkish novelist (1934–1977) |
| 1932 | Dick Gregory | American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017) |
| 1917 | James McAuley | Australian poet and academic |
| 1916 | Alice Childress | American novelist, playwright, and actress (1916–1994) |
| 1913 | Alice Chetwynd Ley | Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator (died 2004) |
| 1910 | Robert Fitzgerald | American poet, critic and translator (1910–1985) |
| 1909 | Dorothy Livesay | Canadian poet (1909–1996) |
| 1908 | Paul Engle | American poet |
| 1908 | Ann Petry | American writer (1908–1997) |
| 1906 | John Murray (playwright) | American playwright |
| 1904 | Lester Dent | American writer |
| 1904 | Ding Ling | Chinese writer (1904–1986) |
| 1896 | Eugenio Montale | Italian writer (1896–1981) |
| 1880 | Louis Hémon | French writer (1880–1913) |
| 1864 | Kamini Roy | Bengali writer and feminist (1864–1933) |
Writers who died on October 12
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Oscar Hijuelos | American novelist |
| 2010 | Belva Plain | American writer (1915–2010) |
| 2002 | Hilaire du Berrier | American aviator, mercenary and writer (1906–2002) |
| 1994 | Gérald Godin | Canadian poet and politician |
| 1991 | Arkady and Boris Strugatsky | Soviet and Russian brothers, writer duo |
| 1988 | Ruth Manning-Sanders | Welsh-born English poet and author (1886–1988) |
| 1988 | Coby Whitmore | American painter and illustrator (1913–1988) |
| 1970 | Mustafa Zaidi | Urdu language poet |
| 1926 | Edwin Abbott Abbott | British theologian and author (1838–1926) |
| 1924 | Anatole France | French author and journalist (1844–1924) |
| 1679 | William Gurnall | English author and Anglican clergyman |
Featured
Katie Piper (1983) — Kate Elizabeth Sutton is an English writer, activist, television presenter and model from Andover, Hampshire.
Dan Abnett (1965) — Daniel P. Abnett is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and has worked on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, and also 2000 AD.
Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias (1958) — Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias was an Azorean historian, author, and academic. A professor in the Department of Management and Economics at the University of the Azores, she specialized in the history of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.