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March 14 in literary history
Literary history for March 14: 17 writers born, 7 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1471 to 2013. Born on this day: Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Tad Williams, Bertrand Blier.
Writers born on March 14
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Kevin Williamson (screenwriter) | American screenwriter, director, and producer (born 1965) |
| 1957 | Tad Williams | American fantasy and science fiction writer |
| 1939 | Bertrand Blier | French film director and writer (1939–2025) |
| 1921 | Ada Louise Huxtable | American architecture writer (1921–2013) |
| 1920 | Hank Ketcham | American cartoonist (1920–2001) |
| 1919 | Max Shulman | American writer and humorist (1919–1988) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote | American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009) |
| 1913 | Dominik Tatarka | Slovak writer (1913–1989) |
| 1887 | Sylvia Beach | American-born bookseller and publisher (1887–1962) |
| 1869 | Algernon Blackwood | English journalist and author (1869–1951) |
| 1854 | John Lane (publisher) | British publisher |
| 1854 | Alexandru Macedonski | Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854–1920) |
| 1847 | Castro Alves | Brazilian poet and playwright (1847–1871) |
| 1844 | Arthur O'Shaughnessy | British poet (1844–1881) |
| 1836 | Isabella Beeton | English journalist, publisher and writer (1836–1865) |
| 1823 | Théodore de Banville | French poet and writer (1823–1891) |
| 1801 | Kristjan Jaak Peterson | Estonian writer |
Writers who died on March 14
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Aramais Sahakyan | Armenian poet, humorist, publicist and translator |
| 1999 | John Broome (writer) | American comic book writer (1913–1999) |
| 1991 | Howard Ashman | American playwright, lyricist, and director (1950–1991) |
| 1984 | Hovhannes Shiraz | Armenian poet (1915–1984) |
| 1973 | Chic Young | American comic strip cartoonist (1901–1973) |
| 1803 | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock | German poet (1724–1803) |
| 1471 | Thomas Malory | 15th-century English writer |
Literary events on March 14
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion. |
| 1663 | According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion. |
Featured
Kevin Williamson (screenwriter) (1965) — Kevin Meade Williamson is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He is known for writing the screenplay for the slasher film Scream (1996)—which launched the Scream franchise—along with those for Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 4 (2011), and writing and directing Scream 7 (2026).
Tad Williams (1957) — Robert Paul "Tad" Williams is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, Otherland series, Shadowmarch series, and The Bobby Dollar series, as well as the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers.
Bertrand Blier (1939) — Bertrand Blier was a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
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