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

January 13 Literary Facts

Horatio Alger, Jr. is born

Emile Zola publishes his controversial letter "J’Accuse" in a French newspaper, in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus

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A. B. Guthrie Jr. is born

Edmund White is born

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Frank Peretti is born

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Jay McInerney is born

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