🎭 Epic Poetry & Master Dramas Chronological History Timeline

Chronological Timeline (73 Entries)

1. [1581] Torquato Tasso — Tasso achieved widespread renown through his epic poem Gerusalemme liberata, published in 1581.
2. [1694] Joseph Addison — He published his first major work in 1694, which included a translation of Virgil's Georgics, demonstrating his early literary talent.
3. [1712] Pierre de Marivaux — Marivaux is said to have written his first play, the Père prudent et équitable, when he was only eighteen, but it was not published until 1712, when he was twenty-four.
4. [1760] Oliver Goldsmith — His first works were published in his The Citizen of the World series in 1760, often under the pseudonym James Willington.
5. [1779] Samuel Johnson — Near the end of his life, he authored the voluminous and highly influential Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–1781), a series of biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets of the 17th and 18th centuries.
6. [1788] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Goethe's first major scientific work, the Metamorphosis of Plants, was published after he returned from a 1788 tour of Italy.
7. [1789] Friedrich Schiller — In 1789, he became professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Jena, where he wrote historical works.
8. [1813] Eugène Scribe — In 1813 Scribe wrote his first opera libretto.
9. [1861] Robert Browning — By her death in 1861, he had published the collection Men and Women (1855).
10. [1863] Ebenezer Cobb Morley — In 1863, Morley wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport, with the power to set common rules.
11. [1891] Prudente de Morais — Furthermore, he played a key role as president of the Constituent Assembly that successfully drafted and enacted Brazil's foundational 1891 Constitution.
12. [1897] John Galsworthy — He was thirty before his first book was published in 1897, and did not achieve real success until 1906, when The Man of Property, the first of his novels about the Forsyte family was published.
13. [1912] Giuseppe Adami — In October 1912 in La Lettura, a monthly magazine of the Corriere della Sera, Adami published a one-act play entitled La leggenda valacca.
14. [1916] Fay Bainter — Wodehouse, reviewing Turn to the Right in Vanity Fair in 1916, wrote, "Miss Bainter's advent from nowhere and her instant success form the season's biggest sensation.
15. [1917] Guillaume Apollinaire — Apollinaire wrote one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play The Breasts of Tiresias (1917), which became the basis for Francis Poulenc's 1947 opera Les mamelles de Tirésias.
16. [1920] Ben Hecht — In the late 1920s, his co-authored, reporter-themed play, The Front Page, became a Broadway hit.
17. [1920] Karel Čapek — (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot.
18. [1923] Djuna Barnes — In this period she published A Book (1923), a collection of poetry, plays, and short stories, which was later reissued, with the addition of three stories, as A Night Among the Horses (1929), Ladies Almanack (1928), and Ryder (1928).
19. [1928] Nella Larsen — She published two novels—Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929)—and a few short stories.
20. [1930] Hart Crane — This ambitious piece, published in 1930, showcased his desire to synthesize the American experience in verse.
21. [1930] Tennessee Williams — Williams wrote his first play in 1930, but his work did not gain much traction until 1944 with the success of The Glass Menagerie.
22. [1932] John Barrymore — His stage-trained voice proved an asset when sound films were introduced, and four of his works, Grand Hotel (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Twentieth Century (1934), and Midnight (1939), have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
23. [1934] Eduard Fraenkel — In 1934, antisemitic legislation introduced by the Nazi Party forced him to seek refuge in the United Kingdom where he eventually settled at Corpus Christi College.
24. [1935] Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) — In 1935, Wisden wrote of him: "O'Reilly was one of the best examples in modern cricket of what could be described as a 'hostile' bowler.
25. [1939] Dorothy L. Sayers — Between then and 1939 she wrote ten more novels featuring the upper-class amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.
26. [1942] Henry de Montherlant — His most celebrated dramatic work, *La Reine morte*, was penned in 1942 and remains a subject of study in French secondary schools.
27. [1950] Immanuel Velikovsky — bestseller Worlds in Collision published in 1950.
28. [1952] Agatha Christie — She authored the enduring play The Mousetrap, which has graced the West End since 1952.
29. [1958] Ismail Marzuki — Ismail Marzuki (also known as Bang Ma'ing; 11 May 1914 – 25 May 1958) was an Indonesian composer, songwriter and musician who wrote around 202 to 240 songs between 1931 and 1958, including numerous popular patriotic songs.
30. [1960] Lillian Hellman — Beginning in the late 1960s, and continuing to her death, Hellman wrote a series of memoirs of her colorful life and acquaintances.
31. [1962] Keiko Abe — In 1962, she co-founded the Xebec Marimba Trio, which recorded numerous albums and introduced her arrangements to a wider audience.
32. [1968] Arthur C. Clarke — Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.
33. [1969] Larry Kramer — There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.
34. [1970] Imtiaz Ali Taj — Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (Urdu: سیّد امتیاز علی تاؔج; Sayyid Imtiyāz ʿAlī Tāj; 1900–1970) was a Pakistani dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language.
35. [1971] Woody Allen — Allen also published several books of short stories, such as Getting Even (1971), Without Feathers (1975) and Side Effects (1980).
36. [1972] Goh Poh Seng — In 1972, Goh published his first novel, If We Dream Too Long.
37. [1980] Chico Buarque — He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s.
38. [1984] Gene Wilder — Wilder directed and wrote several of his own films, including The Woman in Red (1984).
39. [1985] Athol Fugard — Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" by Time magazine in 1985, he published more than thirty plays.
40. [1987] David Mamet — Feature films that Mamet both wrote and directed include House of Games (1987), Homicide (1991), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), and his biggest commercial success, Heist (2001).
41. [1988] John Waters — Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film.
42. [1988] Kazushige Nagashima — He was drafted in the first round of the 1988 draft by the Yakult Swallows, and his first professional hit was a home run against the Yomiuri Giants, and the pitcher was Bill Gullickson.
43. [1989] C. L. R. James — Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J.
44. [1989] Lee Yong-yi — It was a refinement of a work published in 1989 by the writer Um In-hee in Another Cultural 3rd Collection.
45. [1989] Megumi Odaka — Biollante in 1989 (although her character's back story was first introduced in the manga adaptation of 1984 reboot).
46. [1990] Jung Jae-young — Jung completed his education at Seoul Hanyeong High School and then in 1990 enrolled to Department of Theater of Seoul Institute of the Arts.
47. [1994] Kim Ji-ho — Audiences were first introduced to Kim Ji-ho in 1994 in Shin Seung-hun's music video "For a Long Time Afterwards.
48. [1995] Matthew Bourne — A prime example is his 1995 restaging of Swan Lake, where he famously updated the narrative and introduced all-male swans to redefine the classical ballet.
49. [1995] Yaşar Kemal — He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for Der Spiegel highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish–Kurdish conflict.
50. [1997] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — She first wrote Decisions (1997), a poetry collection, followed by a play, For Love of Biafra (1998).
51. [2000] Nancy Cartwright — In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later, adapted it into a one-woman play.
52. [2002] Philip Glass — He also wrote the scores for Broadway productions such as the revivals of The Elephant Man (2002), The Crucible (2016), and King Lear (2019).
53. [2003] Dwyane Wade — After a successful college basketball career with the Marquette Golden Eagles, including leading the team to the Final Four in 2003, Wade was drafted fifth overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Heat.
54. [2003] Olympia Dukakis — Her extensive body of work is documented in her autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, published in 2003.
55. [2005] Jeremy Soule — In 2005, he founded DirectSong, a record label that published digital versions of his soundtracks as well as those of classical composers.
56. [2005] Tyler Perry — His career reached a peak with the 2005 film Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which he wrote and produced from his stage play.
57. [2006] Jean-Marie Lehn — According to information provided by Lehn to the Nobel Foundation in January 2006, his group had published 790 peer-reviewed articles in chemistryK_0@@ literature by then.
58. [2008] Peter Matthiessen — In 2008, at age 81, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction for Shadow Country, a one-volume, 890-page revision of his three novels set in frontier Florida that had been published in the 1990s.
59. [2009] Jrue Holiday — He was drafted into the NBA by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2009 draft, marking the start of his tenure with the franchise.
60. [2010] Aki Hoshino — Hoshino authored a book, published in 2010, called Hoshino Body.
61. [2010] Shin Yeon-shick — He directed The Fair Love (2010), The Russian Novel (2013), Rough Play (2013), Romans 8:37 (2017), and Cassiopeia (2022), as well as wrote the screenplays for Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) and Cobweb (2023).
62. [2011] Chen (singer) — On December 29, 2011, he was formally introduced as the fourth member of Exo.
63. [2012] Kim Myung-gon — In 2012, Kim published his autobiography Dreaming Clown, which elaborates on his various experiences with the arts and government.
64. [2013] Holland Taylor — Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann (Broadway, 2013), based on the life and work of Ann Richards.
65. [2014] Martin Litchfield West — A further volume on The Making of the Iliad appeared ten years later, and one on The Making of the Odyssey was published in 2014.
66. [2014] Moon Ga-young — In November 2014, Moon successfully completed her college scholastic test.
67. [2015] Amy Schumer — Schumer wrote and made her film debut in a starring role in Trainwreck (2015) earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
68. [2015] Heo Young-saeng — He completed his military service on July 30, 2015.
69. [2015] Lee Na-eun — Lee was first introduced as a member of April by DSP Media on July 22, 2015.
70. [2018] Choi Yu-ju — On November 24, 2018, Choi was introduced as a member of the upcoming girl group through Mnet's reality show Insider Channel Cherry Bullet.
71. [2019] Lee Jin-hyuk — After Produce X 101 completed, Lee held his first ever solo fan-meeting in Seoul, South Korea on August 10, 2019, followed by fan-meetings in Thailand on September 15, 2019, and in Taiwan on October 13, 2019.
72. [2019] Lupita Nyong'o — In 2019, she authored the children's book Sulwe, which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller.
73. [2019] Markiplier — While with the agency, he released a clothing line, wrote and directed the YouTube Original series A Heist with Markiplier (2019) and In Space with Markiplier (2022), and hosted or co-hosted two podcasts, which reached No.