Literary Facts - June 12
1759: William Collins dies. (Explore: William Collins, Ode to Evening)
1878: William Cullen Bryant dies. (Explore: William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis, What is the "emotion or passion" in "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant?)
1921: James A. Houston is born. (Explore: Who was James Archibald Houston, and how did he help promote Inuit art? )
1929: Anne Frank is born. (Explore: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, There are so many texts in Holocaust literature about survival in captivity,...)
1929: Brigid Brophy is born. (Explore: Brigid Brophy)