On this day
August 30 in literary history
Literary history for August 30: 16 writers born, 13 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1535 to 2017. Born on this day: Raúl Castillo (actor), Diran Adebayo, Victor Skumin.
16writers born
13writers died
3literary events
Writers born on August 30
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Raúl Castillo (actor) | American actor and playwright (born 1977) |
| 1968 | Diran Adebayo | British novelist, cultural critic and academic |
| 1948 | Victor Skumin | Russian scientist, writer, philosopher |
| 1944 | Freek de Jonge | Dutch cabaret performer and writer (born 1944) |
| 1943 | Robert Crumb | American illustrator and cartoonist (b. 1943) |
| 1943 | Colin Dann | English author (born 1943) |
| 1942 | John Kani | South African actor and writer (born 1942) |
| 1925 | Laurent de Brunhoff | French author and illustrator (1925–2024) |
| 1923 | Charmian Clift | Australian writer (1923–1969) |
| 1916 | Shailendra (lyricist) | Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer (1923–1966) |
| 1909 | Virginia Lee Burton | American illustrator and children's book author |
| 1903 | Bhagwati Charan Verma | Indian Hindi author |
| 1850 | Marcelo H. del Pilar | Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist |
| 1797 | Mary Shelley | English writer (1797–1851) |
| 1768 | Joseph Dennie | American writer (1768–1812) |
| 1574 | Albert Szenczi Molnár | Hungarian Calvinist pastor, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator |
Writers who died on August 30
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Louise Hay | American author (1926–2017) |
| 2015 | M. M. Kalburgi | Indian scholar and writer (1938–2015) |
| 2015 | Oliver Sacks | British neurologist and writer (1933–2015) |
| 2014 | Charles Bowden | American writer (1945–2014) |
| 2014 | Felipe Osterling | Peruvian lawyer, writer and politician |
| 2013 | Seamus Heaney | Irish poet (1939–2013) |
| 2010 | Alain Corneau | French film director and writer (1943–2010) |
| 2006 | Naguib Mahfouz | Egyptian writer (1911–2006) |
| 1999 | Raymond Poïvet | French cartoonist |
| 1996 | Christine Pascal | French actress, writer and director |
| 1989 | Seymour Krim | American writer (1922–1989) |
| 1985 | Taylor Caldwell | American novelist (1900–1985) |
| 1935 | Henri Barbusse | French novelist and writer (1873–1935) |
Literary events on August 30
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of Indonesia. |
| 1896 | Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison. |
| 1535 | With the papal bull Eius qui immobilis, Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England from the Catholic Church for approving the Acts of Supremacy, although the bull is likely never published. |
Featured
Raúl Castillo (actor) (1977) — Raúl Castillo Jr. is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his acting roles in Amexicano and Cold Weather and his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series Looking and its subsequent feature-length series finale Looking: The Movie.
Diran Adebayo (1968) — Oludiran "Diran" Adebayo FRSL is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic best known for his 1996 novel Some Kind of Black.
Victor Skumin (1948) — Victor Andreevich Skumin is a Russian and Soviet scientist, psychiatrist, philosopher and writer.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.