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On This Day in Literary History
Every day of the year: the writers born and the writers we lost, plus moments that shaped books and reading.
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Today — October 29
David Farr (theatre director)
born 1969British playwright and theatre director
Gerald Morris
born 1963American author
David Remnick
born 1958American journalist, writer, and editor (born 1958)
Don Simpson
born 1943American film producer, screenwriter and actor (1943–1996)
Jack Shepherd (actor)
born 1940English actor, playwright and theatre director (1940–2025)
William Harrison (author)
born 1933American novelist
Dominick Dunne
born 1925American writer and journalist (1925–2009)
Carl Djerassi
born 1923American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)
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