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April 27 in literary history
Literary history for April 27: 21 writers born, 14 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1556 to 2024. Born on this day: Nigel Barker (photographer), Russell T Davies, David W. Duclon.
Writers born on April 27
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Nigel Barker (photographer) | English TV show personality, author, and filmmaker |
| 1963 | Russell T Davies | Welsh screenwriter and television producer (born 1963) |
| 1950 | David W. Duclon | American television writer (1950–2025) |
| 1948 | Kate Pierson | American singer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist (b. 1948) |
| 1945 | August Wilson | American playwright (1945–2005) |
| 1942 | Ruth Glick | American writer (born 1942) |
| 1936 | Geoffrey Shovelton | English singer, actor and illustrator (1936–2016) |
| 1935 | Theo Angelopoulos | Greek film director, screenwriter and film producer (1935–2012) |
| 1926 | Tim LaHaye | Evangelical Christian minister and author from the United States |
| 1921 | Robert Dhéry | French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter |
| 1920 | Edwin Morgan (poet) | Scottish poet and essayist (1920–2010) |
| 1912 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset | French novelist, essayist and politician |
| 1906 | Yiorgos Theotokas | Greek novelist |
| 1904 | Cecil Day-Lewis | Irish-born British poet (1904–1972) |
| 1898 | Ludwig Bemelmans | American writer and illustrator (1898–1962) |
| 1882 | Jessie R. Fauset | American writer, poet, and educator (1882–1961) |
| 1861 | William Arms Fisher | American historian, music editor, and writer on music (1861–1948) |
| 1853 | Jules Lemaître | French critic and dramatist (1853–1914) |
| 1788 | Charles Robert Cockerell | English architect, archaeologist, and writer |
| 1759 | Mary Wollstonecraft | English writer and philosopher (1759–1797) |
| 1556 | François Béroalde de Verville | François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626) |
Writers who died on April 27
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | C. J. Sansom | British author of crime fiction (1952–2024) |
| 2021 | Manoj Das | Indian author (1934–2021) |
| 2013 | Aída Bortnik | Argentine screenwriter |
| 2006 | Julia Thorne | American writer (1944–2006) |
| 2002 | George Alec Effinger | American science fiction author (1947–2002) |
| 1999 | Dale C. Thomson | Canadian political scientist, author and historian |
| 1998 | Carlos Castaneda | American anthropologist and writer (1925–1998) |
| 1998 | Anne Desclos | French journalist and novelist (1907–1998) |
| 1995 | Willem Frederik Hermans | Dutch writer (1921–1995) |
| 1992 | Gerard K. O'Neill | American physicist, author, and inventor (1927–1992) |
| 1977 | Stanley Adams (actor) | American actor and screenwriter (1915–1977) |
| 1967 | William Douglas Cook | New Zealand writer |
| 1937 | Antonio Gramsci | Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937) |
| 1932 | Hart Crane | American poet (1899–1932) |
Literary events on April 27
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1936 | The trilogy The Adventure Girls (second book pictured), by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt. |
Featured
Nigel Barker (photographer) (1972) — Nigel Barker is an English reality TV show personality, fashion photographer, author, spokesperson, filmmaker, and former model. He is best known for his participation as a judge and photographer on the reality show America's Next Top Model, and was the host of reality show The Face for the American series.
Russell T Davies (1963) — Stephen Russell Davies, known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, from 2005 to 2010 and 2023 to 2025.
David W. Duclon (1950) — Warren David Duclon was an American television writer and producer, known for his work on Silver Spoons, Family Matters, Punky Brewster and the legacy sequel of the same name. Duclon was born in Rockford, Illinois, on April 27, 1950. He died in Franklin, Tennessee, on January 15, 2025, at the age of 74.
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