On this day
August 6 in literary history
Literary history for August 6: 21 writers born and 11 writers who died from 1530 to 2018. Born on this day: Mary Ann Sieghart, Bill Emmott, Octavio Getino.
Writers born on August 6
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Mary Ann Sieghart | English author, journalist and radio presenter (born 1961) |
| 1956 | Bill Emmott | English journalist, author, and consultant (born 1956) |
| 1935 | Octavio Getino | Argentine film director and writer (1935–2012) |
| 1934 | Piers Anthony | American writer (born 1934) |
| 1932 | Charles Wood (playwright) | British playwright and scriptwriter (1932–2020) |
| 1926 | Elisabeth Beresford | English children's author (1926–2010) |
| 1926 | János Rózsás | Hungarian writer |
| 1926 | Norman Wexler | American screenwriter, script doctor and playwright |
| 1923 | Paul Hellyer | Canadian engineer, politician, and writer (1923–2021) |
| 1920 | John Graves (author) | American writer |
| 1917 | Barbara Cooney | American writer and illustrator of children's books |
| 1911 | Constance Heaven | British writer |
| 1891 | William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim | British Army field marshal, Governor-General of Australia, and author (1891–1970) |
| 1889 | John Middleton Murry | English writer (1889–1957) |
| 1881 | Leo Carrillo | American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist (1881–1961) |
| 1874 | Charles Fort | American writer (1874–1932) |
| 1868 | Paul Claudel | French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868–1955) |
| 1826 | Thomas Alexander Browne | Australian author (1826–1915) |
| 1809 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | English poet (1809–1892) |
| 1715 | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues | French writer, nobleman and moralist (1715–1747) |
| 1651 | François Fénelon | French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715) |
Writers who died on August 6
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Anya Krugovoy Silver | American writer |
| 2012 | Mark O'Donnell | American dramatist |
| 2008 | Angelos Kitsos | Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (born 1934) |
| 2004 | Donald Justice | American poet |
| 2001 | Jorge Amado | Brazilian writer (1912–2001) |
| 1970 | Nikos Tsiforos | Greek screenwriter |
| 1959 | Preston Sturges | American film director and screenwriter |
| 1850 | Edward Walsh (poet) | Irish poet (1805–1850) |
| 1637 | Ben Jonson | English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637) |
| 1553 | Girolamo Fracastoro | Italian physician, poet, and scholar |
| 1530 | Jacopo Sannazaro | Italian poet |
Featured
Mary Ann Sieghart (1961) — Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart is an English author, journalist, consultant, radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times, where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in The Independent.
Bill Emmott (1956) — William John Emmott is an English journalist, author, and consultant best known as the editor-in-chief of The Economist newspaper from 1993 to 2006. Emmott has written fourteen books and worked on two documentary feature films.
Octavio Getino (1935) — Octavio Getino was an Argentine film director and writer who is best known for co-founding, along with Fernando Solanas, the Grupo Cine Liberación and the school of Third Cinema.
Sources & data
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