March 26 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on March 26

Born	Writer	Known as
1970	Martin McDonagh	Irish playwright and filmmaker (born 1970)
1963	Natsuhiko Kyogoku	Japanese mystery writer
1962	Richard Coles	British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)
1954	Dorothy Porter	Australian poet
1949	Patrick Süskind	German writer and screenwriter (born 1949)
1942	Erica Jong	American novelist and poet (born 1942)
1941	Richard Dawkins	British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
1930	Gregory Corso	American writer (1930–2001)
1929	Edward Sorel	American cartoonist (born 1929)
1915	Hwang Sun-won	South Korean writer (1915–2000)
1913	Jacqueline de Romilly	French philologist, classical scholar and writer (1913–2010)
1911	Tennessee Williams	American playwright (1911–1983)
1907	Mahadevi Varma	Indian writer and poet (1907–1987)
1905	Mona Williams (writer, born 1905)	American novelist (1905–1991)
1904	Joseph Campbell	American mythologist, writer, and lecturer (1904–1987)
1874	Robert Frost	American poet (1874–1963)
1859	A. E. Housman	English classicist and poet (1859–1936)
1852	Élémir Bourges	French novelist (1852–1925)
1850	Edward Bellamy	American author (1850–1898)
1829	Théodore Aubanel	Théodore Aubanel, French poet (died 1886)

Writers who died on March 26

Died	Writer	Known as
2023	María Kodama	Argentine writer (1937–2023)
2016	Jim Harrison	American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)
2015	Tomas Tranströmer	Swedish poet and psychologist (1931–2015)
2013	Don Payne (writer)	American writer and film producer
2012	Manik Sitaram Godghate	Marathi poet
2011	Diana Wynne Jones	British writer (1934–2011)
2008	Robert Fagles	American professor, poet and academic (1933–2008)
1980	Roland Barthes	French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
1979	Jean Stafford	American author (1915–1979)
1973	Noël Coward	English playwright, composer, actor (1899–1973)
1969	John Kennedy Toole	American novelist (1937–1969)
1966	Cyril Hume	American screenwriter (1900–1966)
1959	Raymond Chandler	American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
1942	Carolyn Wells	American writer (1862–1942)
1892	Walt Whitman	American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
1772	Charles Pinot Duclos	French author
1726	John Vanbrugh	English architect and dramatist (1664–1726)
1679	Johannes Schefferus	Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (born 1621)
1625	Giambattista Marino	Italian poet (1569–1625)
1546	Thomas Elyot	English politician and writer
1132	Geoffrey of Vendôme	French Benedictine monk, writer and cardinal
922	Al-Hallaj	Arab-speaking Sufi mystic and poet (c. 858–922)
903	Sugawara no Michizane	Japanese scholar, poet, and politician (845–903)

Literary events on March 26

Year	Event
1830	The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1812	The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.
1484	William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

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Martin McDonagh (1970) — Martin Faranan McDonagh is a British-born Irish playwright and filmmaker. Known for his absurdist dark humour and provocative style, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, six BAFTAs, two Golden Globes, and three Laurence Olivier Awards in addition to nominations for five Tony Awards.

Natsuhiko Kyogoku (1963) — Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Richard Coles (1962) — Richard Keith Robert Coles is an English writer, radio presenter, Church of England priest and former musician. After playing in the 1980s band Bronski Beat, he came to prominence as the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the band the Communards.

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