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February 15 in literary history
Literary history for February 15: 11 writers born, 7 writers who died and 3 literary events from 438 to 2005. Born on this day: Chrystine Brouillet, Matt Groening, Art Spiegelman.
11writers born
7writers died
3literary events
Writers born on February 15
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Chrystine Brouillet | Canadian writer |
| 1954 | Matt Groening | American cartoonist and animator (born 1954) |
| 1948 | Art Spiegelman | American cartoonist (born 1948) |
| 1946 | John Trudell | Native American activist, author, and poet (1946–2015) |
| 1940 | İsmail Cem | Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author (1940–2007) |
| 1937 | Gregory Mcdonald | American mystery writer (1937–2008) |
| 1935 | Susan Brownmiller | American journalist, author and activist (1935–2025) |
| 1930 | Bruce Dawe | Australian poet and academic (1930–2020) |
| 1883 | Sax Rohmer | English novelist (1883–1959) |
| 1839 | Rayko Zhinzifov | Bulgarian poet (1839–1877) |
| 1835 | Demetrios Vikelas | Greek businessman and writer (1835–1908) |
Writers who died on February 15
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sam Francis (writer) | American columnist and writer (1947–2005) |
| 1932 | Minnie Maddern Fiske | American dramatist (1865–1932) |
| 1905 | Lew Wallace | American general, politician, and author (1827–1905) |
| 1877 | Rayko Zhinzifov | Bulgarian poet (1839–1877) |
| 1869 | Ghalib | Indian poet (1797–1869) |
| 1781 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781) |
| 1600 | José de Acosta | Spanish missionary and writer (d. 1600) |
Literary events on February 15
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2001 | The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.[citation needed] |
| 1972 | Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. |
| 438 | The Codex Theodosianus, a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire, was published. |
Featured
Chrystine Brouillet (1958) — Chrystine Brouillet, is a Canadian novelist.
Matt Groening (1954) — Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist. He is the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama, and Disenchantment (2018–2023), as well as the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012).
Art Spiegelman (1948) — Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman, professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is a Polish-American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.