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September 12 in literary history
Literary history for September 12: 24 writers born and 14 writers who died from 1544 to 2013. Born on this day: Ben McKenzie, Nathan Larson (musician), Max Boot.
Writers born on September 12
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Ben McKenzie | American actor, director, author, economic commentator (born 1978) |
| 1970 | Nathan Larson (musician) | American film music composer, musician, author |
| 1969 | Max Boot | Russian-American writer and historian (born 1969) |
| 1969 | James Frey | American writer (born 1969) |
| 1965 | Einstein Kristiansen | Norwegian cartoonist and designer |
| 1962 | Sunay Akın | Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist (born 1962) |
| 1952 | Neil Peart | Canadian drummer and lyricist (1952–2020) |
| 1950 | Bruce Mahler | American actor, producer, and writer |
| 1946 | Neil Lyndon | British journalist and writer (born 1946) |
| 1945 | John Mauceri | American conductor, producer, educator and writer |
| 1943 | Michael Ondaatje | Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943) |
| 1934 | Nellie Wong | American poet (1934–2026) |
| 1921 | Stanisław Lem | Polish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006) |
| 1902 | Marya Zaturenska | American poet |
| 1897 | Walter B. Gibson | American writer and magician (1897–1985) |
| 1894 | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | Indian Bengali author (1894–1950) |
| 1892 | Alfred A. Knopf Sr. | American publisher (1892–1984) |
| 1891 | Arthur Hays Sulzberger | Publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961 |
| 1882 | Ion Agârbiceanu | Romanian writer and priest (1882–1963) |
| 1880 | H. L. Mencken | American journalist and writer (1880–1956) |
| 1829 | Charles Dudley Warner | American writer (1829–1900) |
| 1816 | Aurora von Qvanten | Swedish writer and artist (1816–1907) |
| 1740 | Johann Heinrich Jung | German author (1740–1817) |
| 1590 | María de Zayas | Spanish writer (c. 1590 - 1661) |
Writers who died on September 12
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Erich Loest | German writer |
| 2012 | Arkadii Dragomoshchenko | Russian writer (1946–2012) |
| 2008 | David Foster Wallace | American writer (1962–2008) |
| 1997 | Judith Merril | American novelist |
| 1981 | Eugenio Montale | Italian writer (1896–1981) |
| 1977 | Robert Lowell | American poet (1917–1977) |
| 1967 | Vladimir Bartol | Slovenian writer |
| 1962 | Rangeya Raghav | Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (born 1923) |
| 1919 | Leonid Andreyev | Russian playwright and writer (1871–1919) |
| 1907 | Ilia Chavchavadze | Georgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saint (1837–1907) |
| 1870 | Fitz Hugh Ludlow | Author of "The Hasheesh Eater", journalist, addiction researcher |
| 1836 | Christian Dietrich Grabbe | German playwright (1801–1836) |
| 1660 | Jacob Cats | Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577–1660) |
| 1544 | Clément Marot | French poet (1496–1544) |
Featured
Ben McKenzie (1978) — Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author, and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland (2009–2013), and James "Jim" Gordon on the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019).
Nathan Larson (musician) (1970) — Nathan Peter Larson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence in the 1990s as the guitarist for the rock group Shudder to Think. He has since worked on many film score compositions.
Max Boot (1969) — Max A. Boot is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for The Christian Science Monitor and then for The Wall Street Journal in the 1990s. Since then, he has been the Jeane J.
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