Calendar of Literary Facts

November 8...

1308: Schoolman John Duns Scotus dies

1674: John Milton dies

1847: Abraham (“Bram”) Stoker is born

1900: Margaret Mitchell is born

1916: Peter Weiss is born

1953: Ivan Bunin dies

1954: Kazuo Ishiguro is born

1979: Edward (Jeffrey Irving) Ardizzone dies