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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

August 1 Literary Facts

Paul Horgan is born

Explore: Whitewater, Paul Horgan, The Peach Stone

Anne Hebert is born

Explore: In the Shadow of the Wind, Kamouraska, Anne Hébert

Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Society holds its national convention in New York

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Robert James Waller is born

Explore: The Bridges of Madison County

Sholem Asch dies

Theodore Roethke dies

Explore: Dolor, My Papa's Waltz, Theodore Roethke

Sidney (“Paddy”) Chayefsky dies

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Stanley Kunitz is appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, for a term beginning in October, 2000

Explore: The War Against the Trees, Father and Son, Stanley Kunitz