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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
August 12 Literary Facts
William Blake dies
Explore: A Poison Tree, William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Jacinto Benavente is born
Donald Justice is born
Explore: Incident in a Rose Garden, Donald Justice, Men at Forty
Walter Dean Myers is born
Explore: Fallen Angels, Monster, Walter Dean Myers
Thomas Mann dies
Explore: Death in Venice, Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger
Ian Fleming dies
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