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March 11 in literary history
Literary history for March 11: 8 writers born, 15 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1544 to 2024. Born on this day: Lisa Loeb, John Barrowman, Douglas Adams.
Writers born on March 11
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Lisa Loeb | American musician, author and actress (born 1968) |
| 1967 | John Barrowman | Scottish-American actor, author, and singer (born 1967) |
| 1952 | Douglas Adams | English writer and humourist (1952–2001) |
| 1950 | Jerry Zucker | American film director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950) |
| 1930 | Claude Jutra | Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter |
| 1911 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet | Scottish soldier, writer and politician |
| 1893 | Wanda Gág | American artist and children's writer (1893–1946) |
| 1544 | Torquato Tasso | Italian poet (1544–1595) |
Writers who died on March 11
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Paul Alexander (polio survivor) | American polio survivor, attorney and writer (1946–2024) |
| 2021 | Takis Mousafiris | Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter (1936–2021) |
| 2018 | Mary Rosenblum | American author (1952–2018) |
| 1992 | Richard Brooks | American filmmaker and writer (1912–1992) |
| 1982 | Edmund Cooper | English poet and writer |
| 1982 | Horace Gregory | American poet (1898–1982) |
| 1970 | Erle Stanley Gardner | American writer and lawyer (1889–1970) |
| 1969 | John Wyndham | English science fiction writer (1903–1969) |
| 1960 | Roy Chapman Andrews | American explorer, naturalist, and writer (1884–1960) |
| 1959 | Lester Dent | American writer |
| 1956 | Aleksanteri Aava | Finnish poet |
| 1944 | Hendrik Willem van Loon | Dutch-American historian, journalist and author |
| 1915 | Thomas Alexander Browne | Australian author (1826–1915) |
| 1908 | Edmondo De Amicis | Italian novelist, journalist and poet (1846 – 1908) |
| 1869 | Vladimir Odoyevsky | Russian philosopher, writer, critic, philanthropist and pedagogue |
Literary events on March 11
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1702 | The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time. |
Featured
Lisa Loeb (1968) — Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with "Stay " (1994) from the film Reality Bites, the first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 for an artist without a recording contract.
John Barrowman (1967) — John Scot Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood (2006–2011), and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse (2012–2019).
Douglas Adams (1952) — Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime.
Sources & data
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