Literary Facts - May 13
1904: Earle Birney is born. (Explore: Vancouver Lights, Earle Birney, Bushed, What are the themes found the poem "David." Give quotations and explanations...)
1907: Daphne Du Maurier is born. (Explore: Rebecca, The Birds, Daphne du Maurier)
1913: William Inge is born. (Explore: Come Back, Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, William Inge)
1926: Fidel Castro is born. (Explore: Fidel Castro, Who is Fidel Castro?)
1937: Roch Carrier is born. (Explore: Roch Carrier)
1944: Armistead Maupin is born. (Explore: Armistead Maupin, Back to Barbary Lane, Babycakes)
1947: Stephen R. Donaldson is born. (Explore: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The Gap Series, Stephen R. Donaldson)
1947: Charles Baxter is born. (Explore: Believers, Gryphon, Charles Baxter, The Cliff)
2001: R. K. Narayan dies. (Explore: A Horse and Two Goats, R. K. Narayan)
2001: Jason Miller dies. (Explore: That Championship Season, Jason Miller)