On this day
September 1 in literary history
Literary history for September 1: 16 writers born, 9 writers who died and 4 literary events from 1145 to 2022. Born on this day: Zoe Lister-Jones, Jhonen Vasquez, Timothy Zahn.
Writers born on September 1
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Zoe Lister-Jones | American actress and screenwriter (b. 1982) |
| 1974 | Jhonen Vasquez | American cartoonist |
| 1951 | Timothy Zahn | American science fiction author (born 1951) |
| 1944 | Leonard Slatkin | American conductor, author and composer (born 1944) |
| 1942 | C. J. Cherryh | American speculative fiction author (born 1942) |
| 1940 | Annie Ernaux | French writer (born 1940) |
| 1938 | Alan Dershowitz | American lawyer and author (born 1938) |
| 1938 | Per Kirkeby | Danish painter and poet (1938–2018) |
| 1930 | Turgut Özakman | Turkish writer (1930–2013) |
| 1921 | Willem Frederik Hermans | Dutch writer (1921–1995) |
| 1906 | Eleanor Alice Burford | English author (1906–1993) |
| 1887 | Blaise Cendrars | Swiss-born novelist and poet (1887–1961) |
| 1877 | Rex Beach | American writer and water polo player |
| 1875 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | American writer (1875–1950) |
| 1855 | Innokenty Annensky | Russian poet, critic and translator (1855–1909) |
| 1145 | Ibn Jubayr | Andalusian Arab traveller and poet (1145–1217) |
Writers who died on September 1
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Barbara Ehrenreich | American writer and journalist (1941–2022) |
| 2012 | Hal David | American lyricist (1921–2012) |
| 2006 | György Faludy | Hungarian poet (1910–2006) |
| 1999 | W. Richard Stevens | American writer (1951–1999) |
| 1998 | Józef Krupiński | Polish poet (1930–1998) |
| 1998 | Osman F. Seden | Turkish film director and screenwriter (1924–1998) |
| 1970 | François Mauriac | French author (1885–1970) |
| 1967 | Siegfried Sassoon | English war poet and writer (1886–1967) |
| 1951 | Nellie McClung | Canadian author, activist, suffragist and politician (1873–1951) |
Literary events on September 1
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1952 | Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published. |
| 1774 | Under orders from Governor Thomas Gage, British soldiers removed gunpowder from a magazine in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which caused Patriots to prepare for war. |
| 1610 | Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V. |
| 1610 | Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine (page pictured) was first printed in Venice, dedicated to Pope Paul V. |
Featured
Zoe Lister-Jones (1982) — Zoe Lister-Jones is an American actress and filmmaker who co-starred as Jen Collins Short in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019. She is also known for her roles in the television shows Delocated (2009–2010), Whitney (2011–2013), and New Girl (2015).
Jhonen Vasquez (1974) — Jhonen C. Vasquez is an American cartoonist and screenwriter.
Timothy Zahn (1951) — Timothy Zahn is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of Star Wars books, chiefly the Thrawn trilogy, and has published several other series of sci-fi and fantasy novels of his own original creation, in addition to many works of short fiction.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.