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December 25 in literary history
Literary history for December 25: 13 writers born and 22 writers who died from 1758 to 2024. Born on this day: Kay Hymowitz, Rick Berman, Eve Pollard.
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Writers born on December 25
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Kay Hymowitz | American author (born 1948) |
| 1945 | Rick Berman | American television producer and screenwriter |
| 1943 | Eve Pollard | English journalist and author (born 1943) |
| 1940 | Hilary Spurling | British writer (born 1940) |
| 1925 | Carlos Castaneda | American anthropologist and writer (1925–1998) |
| 1924 | Rod Serling | American screenwriter (1924–1975) |
| 1922 | William Demby | African-American writer (1922–2013) |
| 1921 | Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah | Pakistani writer |
| 1902 | Barton MacLane | Actor, playwright, screenwriter (1902–1969) |
| 1889 | Lila Acheson Wallace | American magazine publisher and philanthropist (1889-1984) |
| 1869 | Charles Finger | American writer (1869–1941) |
| 1776 | Sydney, Lady Morgan | Irish novelist |
| 1771 | Dorothy Wordsworth | English author, poet and diarist (1771–1855) |
Writers who died on December 25
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Indian writer and director (1933–2024) |
| 2019 | Ari Behn | Norwegian author (1972–2019) |
| 2017 | D. Herbert Lipson | American magazine publisher (1929-2017) |
| 2015 | George Clayton Johnson | American writer (1929–2015) |
| 2013 | Anthony J. Bryant | American writer (1961–2013) |
| 2011 | Simms Taback | American writer and illustrator (1932 – 2011) |
| 1997 | Anatoli Boukreev | Kazakh mountain climber and author (1958–1997) |
| 1992 | Monica Dickens | English writer (1915–1992) |
| 1989 | Robert Pirosh | American screenwriter |
| 1988 | Shōhei Ōoka | Japanese writer (1909–1988) |
| 1975 | Gaston Gallimard | French publisher (1881–1975) |
| 1963 | Tristan Tzara | Romanian-French poet (1896–1963) |
| 1956 | Robert Walser | Swiss writer (1878–1956) |
| 1953 | William Haselden | British cartoonist (1872–1953) |
| 1950 | Neil Francis Hawkins | British fascist writer & politician (1907-1950) |
| 1946 | W. C. Fields | American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946) |
| 1938 | Karel Čapek | Czech science fiction writer and playwright (1890–1938) |
| 1935 | Paul Bourget | French novelist and literary critic (1852–1935) |
| 1930 | Jakob Mändmets | Estonian writer and journalist |
| 1921 | Vladimir Korolenko | Russian writer (1853–1921) |
| 1784 | Yosa Buson | Japanese poet and painter |
| 1758 | James Hervey | English clergyman and writer (1714–1758) |
Featured
Kay Hymowitz (1948) — Kay S. Hymowitz is an American author that is perhaps best known for her 2011 non-fiction book, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys.
Rick Berman (1945) — Richard Keith Berman is an American television producer and screenwriter.
Eve Pollard (1943) — Evelyn, Lady Lloyd is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.