Dec 16, 2009

Calendar of Literary Facts

January 14...

1794: Dr. Jesse Bennett of Edom, Virginia, performs the first successful Caesarian section, operating upon his own wife and delivering a healthy baby girl

1912: Tillie Olsen is born

1914: Dudley Randall is born

1925: Kimitake Hiraoka (Yukio Mishima) is born

1926: Thomas Tryon is born

1977: Anaïs Nin dies