Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Pierre Ryckmans |
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Birthdate | September 28, 1935 |
Birth Place | Belgium |
Age (in 2024) | 89 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Novelist |
Pierre Ryckmans is best known as Novelist who has born on September 28, 1935 in Belgium. Currently, Pierre Ryckmans is 89 years, 1 months and 23 days old. Pierre Ryckmans will celebrate 90th birthday on Sunday, 28th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Pierre Ryckmans upcoming birthday.
A French-language writer, literary critic, and winner of the Prix mondial Del Duca, he is best known by the pseudonym of Simon Leys. His works include Chinese Shadows, Analects of Confucius, and Orwell, ou l'horreur de la politique.
He studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
He was a Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney from 1987-1993.
He grew up in Brussels, Belgium. He lived in Hong Kong before ultimately settling in Australia.
His 1986 novel, The Death of Napoleon, was the basis for Alan Taylor's 2001 film, The Emperor's New Clothes.
Pierre Ryckmans is 89 years old today.
Pierre Ryckmans was born on September 28, 1935 in Belgium.
Pierre Ryckmans zodiac sign is Libra.
Pierre Ryckmans was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Pierre Ryckmans's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile. |
1975 | The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London. |
1986 | The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan. |
1992 | A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew. |
1994 | The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. |
1995 | Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup. |
1995 | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
2000 | Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. |
2008 | Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission. |
2008 | The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win. |
2009 | The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people. |
2012 | Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants. |
2014 | The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing. |
2016 | The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas. |
2018 | The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured. |
1988 | The birth of Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Worakls, French DJ and electronic musician |
1989 | The birth of Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Mark Randall, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player |
1992 | The birth of Khem Birch, Canadian professional basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Paula Ormaechea, Argentine tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast |
1993 | The birth of Jodie Williams, English sprinter |
1995 | The birth of Jason Williams, English footballer |
1996 | The birth of Aiden Moffat, British race car driver |
1998 | The birth of Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Kayla Day, American tennis player |
2014 | The death of Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938) |
2015 | The death of Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939) |
2016 | The death of Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (b. 1922) |
2016 | The death of Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (b. 1966) |
2016 | The death of Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950) |
2017 | The death of Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (b. 1947) |
2019 | The death of José José, Mexican musician and singer (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Coolio, American rapper (b. 1963) |
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