July 10 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on July 10

Born	Writer	Known as
1949	Greg Kihn	American musician and writer (1949–2024)
1941	David G. Hartwell	American fantasy and science fiction publisher, editor, and critic (1941–2016)
1940	Brian Priestley	English jazz writer, pianist, and arranger (born 1940)
1931	Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)	American actor, screenwriter (1931–1968)
1931	Jerry Herman	American composer and lyricist (1931–2019)
1931	Julian May	American writer (1931–2017)
1931	Alice Munro	Canadian short story writer (1931–2024)
1929	George Clayton Johnson	American writer (1929–2015)
1926	Fred Gwynne	American actor and author (1926–1993)
1923	G. A. Kulkarni	Indian writer (1923–1987)
1922	Jean Kerr	Irish-American author and playwright (1922–2003)
1919	Pierre Gamarra	French poet, novelist and literary critic
1918	James Aldridge	Australian-British writer and journalist
1917	Reg Smythe	British cartoonist, creator of Andy Capp
1913	Salvador Espriu	Catalan writer (1913–1985)
1905	Mildred Benson	American writer (1905–2002)
1903	John Wyndham	English science fiction writer (1903–1969)
1902	Nicolás Guillén	Cuban poet, journalist and political activist (1902–1989)
1900	Mitchell Parish	American lyricist (1900–1993)
1889	Noble Sissle	American jazz musician, bandleader and playwright (1889–1975)
1883	Hugo Raudsepp	Estonian writer and politician
1871	Marcel Proust	French novelist, literary critic, and essayist (1871–1922)
1802	Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)	Scottish publisher and writer
1802	Alfred Ronalds	English author, artisan and Australian pioneer (1802–1860)

Writers who died on July 10

Died	Writer	Known as
2018	Henry Morgenthau III	American author and television producer (1917–2018)
2013	Józef Gara	Miner and author of Wymysorys language
2013	Gokulananda Mahapatra	Indian writer and scientist
2012	Berthe Meijer	German-born Dutch Holocaust survivor and author (1938–2012)
2009	Ebba Haslund	Norwegian writer
2007	Doug Marlette	American editorial cartoonist
2005	A. J. Quinnell	English thriller novelist (1940–2005)
2003	Winston Graham	English novelist (1908–2003)
2002	Laurence Janifer	American novelist
1996	Eno Raud	Estonian children's writer (1928–1996)
1993	Ruth Krauss	American poet, children's writer (1901–1993)
1993	Sam Rolfe	American screenwriter (1924–1993)
1980	Joseph Krumgold	American writer
1863	Clement Clarke Moore	American writer and professor (1779–1863)
1653	Gabriel Naudé	French librarian, scholar and writer (1600–1653)

Literary events on July 10

Year	Event
2011	Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
2011	The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.
1995	The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard.

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Greg Kihn (1949) — Gregory Stanley Kihn was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits "The Breakup Song " in 1981 and "Jeopardy" in 1983.

David G. Hartwell (1941) — David Geddes Hartwell was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies.

Brian Priestley (1940) — Brian Priestley is an English jazz writer, pianist, and arranger.

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