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

November 13 Literary Facts

Robert Louis Stevenson is born

Explore: The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Suicide Club

H. H. Munro (“Saki”) dies

Explore: The Open Window, The Interlopers, Saki

H. L. Mencken publishes his influential essay on literature “The Sahara of the Bozart” in the New York Evening Mail

Explore: H. L. Mencken, H.L. Mencken's portrayal and implications about Southerners in "Sahara of the Bozart."