On this day
March 4 in literary history
Literary history for March 4: 54 writers born, 29 writers who died and 1 literary events from 977 to 2016. Born on this day: Katherine Center, Chaz Bono, Annie Yi.
54writers born
29writers died
1literary events
Writers born on March 4
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Katherine Center | American author |
| 1969 | Chaz Bono | American writer, musician and actor (born 1969) |
| 1969 | Annie Yi | Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer |
| 1966 | Dav Pilkey | American cartoonist and author (born 1966) |
| 1965 | Khaled Hosseini | Afghan-American novelist (born 1965) |
| 1964 | Paolo Virzì | Italian film director, writer and producer |
| 1960 | Chonda Pierce | American comedian, TV host, author and actor |
| 1954 | Irina Ratushinskaya | Russian writer |
| 1953 | Daniel Woodrell | American novelist (1953–2025) |
| 1951 | Theresa Hak Kyung Cha | American author and artist (1951–1982) |
| 1950 | Ofelia Medina | Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter |
| 1950 | Safet Plakalo | Bosnian writer (1950–2015) |
| 1948 | James Ellroy | American writer (born 1948) |
| 1947 | David Franzoni | American screenwriter and film producer (born 1947) |
| 1946 | Patricia Kennealy-Morrison | American writer (1946–2021) |
| 1942 | Lynn Sherr | American broadcast journalist and author (born 1942) |
| 1940 | David Plante | American novelist |
| 1937 | William Deverell | Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer |
| 1937 | Richard B. Wright | Canadian novelist (1937-2017) |
| 1935 | Bent Larsen | Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010) |
| 1932 | Ryszard Kapuściński | Polish journalist, photographer and author (1932–2007) |
| 1932 | Ed Roth | American artist, cartoonist and custom car painter |
| 1928 | Alan Sillitoe | English writer (1928–2010) |
| 1927 | Jacques Dupin | French poet and art critic |
| 1923 | Francis King (novelist) | British writer (1923–2011) |
| 1923 | Patrick Moore | English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012) |
| 1916 | William Alland | American actor, producer, writer, and director |
| 1916 | Giorgio Bassani | Italian writer |
| 1914 | Barbara Newhall Follett | American author (born 1914, disappeared 1939) |
| 1913 | Taos Amrouche | Algerian writer and singer (1913–1976) |
| 1906 | Meindert De Jong | American writer (1906–1991) |
| 1902 | Russell Reeder | United States Army officer and author (1902–1998) |
| 1901 | Charles Goren | American bridge player and writer |
| 1901 | Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo | Malagasy writer (1901/1903 – 1937) |
| 1900 | Herbert Biberman | American screenwriter and film director |
| 1899 | Emilio Prados | Spanish poet (1899–1962) |
| 1895 | Milt Gross | American cartoonist and animator (1895-1953) |
| 1894 | Charles Corm | Lebanese writer, industrialist, and philanthropist (1894–1963) |
| 1881 | T. S. Stribling | American novelist (1881–1965) |
| 1880 | Channing Pollock (writer) | American dramatist |
| 1879 | Bernhard Kellermann | German author and poet (1879–1951) |
| 1878 | Takeo Arishima | Japanese novelist and essayist (1878–1923) |
| 1876 | Léon-Paul Fargue | French poet and essayist |
| 1875 | Enrique Larreta | Argentine writer (1875-1961) |
| 1873 | Guy Wetmore Carryl | American humorist and poet |
| 1870 | Thomas Sturge Moore | British poet, author and artist |
| 1856 | Alfred William Rich | English artist, teacher and author (1856–1921) |
| 1851 | Alexandros Papadiamantis | Greek writer (1851-1911) |
| 1828 | Owen Wynne Jones | Welsh poet (1818–1870) |
| 1792 | Isaac Lea | American publisher, conchologist and geologist (1792-1886) |
| 1782 | Johann Rudolf Wyss | Swiss author, writer and folklorist |
| 1781 | Rebecca Gratz | American writer (1781–1869) |
| 1745 | Charles Dibdin | English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor (1745–1814) |
| 977 | Al-Musabbihi | Fatimid historian, writer and administrative official |
Writers who died on March 4
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pat Conroy | American novelist (1945–2016) |
| 2015 | Ray Hatton | English educator, author and long-distance runner (1932–2015) |
| 2014 | Mark Freidkin | Russian poet and writer (1953–2014) |
| 2013 | Toren Smith | Canadian manga translator |
| 2011 | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | Nepalese revolutionary, politician, journalist, and novelist (1923–2011) |
| 2011 | Vivienne Harris (journalist) | Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (born… |
| 2009 | Horton Foote | American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009) |
| 2008 | Gary Gygax | American game designer and author (1938–2008) |
| 2006 | John Reynolds Gardiner | American novelist |
| 2006 | Edgar Valter | Estonian writer and illustrator |
| 2005 | Carlos Sherman | Uruguayan-born Belarusian-Spanish writer and human rights activist |
| 2003 | Sébastien Japrisot | French author, screenwriter and film director |
| 2002 | Ugnė Karvelis | Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (born 1935) |
| 2002 | Elyne Mitchell | Australian author (1913 – 2002) |
| 2001 | Fred Lasswell | American cartoonist (1916–2001) |
| 2000 | Michael Noonan (Australian writer) | Australian-New Zealand writer (1921–2000) |
| 2000 | Wu Ta-You | Chinese physicist and writer |
| 1999 | Del Close | American actor, writer, and teacher (1934–1999) |
| 1988 | Beatriz Guido | Argentine novelist and screenwriter |
| 1986 | Ding Ling | Chinese writer (1904–1986) |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author) | Canadian poet and novelist (1913–1986) |
| 1977 | Anatol E. Baconsky | Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher and critic |
| 1977 | Andrés Caicedo | Colombian writer (1951–1977) |
| 1972 | Charles Biro | American comic book creator and cartoonist (1911–1972) |
| 1963 | William Carlos Williams | American poet (1883–1963) |
| 1940 | Hamlin Garland | American writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher |
| 1903 | Joseph Henry Shorthouse | English novelist (1834–1903) |
| 1872 | Carsten Hauch | Danish poet (1790–1872) |
| 1852 | Nikolai Gogol | Ukrainian-Russian writer (1809–1852) |
Literary events on March 4
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1824 | The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the British Isles, was founded as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck by author and philanthropist William Hillary. |
Featured
Katherine Center (1972) — Katherine Sherar Pannill Center is an American author of contemporary fiction.
Chaz Bono (1969) — Chaz Salvatore Bono is an American writer, musician and actor. His parents are entertainers Sonny Bono and Cher, and he became widely known in appearances as a child on their television show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
Annie Yi (1969) — Wu Chin-yi, professionally known as Annie Yi or Annie Shizuka Inoh, is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer.
Sources & data
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