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September 11 in literary history
Literary history for September 11: 19 writers born, 19 writers who died and 1 literary events from 1465 to 2022. Born on this day: Maria Bartiromo, Dave Bidini, Samina Raja.
Writers born on September 11
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Maria Bartiromo | American television personality and author |
| 1963 | Dave Bidini | Canadian musician and writer |
| 1961 | Samina Raja | Pakistani poet |
| 1936 | Pavel Landovský | Czech actor, playwright, and director (1936–2014) |
| 1930 | Jean-Claude Forest | French writer and illustrator |
| 1929 | Primož Kozak | Slovenian playwright & essayist (1929-1981) |
| 1923 | Betsy Drake | American actress, writer, and psychotherapist (1923–2015) |
| 1917 | Jessica Mitford | English-American writer and communist (1917–1996) |
| 1907 | Cécile Chabot | Canadian poet and illustrator (1907–1990) |
| 1891 | William Thomas Walsh | American Catholic historian and author (1891–1949) |
| 1885 | D. H. Lawrence | English writer and poet (1885–1930) |
| 1865 | Rainis | Latvian poet |
| 1862 | O. Henry | American writer (1862–1910) |
| 1861 | Juhani Aho | Finnish author and journalist (1861–1921) |
| 1859 | Vjenceslav Novak | Croatian writer |
| 1836 | Fitz Hugh Ludlow | Author of "The Hasheesh Eater", journalist, addiction researcher |
| 1700 | James Thomson (poet, born 1700) | Scottish poet (1700–1748) |
| 1524 | Pierre de Ronsard | French poet (1524–1585) |
| 1465 | Bernardo Accolti | Italian poet |
Writers who died on September 11
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Javier Marías | Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist (1951–2022) |
| 2009 | Jim Carroll | American author and musician (1949–2009) |
| 2009 | Larry Gelbart | American comedy writer and playwright (1928–2009) |
| 2006 | William Auld | Scottish poet and translator (1924–2006) |
| 2004 | Fred Ebb | American lyricist (1928–2004) |
| 2001 | Alice Stewart Trillin | American educator and writer (1938–2001) |
| 1997 | Hannah Weiner | American poet (1928–1997) |
| 1988 | Roger Hargreaves | English author and illustrator (1935–1988) |
| 1987 | Mahadevi Varma | Indian writer and poet (1907–1987) |
| 1986 | Noel Streatfeild | English author (1895–1986) |
| 1985 | Eleanor Dark | Australian novelist |
| 1978 | Georgi Markov | Bulgarian-British dissident writer (1929–1978) |
| 1974 | Lois Lenski | American author and illustrator (1893–1974) |
| 1964 | Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh | Indian writer (1917–1964) |
| 1958 | Robert W. Service | British-Canadian poet and writer (1874–1958) |
| 1956 | Billy Bishop | Canadian aviator and author (1894–1956) |
| 1921 | Subramania Bharati | Indian writer, poet, and Independence activist |
| 1911 | Louis Henri Boussenard | French author (1847–1910) |
| 1898 | Nikoline Harbitz | Norwegian writer (1841–1898) |
Literary events on September 11
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1789 | Alexander Hamilton (pictured), co-writer of The Federalist Papers, became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. |
Featured
Maria Bartiromo (1967) — Maria Sara Bartiromo is an American conservative journalist and author who has also worked as a financial reporter and news anchor.
Dave Bidini (1963) — Dave Bidini is a Canadian musician and writer. Originally from Etobicoke, Ontario, he is a founding member of the rock band Rheostatics, and leads the intermittently active Bidiniband.
Samina Raja (1961) — Samina Raja was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked in the National Language Authority and National Book Foundation as a subject specialist.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.