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

September 12 Literary Facts

H. L. Mencken is born

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Marya Zaturenska is born

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Louis MacNeice is born

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Juan José Arreola is born

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Leonid (Nikolaevich) Andreyev dies

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Kevin Major is born

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Robert Lowell dies

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