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April 5 in literary history
Literary history for April 5: 25 writers born, 26 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1695 to 2022. Born on this day: Caitlin Moran, Ravindra Prabhat, Asteris Koutoulas.
25writers born
26writers died
3literary events
Writers born on April 5
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Caitlin Moran | English writer (born 1975) |
| 1969 | Ravindra Prabhat | Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, author (born 1969) |
| 1960 | Asteris Koutoulas | Greek-Romanian event/music producer, publicist, translator, filmmaker and author |
| 1955 | Charlotte de Turckheim | French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer (born 1955) |
| 1955 | Anthony Horowitz | English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955) |
| 1951 | Nedim Gürsel | Turkish writer (born 1951) |
| 1950 | Ann C. Crispin | American science fiction writer |
| 1946 | Jane Asher | English actress and author (born 1946) |
| 1933 | Barbara Holland | American writer (1933-2010) |
| 1929 | Hugo Claus | Belgian author (1929–2008) |
| 1926 | Liang Yusheng | Chinese writer; 1924-2009 |
| 1920 | Arthur Hailey | British Canadian writer (1920–2004) |
| 1917 | Robert Bloch | American fiction writer (1917–1994) |
| 1912 | István Örkény | Hungarian writer |
| 1904 | Richard Eberhart | American poet (1904–2005) |
| 1879 | Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien | German officer and author |
| 1856 | Booker T. Washington | American educator, author, orator and adviser (1856–1915) |
| 1850 | Enrico Mazzanti | Italian engineer and cartoonist |
| 1848 | Thure de Thulstrup | American illustrator (1848–1930) |
| 1840 | Ghazaros Aghayan | Armenian writer (1840-1911) |
| 1837 | Algernon Charles Swinburne | English poet, playwright and novelist (1837–1909) |
| 1835 | Vítězslav Hálek | Czech poet, publicist and writer |
| 1834 | Prentice Mulford | American literary humorist and author |
| 1834 | Frank R. Stockton | American novelist (1834–1902) |
| 1793 | Casimir Delavigne | French poet and dramatist (1793–1843) |
Writers who died on April 5
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jimmy Wang Yu | Taiwanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1943–2022) |
| 2017 | Makoto Ōoka | Japanese poet and literary critic (1931–2017) |
| 2014 | Peter Matthiessen | American novelist (1927–2014) |
| 2007 | Maria Gripe | Swedish children's writer (1923–2007) |
| 2007 | Leela Majumdar | Indian writer (1908–2007) |
| 2005 | Saul Bellow | American writer (1915–2005) |
| 1999 | Giulio Einaudi | Italian book publisher (1912–1999) |
| 1997 | Allen Ginsberg | American poet and writer (1926–1997) |
| 1991 | Jiří Mucha | Czech writer (1915–1991) |
| 1986 | Manly Wade Wellman | American novelist (1903–1986) |
| 1983 | Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari | Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer |
| 1969 | Rómulo Gallegos | Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969) |
| 1968 | Félix Couchoro | Togolese writer and educator |
| 1967 | Johan Falkberget | Norwegian politician and writer |
| 1958 | Isidora Sekulić | Serbian writer (1877–1958) |
| 1941 | Parvin E'tesami | Iranian 20th-century Persian poet |
| 1938 | Helena Westermarck | Finnish artist and writer (1857–1938) |
| 1934 | Salvatore Di Giacomo | Italian poet (1860–1934) |
| 1933 | Earl Derr Biggers | American novelist and playwright |
| 1928 | Viktor Oliva | Czech painter and illustrator (1861–1928) |
| 1921 | Alphons Diepenbrock | Dutch composer, essayist, and classicist |
| 1921 | Sophie Elkan | Swedish writer and translator (1853-1921) |
| 1888 | Vsevolod Garshin | Russian author of short stories (1855–1888) |
| 1794 | Fabre d'Églantine | French actor, dramatist, poet and politician |
| 1765 | Edward Young | English poet (1683–1765) |
| 1695 | George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax | English statesman and writer (1633–1695) |
Literary events on April 5
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Carrie, the first novel by American author Stephen King, is published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies. |
| 1974 | Carrie (pictured), the first novel by American author Stephen King, was published. |
| 1710 | The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later. |
Featured
Caitlin Moran (1975) — Catherine Elizabeth Moran is an English journalist, broadcaster, and author at The Times, where she writes two columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, and the satirical Friday column "Celebrity Watch".
Ravindra Prabhat (1969) — Ravindra Prabhat is a Hindi-language novelist, journalist, poet, and short story writer from India.
Asteris Koutoulas (1960) — Asteris Koutoulas is a Greek-Romanian event and music producer, publicist, translator, filmmaker and author. He was the manager of Mikis Theodorakis and the event producer of Gert Hof.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.