March 31 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on March 31

Born	Writer	Known as
1982	Mira Bellwether	American author (1982–2022)
1972	Alejandro Amenábar	Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer
1969	Annabelle Neilson	British socialite, fashion model, author, and television personality (1969–2018)
1965	Steven T. Seagle	American writer (born 1965)
1961	Howard Gordon	American television writer and producer (born 1961)
1959	Markus Hediger	Swiss writer and translator (born 1959)
1942	Michael Savage	American radio talk show host and author
1939	Israel Horovitz	American playwright (1939–2020)
1936	Marge Piercy	American novelist and poet (born 1936)
1935	Judith Rossner	American novelist
1934	Kamala Surayya	Indian poet and author (1934–2009)
1933	Nichita Stănescu	Romanian poet and essayist
1932	John Jakes	American writer (1932–2023)
1926	John Fowles	English novelist (1926–2005)
1926	Beni Montresor	Italian illustrator, costume and set designer, director
1924	Leo Buscaglia	American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author (1924–1998)
1920	Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire	English aristocrat and writer (1920–2014)
1914	Octavio Paz	Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998)
1914	Dagmar Lange	Swedish writer
1912	William Lederer	American novelist
1895	Vardis Fisher	American novelist (1895–1968)
1876	Borisav Stanković	Serbian writer (1876–1927)
1871	Arthur Griffith	Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922)
1833	Mary Abigail Dodge	American writer and essayist
1809	Edward FitzGerald (poet)	English poet and translator (1809–1883)
1621	Andrew Marvell	English poet and politician (1621–1678)

Writers who died on March 31

Died	Writer	Known as
2016	Imre Kertész	Hungarian author (1929–2016)
2016	Denise Robertson	British writer and broadcaster (1932–2016)
2015	Cocoa Fujiwara	Japanese manga artist and illustrator
2013	Bob Clarke (illustrator)	American illustrator (1926–2013)
2011	Alan Fitzgerald (satirist)	Australian author and journalist (1935–2011)
1993	Mitchell Parish	American lyricist (1900–1993)
1983	Christina Stead	Australian writer
1981	Enid Bagnold	English dramatist, playwright, and memoirist (1889–1981)
1980	Vladimír Holan	Czech poet and translator
1910	Jean Moréas	Greek poet, essayist, and art critic (1856–1910)
1907	Galusha A. Grow	American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman (1823–1907)
1855	Charlotte Brontë	English novelist and poet (1816–1855)
1797	Olaudah Equiano	Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
1631	John Donne	English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
32 BC	Titus Pomponius Atticus	Roman banker, writer and philosopher (c.110 BC – 32 BC)

Literary events on March 31

Year	Event
2004	The Old National Library Building in Singapore was closed to make way for a tunnel, despite widespread protests.
1174	A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, is revealed in Cairo, involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet Umara al-Yamani. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks.

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Mira Bellwether (1982) — Mira Bellwether was an American author, artist, and sex educator best known for Fucking Trans Women, a single-issue zine in which she wrote and illustrated all articles.

Alejandro Amenábar (1972) — Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer.

Annabelle Neilson (1969) — Iona Annabelle Neilson was a British socialite, model, author and television personality. Neilson gained media attention as the primary muse of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen. In 2014, she gained notoriety in America as a cast member of the Bravo reality television series Ladies of London (2014–2015).

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