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

October 10 Literary Facts

Ivan Bunin is born

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R. K. Narayan is born

Explore: The Vendor of Sweets, R. K. Narayan, An Astrologer's Day

Claude Simon is born

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James Clavell is born

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Harold Pinter is born

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Imre Kertész receives the Nobel Prize for Literature

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John Banville receives the Man Booker Prize for The Sea

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