On this day
June 9 in literary history
Literary history for June 9: 23 writers born, 12 writers who died and 3 literary events from 373 to 2013. Born on this day: Hayden Schlossberg, Jian Ghomeshi, Gilad Atzmon.
Writers born on June 9
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Hayden Schlossberg | American screenwriter and director |
| 1967 | Jian Ghomeshi | Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, and producer (born 1967) |
| 1963 | Gilad Atzmon | British jazz saxophonist, political activist, and writer (born 1963) |
| 1963 | David Koepp | American screenwriter and director (born 1963) |
| 1961 | Aaron Sorkin | American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1961) |
| 1960 | Steve Paikin | Canadian media personality and author |
| 1956 | Patricia Cornwell | American crime writer (born 1956) |
| 1954 | Gregory Maguire | American novelist (born 1954) |
| 1954 | George Pérez | American comic book artist and writer (1954–2022) |
| 1948 | Tim Sullivan (writer) | American novelist (1948–2024) |
| 1946 | James Kelman | Scottish writer (born 1946) |
| 1943 | Joe Haldeman | American science fiction writer (born 1943) |
| 1939 | Charles Webb (author) | American writer (1939–2020) |
| 1936 | Nell Dunn | UK playwright & fiction writer |
| 1925 | Keith Laumer | American science fiction writer (1925–1993) |
| 1922 | George Axelrod | American dramatist (1922–2003) |
| 1922 | John Gillespie Magee Jr. | Royal Canadian Air Force officer and poet |
| 1921 | Jean Lacouture | French journalist, historian and author (1921–2015) |
| 1916 | Jurij Brězan | German writer |
| 1903 | Marcia Davenport | American novelist (1903–1996) |
| 1843 | Bertha von Suttner | Austrian novelist and pacifist (1843–1914) |
| 1837 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie | English writer (1837–1919) |
| 1580 | Daniel Heinsius | Dutch scholar and poet (1580-1655) |
Writers who died on June 9
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Iain Banks | Scottish writer (1954–2013) |
| 2013 | Walter Jens | German philologist and writer (1923–2013) |
| 2013 | Zdeněk Rotrekl | Czech Catholic poet, literary historian and writer |
| 2012 | Ivan Minatti | Slovene poet, editor, and translator |
| 2008 | Algis Budrys | Lithuanian-American author, editor, and critic (1931–2008) |
| 1974 | Miguel Ángel Asturias | Guatemalan writer and poet-diplomat (1899-1974) |
| 1973 | John Creasey | English writer (1908–1973) |
| 1968 | Bernard Cronin | Australian author and journalist |
| 1964 | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879–1964) |
| 1870 | Charles Dickens | English writer and journalist (1812–1870) |
| 1361 | Philippe de Vitry | French composer, poet and music theorist (1291–1361) |
| 373 | Ephrem the Syrian | Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373) |
Literary events on June 9
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1920 | The courtesan Wang Lianying was murdered in Shanghai, leading to months of media and literary coverage. |
| 1549 | The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England. |
| 1523 | Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians. |
Featured
Hayden Schlossberg (1978) — Hayden Schlossberg is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on Cobra Kai, the Harold & Kumar films and American Reunion.
Jian Ghomeshi (1967) — Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy Früvous. In the 2000s, he became a television and radio broadcaster.
Gilad Atzmon (1963) — Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli-born British saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.