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April 19 in literary history
Literary history for April 19: 10 writers born and 11 writers who died from 1608 to 2009. Born on this day: Samuel C. Morrison Jr., Simon Cowell (conservationist), Sven Hassel.
Writers born on April 19
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Samuel C. Morrison Jr. | Liberian screenwriter, director, producer and journalist |
| 1952 | Simon Cowell (conservationist) | British conservationist, TV presenter, and author (1952–2024) |
| 1917 | Sven Hassel | Danish writer (1917–2012) |
| 1902 | Veniamin Kaverin | Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter |
| 1900 | Richard Hughes (British writer) | Writer (1900–1976) |
| 1894 | Elizabeth Dilling | American writer and political activist (1894–1966) |
| 1863 | Hemmo Kallio | Finnish actor and playwright |
| 1835 | Julius Krohn | Finnish academic and writer (1835–1888) |
| 1831 | Mary Louise Booth | American editor, translator, and writer (1831–1889) |
| 1814 | Louis Amédée Achard | French novelist (1814–1875) |
Writers who died on April 19
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | J. G. Ballard | English writer (1930–2009) |
| 2004 | Norris McWhirter | English writer |
| 2002 | Reginald Rose | American playwright and screenwriter (1920–2002) |
| 1998 | Octavio Paz | Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998) |
| 1989 | Daphne du Maurier | English novelist (1907–1989) |
| 1955 | Jim Corbett | Anglo-Indian hunter, naturalist and author (1875–1955) |
| 1909 | Signe Rink | Danish writer and ethnologist (1836–1909) |
| 1824 | Lord Byron | British poet (1788–1824) |
| 1686 | Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra | Spanish dramatist and historian |
| 1618 | Thomas Bastard | Thomas Bastard, English priest and author (born 1566) |
| 1608 | Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset | English politician and poet (1536–1608) |
Featured
Samuel C. Morrison Jr. (1982) — Samuel C. Morrison Jr. is a Liberian-born screenwriter, director, producer and journalist.
Simon Cowell (conservationist) (1952) — Simon Maxwell Cowell was a British conservationist, television presenter, and author best known for hosting the Animal Planet documentary series Wildlife SOS from 1996 to 2014.
Sven Hassel (1917) — Sven Hassel was the pen name of the Danish-born Børge Willy Redsted Pedersen known for his bestselling novels about German soldiers fighting in World War II. In Denmark he used the pen name Sven Hazel. He is one of the bestselling Danish authors, possibly second only to Hans Christian Andersen.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.