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February 28 in literary history
Literary history for February 28: 13 writers born, 5 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1533 to 2025. Born on this day: Ali Marhyar, David R. Ross, William Finn.
Writers born on February 28
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ali Marhyar | French actor, film director and screenwriter |
| 1958 | David R. Ross | Scottish author and historian (1958–2010) |
| 1952 | William Finn | American composer and lyricist (1952–2025) |
| 1944 | Edward Greenspan | Canadian lawyer and author |
| 1941 | Alice Brock | American artist, author and restaurateur (1941–2024) |
| 1929 | John Montague (poet) | Irish poet (1929–2016) |
| 1915 | Ketti Frings | American dramatist and screenwriter (1909–1981) |
| 1909 | Stephen Spender | English poet and man of letters (1909–1995) |
| 1907 | Milton Caniff | American cartoonist (1907–1988) |
| 1894 | Ben Hecht | American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964) |
| 1866 | Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet) | Russian poet and playwright (1866–1949) |
| 1683 | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur | French entomologist and writer (1683–1757) |
| 1533 | Michel de Montaigne | French author and philosopher (1533–1592) |
Writers who died on February 28
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Joseph Wambaugh | American writer and policeman (1937–2025) |
| 2015 | Yaşar Kemal | Turkish writer and activist (1923–2015) |
| 1975 | Neville Cardus | English writer (1888–1975) |
| 1882 | Adolf Zytogorski | Polish-British chess master and translator |
| 1729 | Lovro Šitović | Croatian grammarian and writer (c. 1682 – 1729) |
Literary events on February 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1939 | In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. |
Featured
Ali Marhyar (1984) — Ali Marhyar is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is known for his roles in films such as 18 Years Old and Rising (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and As Above, So Below (2014).
David R. Ross (1958) — David Robertson Ross was a Scottish author and historian. He published eight books, most of them mixing elements of Scottish history and travel literature.
William Finn (1952) — William Alan Finn was an American composer and lyricist. He was best known for his musicals, which include Falsettos, for which he won the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, A New Brain (1998), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005).
Sources & data
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