Calendar of Literary Facts

December 13...

1784: Samuel Johnson dies

1863: Friedrich Hebbel dies

1911: Kenneth Patchen is born

1913: Jacinto Benavente’s drama La malquerida (The Passionflower) is produced

1915: Kenneth Millar is born

1927: James Wright is born

1938: Compulsory expropriation of Jewish businesses, shops, and industries becomes lawful in Germany, after the enactment of a decree on “Aryanization”