Literary Facts - August 16
1637: Ben Jonson dies. (Explore: The Alchemist, Song: To Celia, Ben Jonson)
1641: Thomas Heywood dies. (Explore: A Woman Killed with Kindness, Thomas Heywood)
1902: Wallace Thurman is born. (Explore: The Blacker the Berry, Infants of the Spring, Wallace Thurman)
1911: E. F. Schumacher is born. (Explore: Small Is Beautiful, E. F. Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed)
1920: Charles Bukowski is born. (Explore: Charles Bukowski, Post Office, Ham on Rye)
1929: Maurice Kenny is born. (Explore: Maurice Kenny)
1932: Christopher Okigbo is born. (Explore: Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo, Siren, Christopher Okigbo)
1936: Grazia Deledda dies. (Explore: The Mother, Grazia Deledda)
1949: Margaret Mitchell dies. (Explore: Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, What's the summary of each part in Gone with the Wind novel?)
1949: Graham Swift is born. (Explore: Waterland, Graham Swift, Learning to Swim)
