On this day
November 9 in literary history
Literary history for November 9: 25 writers born, 15 writers who died and 2 literary events from 1492 to 2014. Born on this day: Ryan Murphy (producer), Bille August, Marina Warner.
Writers born on November 9
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ryan Murphy (producer) | American television writer and producer |
| 1948 | Bille August | Danish film director and screenwriter |
| 1946 | Marina Warner | English writer, historian and mythographer (born 1946) |
| 1937 | Roger McGough | English poet and performer (b. 1937) |
| 1934 | Ronald Harwood | South African playwright and novelist (1934–2020) |
| 1929 | Marc Favreau | Canadian actor and poet |
| 1929 | Imre Kertész | Hungarian author (1929–2016) |
| 1928 | Anne Sexton | American poet (1928–1974) |
| 1925 | Alistair Horne | British writer and historian |
| 1923 | James Schuyler | American poet |
| 1915 | André François (cartoonist) | French cartoonist (1915–2005) |
| 1905 | Erika Mann | German actress and writer |
| 1904 | Heiti Talvik | Estonian poet |
| 1885 | Velimir Khlebnikov | Russian playwright, poet and futurist (1885-1922) |
| 1877 | Muhammad Iqbal | Islamic philosopher and poet (1877–1938) |
| 1872 | Bohdan Lepky | Ukrainian writer |
| 1854 | Maud Howe Elliott | American writer (1854–1948) |
| 1832 | Émile Gaboriau | French writer (1832–1873) |
| 1818 | Ivan Turgenev | Russian writer (1818–1883) |
| 1780 | Nicolai Wergeland | Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician (died 1848) |
| 1773 | Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd | Danish author |
| 1732 | Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse | French salon-holder, writer (1732–1779) |
| 1721 | Mark Akenside | English poet and physician (1721–1770) |
| 1664 | Henry Wharton (writer) | English writer (1664–1695) |
| 1580 | Johannes Narssius | Dutch physician and poet (1580–1637) |
Writers who died on November 9
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | R. A. Montgomery | American writer (1936–2014) |
| 2006 | Ellen Willis | American writer (1941–2006) |
| 2004 | Iris Chang | American writer and activist (1968–2004) |
| 2004 | Stieg Larsson | Swedish writer, journalist, and activist (1954–2004) |
| 1997 | Carl Gustav Hempel | German writer and philosopher (1905–1997) |
| 1988 | Rosemary Timperley | British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter |
| 1972 | Victor Adamson | American director, actor and writer (1890–1972) |
| 1958 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher | American author and social activist (1879–1958) |
| 1956 | Aino Kallas | Finnish-Estonian writer (1878–1956) |
| 1953 | Dylan Thomas | Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953) |
| 1918 | Guillaume Apollinaire | French poet and writer (1880–1918) |
| 1911 | Mary Fortune | Australian detective writer (1832–1911) |
| 1911 | Howard Pyle | American illustrator and author (1853–1911) |
| 1596 | George Peele | 16th-century English translator, poet, and playwright |
| 1492 | Jami | Persian poet (1414–1492) |
Literary events on November 9
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1967 | The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published. |
| 1917 | The Balfour Declaration is published in The Times newspaper. |
Featured
Ryan Murphy (producer) (1965) — Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful man" in modern television and signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix.
Bille August (1948) — Bille August R. is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television.
Marina Warner (1946) — Dame Marina Sarah Warner is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She has written for many publications, including The London Review of Books, the New Statesman, Sunday Times, and Vogue.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.