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January 7 in literary history
Literary history for January 7: 15 writers born, 14 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1706 to 2020. Born on this day: Sofi Oksanen, Nicholson Baker, Tony Elliott (publisher).
Writers born on January 7
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sofi Oksanen | Finnish writer and playwright (born 1977) |
| 1957 | Nicholson Baker | Contemporary American novelist and writer (born 1957) |
| 1947 | Tony Elliott (publisher) | British magazine publisher (1947–2020) |
| 1946 | Michele Elliott | Michele Elliott, author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape |
| 1936 | Hunter Davies | British author, journalist and broadcaster (born 1936) |
| 1928 | William Peter Blatty | American writer and filmmaker (1928–2017) |
| 1925 | Gerald Durrell | British naturalist and writer (1925–1995) |
| 1921 | Chester Kallman | American poet and librettist (1921–1975) |
| 1912 | Charles Addams | American cartoonist (1912–1988) |
| 1891 | Zora Neale Hurston | American author, anthropologist, filmmaker (1891–1960) |
| 1890 | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson | American writer, creator of DC Comics |
| 1873 | Charles Péguy | French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914) |
| 1815 | E. Louisa Mather | 19th-century American writer |
| 1814 | Robert Nicoll | Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (died 1837) |
| 1706 | Johann Heinrich Zedler | Bookseller and publisher |
Writers who died on January 7
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Neil Peart | Canadian drummer and lyricist (1952–2020) |
| 2020 | Silvio Horta | American television producer and writer (1974-2020) |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Wurtzel | American writer and journalist (1967–2020) |
| 2015 | Georges Wolinski | French cartoonist (1934–2015) |
| 2006 | Heinrich Harrer | Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006) |
| 2005 | Pierre Daninos | French writer and humorist (1913–2005) |
| 1986 | Juan Rulfo | Mexican writer (1917–1986) |
| 1972 | John Berryman | American poet and scholar (1914–1972) |
| 1967 | David Goodis | American novelist (1917–1967) |
| 1941 | Charles Finger | American writer (1869–1941) |
| 1893 | Josef Stefan | Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835–1893) |
| 1812 | Joseph Dennie | American writer (1768–1812) |
| 1758 | Allan Ramsay (poet) | Scottish poet (1686–1758) |
| 1715 | François Fénelon | French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715) |
Literary events on January 7
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1978 | An article entitled "Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq. |
Featured
Sofi Oksanen (1977) — Sofi-Elina Oksanen is a Finnish writer and playwright. Oksanen has published six novels, of which "Purge" has gained the widest recognition. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than two million copies.
Nicholson Baker (1957) — Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness.
Tony Elliott (publisher) (1947) — Anthony Michael Manton Elliott, CBE was an English publisher, and the founder and owner of Time Out Group, based in London. He was educated at Stowe School and Keele University.
Sources & data
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