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July 15 in literary history
Literary history for July 15: 23 writers born, 15 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1779 to 2014. Born on this day: Jean-Christophe Grangé, Richard Russo, Dimosthenis Kourtovik.
Writers born on July 15
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Jean-Christophe Grangé | French writer, journalist, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Richard Russo | American writer and teacher |
| 1948 | Dimosthenis Kourtovik | Greek writer (born 1948) |
| 1947 | Lydia Davis | American writer (born 1947) |
| 1938 | Carmen Callil | Australian publisher and writer (1938–2022) |
| 1933 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Indian writer and director (1933–2024) |
| 1931 | Clive Cussler | American novelist and underwater explorer (1931–2020) |
| 1930 | Richard Garneau | Canadian sports journalist and writer |
| 1929 | Francis Bebey | Cameroonian musician and writer (1929–2001) |
| 1926 | Driss Chraïbi | Moroccan author (1926–2007) |
| 1922 | Jean-Pierre Richard | French writer and literary critic (1922–2019) |
| 1919 | Iris Murdoch | Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999) |
| 1917 | Robert Conquest | British-American historian and poet (1917–2015) |
| 1913 | Hammond Innes | British novelist (1913–1998) |
| 1913 | Abraham Sutzkever | Belarusian-Israeli poet |
| 1909 | Jean Hamburger | French physician, surgeon and essayist |
| 1906 | R. S. Mugali | Indian writer (1906–1992) |
| 1905 | Dorothy Fields | American librettist and lyricist (1904–1974) |
| 1904 | Rudolf Arnheim | German author and theorist (1904 – 2007) |
| 1903 | Walter D. Edmonds | American writer (1903–1998) |
| 1871 | Doppo Kunikida | Japanese writer and journalist (1871-1908) |
| 1793 | Almira Lincoln Phelps | American educator, botanist, author, editor (1793–1884) |
| 1779 | Clement Clarke Moore | American writer and professor (1779–1863) |
Writers who died on July 15
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Óscar Acosta | Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat |
| 2013 | Ninos Aho | Assyrian poet and activist (1945–2013) |
| 2003 | Roberto Bolaño | Chilean writer (1953–2003) |
| 1990 | Zaim Topčić | Yugoslav and Bosnian writer |
| 1990 | Omar Abu Risha | Syrian poet and diplomat |
| 1988 | Eleanor Estes | American children's writer and librarian |
| 1976 | Paul Gallico | American writer and journalist (1897–1976) |
| 1959 | Vance Palmer | Australian writer |
| 1947 | Walter Donaldson (songwriter) | American writer and publisher of popular songs (1893–1947) |
| 1932 | Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven | South African poet who wrote Die Stem (1873–1932) |
| 1929 | Hugo von Hofmannsthal | Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929) |
| 1904 | Anton Chekhov | Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904) |
| 1890 | Gottfried Keller | Swiss poet and writer |
| 1885 | Rosalía de Castro | Spanish Galician poet, writer (1837–1885) |
| 1839 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed | English politician and poet |
Literary events on July 15
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1910 | In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. |
Featured
Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961) — Jean-Christophe Grangé is a French mystery writer, journalist, and screenwriter.
Richard Russo (1949) — Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies.
Dimosthenis Kourtovik (1948) — Dimosthenis Kourtovik is a Greek writer, literary critic and anthropologist. He studied biology in Athens and West Germany and specialized later in physical anthropology. In 1986 he obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, with a thesis on the evolution of human sexuality.
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