Calendar of Literary Facts

January 5...

1846: Rudolf Eucken is born

1921: Friedrich Duerrenmatt is born

1926: W. D. Snodgrass is born

1931: Juan Goytisolo is born

1932: Umberto Eco is born

1936: Ramón del Valle-Inclán dies

1938: Ngugi wa Thiong’o is born

1953: Samuel Beckett’s En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) is produced