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October 30 in literary history
Literary history for October 30: 27 writers born and 18 writers who died from 1459 to 2024. Born on this day: Raci Şaşmaz, Jessica Hynes, Jack Plotnick.
Writers born on October 30
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Raci Şaşmaz | Turkish film producer, writer and actor |
| 1972 | Jessica Hynes | British actress and writer |
| 1968 | Jack Plotnick | American actor, writer, and producer |
| 1964 | Humayun Kabir Dhali | Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author |
| 1963 | Andrew Solomon | American writer (born 1963) |
| 1961 | Larry Wilmore | American comedian, writer, producer, and actor (born 1961) |
| 1947 | Herschel Weingrod | American screenwriter (born 1947) |
| 1943 | Paul Claes | Flemish scholar, writer, poet and translator (born 1943) |
| 1938 | Morris Lurie | Australian writer |
| 1937 | Claude Lelouch | French filmmaker and writer (born 1937) |
| 1935 | Robert Caro | American journalist and author (born 1935) |
| 1935 | Ágota Kristóf | Hungarian writer (1935–2011) |
| 1929 | Jean Chapman | British novelist (1929–2026) |
| 1923 | Gloria Oden | American poet |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme | Estonian writer |
| 1910 | Miguel Hernández | Spanish poet and playwright |
| 1896 | Ruth Gordon | American actress, playwright and screenwriter (1896–1985) |
| 1896 | Kostas Karyotakis | Greek poet (1896–1928) |
| 1887 | Sukumar Ray | Bengali poet, writer, and editor (1887–1923) |
| 1886 | Zoe Akins | American playwright, poet, and author (1886–1958) |
| 1885 | Ezra Pound | American poet and critic (1885–1972) |
| 1881 | Elizabeth Madox Roberts | American novelist (1881–1941) |
| 1871 | Paul Valéry | French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945) |
| 1786 | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | French Canadian writer and seigneur |
| 1762 | André Chénier | French poet (1762–1794) |
| 1751 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (1751–1816) |
| 1624 | Paul Pellisson | French author |
Writers who died on October 30
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Matt Peacock | Australian journalist and author (1952–2024) |
| 2012 | Samina Raja | Pakistani poet |
| 2010 | Harry Mulisch | Dutch writer |
| 2006 | Junji Kinoshita | Japanese writer (1914–2006) |
| 2002 | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spanish film director and screenwriter (1922–2002) |
| 1997 | Samuel Fuller | American filmmaker, writer, and actor (1912–1997) |
| 1993 | Peter Kemp (writer) | English soldier and writer (1915–1993) |
| 1990 | V. Shantaram | Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1901–1990) |
| 1987 | Joseph Campbell | American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987) |
| 1982 | Iryna Vilde | Ukrainian writer (1907–1982) |
| 1968 | Conrad Richter | American novelist |
| 1968 | Rose Wilder Lane | American journalist, writer, and political theorist (1886–1968) |
| 1966 | Yiorgos Theotokas | Greek novelist |
| 1919 | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | American author and poet (1850–1919) |
| 1842 | Allan Cunningham (author) | Scottish poet and author (1784–1842) |
| 1730 | Nedîm | Ottoman poet |
| 1602 | Jean-Jacques Boissard | French antiquary and Neo-Latin poet (1528–1602) |
| 1459 | Poggio Bracciolini | Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459) |
Featured
Raci Şaşmaz (1973) — Raci Şaşmaz is a Turkish film producer, writer and actor.
Jessica Hynes (1972) — Jessica Hynes is an English actress, director and writer. Best known as a comedy actress, she has played Cheryl in The Royle Family (1998–2010), Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and W1A (2014–2017) and Emily Yates in There She Goes (2018–2023).
Jack Plotnick (1968) — Jack Plotnick is an American film and television actor, writer, and producer. Notable main television roles include Lovespring International, Drawn Together, and Action. Notable film roles include Gods and Monsters, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Rubber, and Wrong.
Sources & data
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