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July 28 in literary history
Literary history for July 28: 25 writers born and 12 writers who died from 1458 to 2024. Born on this day: Kārlis Vērdiņš, Ludmilla Lacueva Canut, Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
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Writers born on July 28
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kārlis Vērdiņš | Latvian poet (born 1979) |
| 1971 | Ludmilla Lacueva Canut | Ludmilla Lacueva Canut, Andorran writer |
| 1960 | Luiz Fernando Carvalho | Brazilian film director and screenwriter |
| 1960 | Jon J Muth | American writer and illustrator |
| 1960 | Yōichi Takahashi | Japanese cartoonist and manga artist (born 1960) |
| 1959 | William T. Vollmann | American writer and journalist |
| 1957 | Scott Pelley | American journalist and author (born 1957) |
| 1949 | Randall Wallace | American screenwriter, director and producer |
| 1946 | Fahmida Riaz | Pakistani writer and activist (1946–2018) |
| 1945 | Jim Davis (cartoonist) | American cartoonist (born 1945) |
| 1941 | Bill Crider | American novelist |
| 1937 | Francis Veber | French director, screenwriter, producer, and playwright |
| 1932 | Natalie Babbitt | American children's writer and illustrator (1932–2016) |
| 1931 | Alan Brownjohn | English poet and novelist (1931–2024) |
| 1930 | Jean Roba | Belgian comics author |
| 1927 | John Ashbery | American poet (1927–2017) |
| 1909 | Aenne Burda | German magazine publisher |
| 1909 | Malcolm Lowry | English poet and novelist |
| 1887 | Willard Price | American writer |
| 1866 | Beatrix Potter | English writer and illustrator (1866–1943) |
| 1849 | James Edson White | American book publisher (1849–1928) |
| 1844 | Gerard Manley Hopkins | English poet and Catholic priest (1844–1889) |
| 1783 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck | German general, diplomat, and writer (1783–1860) |
| 1750 | Fabre d'Églantine | French actor, dramatist, poet and politician |
| 1458 | Jacopo Sannazaro | Italian poet |
Writers who died on July 28
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Francine Pascal | American author (1932–2024) |
| 2016 | Mahasweta Devi | Indian writer and activist |
| 2006 | David Gemmell | British author of heroic fantasy (1948–2006) |
| 2004 | Tiziano Terzani | Italian author and journalist |
| 2001 | Ahmed Sofa | Bangladeshi writer and poet (1943–2001) |
| 1998 | Zbigniew Herbert | Polish poet (1924–1998) |
| 1996 | Roger Tory Peterson | American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996) |
| 1965 | Edogawa Ranpo | Japanese author (1894–1965) |
| 1842 | Clemens Brentano | German poet and novelist (1778–1842) |
| 1667 | Abraham Cowley | 17th-century English writer |
| 1655 | Cyrano de Bergerac | French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655) |
| 1631 | Guillén de Castro y Bellvis | Spanish dramatist (1569–1631) |
Featured
Kārlis Vērdiņš (1978) — Kārlis Vērdiņš is a Latvian poet.
Ludmilla Lacueva Canut (1971) — Ludmilla Lacueva Canut is an Andorran writer of both fiction and non-fiction works, as well as an opinion columnist for the newspaper Bondia.
Luiz Fernando Carvalho (1960) — Luiz Fernando Carvalho is a Brazilian film and television director, screenwriter, producer and editor, known for works closely linked to literature that constitute a renovation in Brazilian audiovisual aesthetics.
Sources & data
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