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June 12 in literary history
Literary history for June 12: 18 writers born and 13 writers who died from 1760 to 2015. Born on this day: Paul Stenning, Bryan Alvarez, Barry Michael Cooper.
Writers born on June 12
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Paul Stenning | English author (born 1976) |
| 1975 | Bryan Alvarez | American professional wrestler, editor, publisher, radio/podcast host |
| 1958 | Barry Michael Cooper | American screenwriter (1958–2025) |
| 1948 | Len Wein | American comic book writer and editor (1948–2017) |
| 1933 | Marian Burros | American cookbook author (1933–2025) |
| 1931 | Trevanian | American film scholar and writer (1931–2005) |
| 1931 | Rona Jaffe | American novelist (1931–2005) |
| 1929 | Brigid Brophy | English author, literary critic and polemicist (1929–1995) |
| 1922 | Margherita Hack | Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013) |
| 1921 | Luis García Berlanga | Spanish film director and screenwriter (1921-2010) |
| 1921 | James Archibald Houston | Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker (1921 – 2005) |
| 1920 | Dave Berg (cartoonist) | American cartoonist (1920–2002) |
| 1906 | Sandro Penna | Italian poet |
| 1892 | Djuna Barnes | American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892–1982) |
| 1827 | Johanna Spyri | Swiss novelist (1827–1901) |
| 1819 | Charles Kingsley | English clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875) |
| 1802 | Harriet Martineau | English writer and sociologist (1802–1876) |
| 1760 | Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray | French writer and diplomat (1760–1797) |
Writers who died on June 12
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Fernando Brant | Brazilian poet, journalist, and lyricist (1946–2015) |
| 2012 | Hector Bianciotti | Argentine-born French author |
| 2010 | Al Williamson | American cartoonist (1931–2010) |
| 2005 | Scott Young (writer) | Canadian journalist, sportswriter, and novelist (1918–2005) |
| 2000 | Purushottam Laxman Deshpande | Indian writer and humorist (1919–2000) |
| 1999 | J. F. Powers | American writer (1917–1999) |
| 1998 | Leo Buscaglia | American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author (1924–1998) |
| 1978 | Guo Moruo | Chinese politician, poet, and historian (1892–1978) |
| 1972 | Edmund Wilson | American writer and literary critic (1895–1972) |
| 1972 | Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar | Indian writer and filmmaker (1909–1972) |
| 1968 | Herbert Read | English anarchist and writer (1893–1968) |
| 1904 | Camille of Renesse-Breidbach | Belgian nobleman and author |
| 1900 | Lucretia Peabody Hale | American author and novelist |
Featured
Paul Stenning (1976) — Paul David Stenning is an English author and ghostwriter. He has written twenty-nine books, of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and biography. The best-known of his books is The Robert Pattinson Album, a biography of Robert Pattinson, first published in 2009 and appearing in seven languages since then.
Bryan Alvarez (1975) — Bryan Alvarez is an American independent professional wrestler, martial artist, satellite radio host, podcaster, and journalist. Alvarez is the editor and publisher of Figure Four Weekly, a fan run, online newsletter that has covered professional wrestling since 1995.
Barry Michael Cooper (1958) — Barry Michael Cooper was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994), sometimes called his "Harlem Trilogy".
Sources & data
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