On this day
March 7 in literary history
Literary history for March 7: 14 writers born, 8 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1556 to 2014. Born on this day: Amanda Gorman, Bret Easton Ellis, E. L. James.
Writers born on March 7
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Amanda Gorman | American poet and activist (born 1998) |
| 1964 | Bret Easton Ellis | American author, screenwriter, and director (born 1964) |
| 1963 | E. L. James | British author (born 1963) |
| 1958 | Rick Bass | American writer (born 1958) |
| 1957 | Robert Harris (novelist) | English novelist (born 1957) |
| 1956 | Andrea Levy | English author (1956–2019) |
| 1952 | William Boyd (writer) | Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (born 1952) |
| 1945 | Elizabeth Moon | American writer (born 1945) |
| 1936 | Georges Perec | French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist |
| 1934 | Gray Morrow | American illustrator (1934–2001) |
| 1929 | Dan Jacobson | South African writer (1929–2014) |
| 1785 | Alessandro Manzoni | Italian poet and novelist (1785–1873) |
| 1715 | Ewald Christian von Kleist | German poet and noble (1715–1759) |
| 1556 | Guillaume du Vair | French author and lawyer (1556–1621) |
Writers who died on March 7
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ned O'Gorman | American poet |
| 2006 | Gordon Parks | American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006) |
| 1993 | Martti Larni | Finnish writer (1909–1993) |
| 1981 | Muhammad Zaki Abd al-Qadir | Egyptian journalist and writer |
| 1971 | Stevie Smith | English poet and novelist (1902–1971) |
| 1957 | Wyndham Lewis | English painter and writer (1882–1957) |
| 1913 | E. Pauline Johnson | First Nations poet and performer from Canada (1861–1913) |
| 1897 | Harriet Jacobs | African-American abolitionist and writer (d. 1897) |
Literary events on March 7
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. |
Featured
Amanda Gorman (1998) — Amanda S. C. Gorman is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, marginalization, and the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Bret Easton Ellis (1964) — Bret Easton Ellis is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the Literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels often share recurring characters.
E. L. James (1963) — Erika Mitchell, known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the same name.
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