On this day
May 24 in literary history
Literary history for May 24: 16 writers born, 15 writers who died and 3 literary events from 1595 to 2015. Born on this day: Lucian Wintrich, Greg Berlanti, Michael Chabon.
Writers born on May 24
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Lucian Wintrich | American writer and speaker (born 1988) |
| 1972 | Greg Berlanti | American television writer and producer (born 1972) |
| 1963 | Michael Chabon | American author and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1963) |
| 1955 | Rosanne Cash | American singer-songwriter and author (born 1955) |
| 1948 | Richard Dembo | French director and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Joseph Brodsky | Russian poet (1940–1996) |
| 1936 | Harold Budd | American avant-garde composer and poet (1936–2020) |
| 1932 | Arnold Wesker | British dramatist (1932–2016) |
| 1928 | William Trevor | Irish writer (1928-2016) |
| 1917 | Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway | British judge, barrister, & author (1917–2013) |
| 1905 | Mikhail Sholokhov | Russian writer (1905–1984) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo | Italian actor, director and playwright (1900–1984) |
| 1899 | Henri Michaux | Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter |
| 1895 | Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. | American broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher (1895–1979) |
| 1892 | Elizabeth Foreman Lewis | American writer (1892–1958) |
| 1855 | Arthur Wing Pinero | British playwright and actor (1855–1934) |
Writers who died on May 24
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tanith Lee | British science fiction and fantasy writer (1947 – 2015) |
| 2014 | Knowlton Nash | Canadian journalist, author, news anchor (1927–2014) |
| 2013 | Pyotr Todorovsky | Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer |
| 2012 | Kathi Kamen Goldmark | American author, publishing consultant, producer, and musician (1948–2012) |
| 2012 | Jacqueline Harpman | Belgian writer (1929–2012) |
| 2005 | Carl Amery | German writer and environmental activist |
| 2005 | Arthur Haulot | Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (born 1913) |
| 2004 | Milton Shulman | Canadian author, film and theatre critic |
| 2002 | Wallace Markfield | American novelist |
| 2000 | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000) |
| 1996 | Joseph Mitchell (writer) | American writer (1908–1996) |
| 1948 | Jacques Feyder | Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director |
| 1919 | Amado Nervo | Mexican poet |
| 1848 | Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | German composer and writer (1797–1848) |
| 1627 | Luis de Góngora | Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561–1627) |
Literary events on May 24
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1963 | United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations. |
| 1830 | The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale. |
| 1595 | Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. |
Featured
Lucian Wintrich (1988) — Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV is an American artist, photographer, writer, and media strategist. He received widespread attention in 2017 as the White House correspondent for the conservative news and opinion site The Gateway Pundit.
Greg Berlanti (1972) — Gregory Berlanti is an American screenwriter, producer and director.
Michael Chabon (1963) — Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he studied at Carnegie Mellon University for one year before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.