Calendar of Literary Facts

January 22...

1561: Francis Bacon is born

1788: George Gordon, Lord Byron is born

1849: August Strindberg is born

1908: Sinclair Ross is born

1922: Howard Moss is born

1937: Joseph Wambaugh is born

1945: Michael Cristofer is born

1993: Kobo Abe dies

2000: Anne Hebert dies