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January 6 in literary history
Literary history for January 6: 20 writers born and 10 writers who died from 1488 to 2023. Born on this day: Agnieszka Stelmaszyk, Bjørn Lomborg, Nigella Lawson.
Writers born on January 6
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Agnieszka Stelmaszyk | Children's and young adult book writer |
| 1965 | Bjørn Lomborg | Danish author (born 1965) |
| 1960 | Nigella Lawson | English food writer and TV cook (born 1960) |
| 1956 | Elizabeth Strout | American writer (born 1956) |
| 1955 | Rowan Atkinson | English actor, comedian, and writer (born 1955) |
| 1954 | Anthony Minghella | British filmmaker and playwright (1954–2008) |
| 1949 | Carolyn D. Wright | American poet |
| 1938 | Rajnikumar Pandya | Indian Gujarati-language writer |
| 1933 | John Clive | British actor and author (1933–2012) |
| 1931 | E. L. Doctorow | American novelist and editor (1931–2015) |
| 1923 | Jacobo Timerman | Argentine publisher, journalist and author (1923–1999) |
| 1916 | Pak Mok-wol | Korean poet and academic (1916–1978) |
| 1915 | Alan Watts | British and American writer and lecturer (1915–1973) |
| 1910 | Wright Morris | American photographer and novelist |
| 1883 | Kahlil Gibran | Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer (1883–1931) |
| 1882 | Fan Noli | Prime Minister of Albania in 1924 and writer (1882–1965) |
| 1881 | Ion Minulescu | Romanian poet and writer (1881–1944) |
| 1878 | Carl Sandburg | American writer and editor (1878–1967) |
| 1832 | Gustave Doré | French illustrator and painter (1832–1883) |
| 1488 | Helius Eobanus Hessus | German Latin poet and Lutheran humanist |
Writers who died on January 6
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mary Lou Kownacki | Nun, peace activist, and writer (1941–2023) |
| 2022 | Sidney Poitier | Bahamian-American actor, filmmaker, diplomat and author (1927–2022) |
| 2022 | F. Sionil José | Filipino writer (1924–2022) |
| 1981 | A. J. Cronin | Scottish physician and novelist (1896–1981) |
| 1944 | Ida Tarbell | American writer, journalist, biographer and lecturer (1857–1944) |
| 1885 | Bharatendu Harishchandra | Indian writer and poet (1850–1885) |
| 1882 | Richard Henry Dana Jr. | American author and lawyer (1815–1882) |
| 1840 | Frances Burney | English novelist, diarist and playwright (1752–1840) |
| 1734 | John Dennis (dramatist) | English critic and dramatist (1657–1734) |
| 1725 | Chikamatsu Monzaemon | Japanese playwright (1653–1725) |
Featured
Agnieszka Stelmaszyk (1978) — Agnieszka Stelmaszyk is a Polish writer of children's literature and young adult fiction. She is best known for her adventure young adult novels series Kroniki Archeo (2010–2020). Her other popular book series include: yough spy fiction trilogy Koalicja Szpiegów (2013–2014), children's mystery fiction Biuro śledcze.
Bjørn Lomborg (1965) — Bjørn Lomborg is a Danish political scientist and climate change sceptic. He is the former director of the defunct Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) in Copenhagen, now the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, a think tank.
Nigella Lawson (1960) — Nigella Lawson is a food writer, television cook, and former journalist. Known for her relaxed and indulgent approach to cooking and food writing, she has sold more than 12 million cookery books worldwide to date, and has appeared on numerous television programmes in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.