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September 5 in literary history
Literary history for September 5: 26 writers born, 18 writers who died and 1 literary events from 989 to 2024. Born on this day: Paddy Considine, Sergei Loznitsa, Cathy Guisewite.
Writers born on September 5
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Paddy Considine | English actor, director, screenwriter, and musician (born 1973) |
| 1964 | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (born 1964) |
| 1950 | Cathy Guisewite | American cartoonist (born 1950) |
| 1944 | Dario Bellezza | Italian poet |
| 1942 | Werner Herzog | German director, producer, screenwriter (born 1942) |
| 1939 | George Tremlett | English writer (1939–2021) |
| 1937 | Dick Clement | English film director and writer (born 1937) |
| 1936 | Knuts Skujenieks | Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (1936–2022) |
| 1935 | Werner Erhard | American author, lecturer |
| 1925 | Justin Kaplan | American writer and editor (1925–2014) |
| 1918 | Luis Alcoriza | Mexican screenwriter, film director and actor |
| 1918 | Fred McCarthy (cartoonist) | American cartoonist and friar (1918–2009) |
| 1916 | Frank Yerby | American novelist (1916–1991) |
| 1914 | Nicanor Parra | Chilean poet and physicist (1914–2018) |
| 1912 | Frank Thomas (animator) | American animator and writer (1912–2004) |
| 1910 | Leila Mackinlay | Leila Mackinlay, English author (died 1996) |
| 1905 | Arthur Koestler | Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983) |
| 1902 | Jean Dalrymple | American dramatist (1902–1998) |
| 1899 | Humphrey Cobb | American novelist (1899–1944) |
| 1831 | Victorien Sardou | French dramatist (1831–1908) |
| 1827 | Goffredo Mameli | Italian poet and writer (1827–1849) |
| 1817 | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy | Russian poet, novelist, and playwright |
| 1781 | Anton Diabelli | Austrian music publisher, editor and composer |
| 1750 | Robert Fergusson | Scottish poet and writer |
| 1568 | Tommaso Campanella | Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568–1639) |
| 989 | Fan Zhongyan | Chinese poet, politician, philosopher and writer (989–1052) |
Writers who died on September 5
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laurent Tirard | French film director and screenwriter (1967–2024) |
| 2018 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma | Indian author and journalist (1934–2018) |
| 2013 | Geoffrey Goodman | British journalist, broadcaster and writer (1922–2013) |
| 2007 | D. James Kennedy | American pastor, televangelist, and writer (1930–2007) |
| 2001 | Justin Wilson (chef) | American chef, actor and writer (1914–2001) |
| 1999 | Alan Clark | British politician and author (1928–1999) |
| 1992 | Fritz Leiber | American fantasy, horror, and SF writer (1910–1992) |
| 1991 | Sharad Joshi | Indian poet and writer (1931–1991) |
| 1990 | Jerry Iger | American cartoonist (1903–1990) |
| 1984 | Jane Roberts | American poet and psychic (1929–1984) |
| 1977 | Marcel Thiry | Belgian poet |
| 1936 | Gustave Kahn | French Symbolist poet and art critic (1859–1936) |
| 1932 | Francisco Acebal | Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist |
| 1932 | Paul Bern | German-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1889–1932) |
| 1836 | Ferdinand Raimund | Austrian actor and dramatist (1790–1836) |
| 1803 | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | French novelist, official, freemason, and army general (1741–1803) |
| 1786 | Jonas Hanway | English merchant, writer and philanthropist (1712–1786) |
| 1562 | Katharina Zell | Protestant reformer and writer (1497/8–1562) |
Literary events on September 5
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. |
Featured
Paddy Considine (1973) — Patrick George Considine is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playing antiheroes in independent films.
Sergei Loznitsa (1964) — Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa or Serhii Volodymyrovych Loznytsia, is a Ukrainian filmmaker of Belarusian origin. He is most known for his archival footage documentaries about Soviet Union history, and for his slow cinema dramatic films.
Cathy Guisewite (1950) — Cathy Lee Guisewite is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and having a mother—or as the character put it in one strip, "the four basic guilt groups."
Sources & data
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