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December 3 in literary history
Literary history for December 3: 18 writers born, 11 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1684 to 2010. Born on this day: Grace Andreacchi, Craig Raine, J. Philippe Rushton.
Writers born on December 3
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Grace Andreacchi | American-born author |
| 1944 | Craig Raine | English poet (born 1944) |
| 1943 | J. Philippe Rushton | Canadian psychologist and author (1943–2012) |
| 1942 | Alice Schwarzer | German journalist, publisher and feminist |
| 1942 | David K. Shipler | American author (born 1942) |
| 1937 | Morgan Llywelyn | American-Irish writer |
| 1931 | Franz Josef Degenhardt | German poet, satirist, novelist and songwriter |
| 1924 | F. Sionil José | Filipino writer (1924–2022) |
| 1922 | Eli Mandel | Canadian poet, editor, and literary academic |
| 1919 | Charles Lynch (journalist) | Canadian journalist and writer (1919–1994) |
| 1897 | William Gropper | American cartoonist and muralist (1897–1977) |
| 1879 | Kafū Nagai | Japanese writer, editor and translator (1879-1959) |
| 1872 | William Haselden | British cartoonist (1872–1953) |
| 1864 | Herman Heijermans | Dutch dramatist and author (1864–1924) |
| 1857 | Joseph Conrad | Polish-British writer (1857–1924) |
| 1810 | Louisa S. McCord | American writer, political essayist |
| 1800 | France Prešeren | Slovene poet (1800-1849) |
| 1684 | Ludvig Holberg | Danish–Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754) |
Writers who died on December 3
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Abdumalik Bahori | Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927) |
| 2007 | James Kemsley | Australian cartoonist |
| 2004 | Shiing-Shen Chern | Chinese-American mathematician and poet |
| 2003 | Sita Ram Goel | Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003) |
| 2002 | Adrienne Adams (illustrator) | American illustrator (1906–2002) |
| 2000 | Gwendolyn Brooks | American writer (1917–2000) |
| 1993 | Lewis Thomas | American physician, researcher, writer, and educator |
| 1956 | Manik Bandopadhyay | Indian writer and poet |
| 1894 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894) |
| 1892 | Afanasy Fet | Russian poet (1820–1892) |
| 1706 | Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen | German noblewoman and hymn author |
Literary events on December 3
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Väinö Linna's war novel The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is published. |
| 1881 | The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published. |
| 1859 | Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary Henry Townsend's Iwe Irohin, was published. |
Featured
Grace Andreacchi (1954) — Grace Andreacchi is an American-born author known for her blend of poetic language and modernism with a post-modernist sensibility. Andreacchi is active as a novelist, poet and playwright.
Craig Raine (1944) — Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor.
J. Philippe Rushton (1943) — John Philippe Rushton was a Canadian psychologist and author.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.