On this day
July 12 in literary history
Literary history for July 12: 20 writers born, 19 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1468 to 2024. Born on this day: Pradeepan Raveendran, Aure Atika, Timothy Garton Ash.
20writers born
19writers died
3literary events
Writers born on July 12
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pradeepan Raveendran | Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1970 | Aure Atika | French actress, writer and director |
| 1955 | Timothy Garton Ash | British historian and author (born 1955) |
| 1952 | Voja Antonić | Serbian inventor, journalist and writer (born 1952) |
| 1948 | Elias Khoury | Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (1948–2024) |
| 1947 | Carl Lundgren (illustrator) | American artist and illustrator (born 1947) |
| 1944 | Delia Ephron | American writer and film producer |
| 1933 | Donald E. Westlake | American novelist (1933–2008) |
| 1930 | Gordon Pinsent | Canadian actor and writer (1930–2023) |
| 1923 | James E. Gunn | American science fiction author (1923–2020) |
| 1920 | Pierre Berton | Canadian author (1920–2004) |
| 1920 | Beah Richards | American actor and writer (1920–2000) |
| 1909 | Motoichi Kumagai | Japanese photographer and illustrator |
| 1904 | Pablo Neruda | Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician (1904–1973) |
| 1895 | Oscar Hammerstein II | American librettist (1895–1960) |
| 1892 | Bruno Schulz | Polish Jewish writer and artist (1892-1942) |
| 1879 | Han Yong-un | Korean writer (1879–1944) |
| 1876 | Max Jacob | French poet, painter, writer and critic |
| 1868 | Stefan George | German symbolist poet and translator |
| 1468 | Juan del Encina | Spanish composer, poet, and playwright (born 1468) |
Writers who died on July 12
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tonke Dragt | Dutch children's writer and illustrator (1930–2024) |
| 2024 | Evan Wright | American writer (1964–2024) |
| 2018 | Annabelle Neilson | British socialite, fashion model, author, and television personality (1969–2018) |
| 2015 | Chenjerai Hove | Zimbabwean poet (1956–2015) |
| 2013 | Takako Takahashi | Japanese author |
| 2013 | Elaine Morgan | Welsh writer and evolutionist (1920–2013) |
| 2012 | Else Holmelund Minarik | American children's writer (1920–2012) |
| 2011 | Sherwood Schwartz | American TV writer, producer (1916–2011) |
| 2010 | James P. Hogan (writer) | British science fiction author (1941–2010) |
| 2010 | Harvey Pekar | American comic book writer, music critic and media personality |
| 2001 | Fred Marcellino | American writer |
| 1992 | Caroline Pafford Miller | American writer |
| 1969 | Henry George Lamond | Australian writer (1885–1969) |
| 1961 | Mazo de la Roche | Canadian writer (1879–1961) |
| 1950 | Elsie de Wolfe | American interior decorator, author, and actress |
| 1946 | Ray Stannard Baker | American journalist and writer (1870–1946) |
| 1926 | Gertrude Bell | English traveller and writer |
| 1908 | Robert Potter (author) | Irish Australian theologian and writer (1831–1908) |
| 1845 | Henrik Wergeland | Norwegian writer (1808–1845) |
Literary events on July 12
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918 | An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen. |
| 1580 | The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published. |
| 1493 | Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. |
Featured
Pradeepan Raveendran (1981) — Pradeepan Raveendran was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka on 12 July 1981. He is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker. The Pradeepan's first directorial debut was in 2009 with the short film A Mango Tree in the Front Yard.
Aure Atika (1970) — Aure Atika is a French actress, writer, and director.
Timothy Garton Ash (1955) — Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
Sources & data
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