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September 2 in literary history
Literary history for September 2: 17 writers born and 14 writers who died from 1251 to 2018. Born on this day: Fariborz Kamkari, Partho Sen-Gupta, Walt Simonson.
Writers born on September 2
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Fariborz Kamkari | Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1965 | Partho Sen-Gupta | Film director and screenwriter |
| 1946 | Walt Simonson | American comic book writer and artist (born 1946) |
| 1936 | Károly Krajczár | Hungarian Slovene teacher and writer (1936–2018) |
| 1918 | Allen Drury | American writer |
| 1917 | Cleveland Amory | American author, reporter, commentator and animal rights activist (1917–1998) |
| 1911 | Romare Bearden | American artist, author, and songwriter (1911–1988) |
| 1904 | August Jakobson | Estonian writer and politician |
| 1901 | Andreas Embirikos | Greek surrealist poet and psychoanalyst |
| 1894 | Joseph Roth | Austro-Hungarian novelist and journalist (1894–1939) |
| 1852 | Paul Bourget | French novelist and literary critic (1852–1935) |
| 1850 | Eugene Field | American writer (1850–1895) |
| 1820 | Lucretia Peabody Hale | American author and novelist |
| 1805 | Esteban Echeverría | Argentine poet and writer |
| 1675 | William Somervile | English poet (1675–1742) |
| 1531 | Francesco Cattani da Diacceto (1531–1595) | Italian bishop and writer (1531–1595) |
| 1251 | Francis of Fabriano | Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and writer |
Writers who died on September 2
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Claire Wineland | American activist and author (1997–2018) |
| 2013 | Frederik Pohl | American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013) |
| 2008 | Alan Waddell | Australian writer |
| 2000 | Curt Siodmak | German-American novelist (1902–2000) |
| 1998 | Allen Drury | American writer |
| 1976 | Stanisław Grochowiak | Polish poet and dramatist |
| 1973 | J. R. R. Tolkien | English writer and philologist (1892–1973) |
| 1965 | Johannes Bobrowski | German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist |
| 1962 | William R. Wilkerson | American film personality and publisher |
| 1944 | Bella Rosenfeld | Russian Jewish writer (1889–1944) |
| 1922 | Henry Lawson | Australian writer and poet (1867–1922) |
| 1921 | Henry Austin Dobson | 19th/20th-century English poet and essayist |
| 1872 | N. F. S. Grundtvig | Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783–1872) |
| 1606 | Karel van Mander | Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606) |
Featured
Fariborz Kamkari (1981) — Fariborz Kamkari is a Kurdish Iranian film director and producer.
Partho Sen-Gupta (1965) — Partho Sen-Gupta is an independent film director and screenwriter who has made films in India, France, and Australia. He has a post-graduate degree in film direction from the FEMIS in France.
Walt Simonson (1946) — Walter Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis.
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