The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
August 1 Literary Facts
Herman Melville is born
Explore: Moby-Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street, Herman Melville
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
Explore: Marcus Garvey
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
Explore: Paddy Chayefsky
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