Literary Facts - September 16
1672: Anne Bradstreet dies. (Explore: Anne Bradstreet, To My Dear and Loving Husband)
1803: Orestes Brownson is born. (Explore: Orestes Brownson)
1926: John Knowles is born. (Explore: A Separate Peace, A Vein of Riches, John Knowles)
1939: Breyten Breytenbach is born. (Explore: Breyten Breytenbach, The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist, End Papers)
1950: Henry Louis Gates Jr. is born. (Explore: The Signifying Monkey, Colored People)
1987: Howard Moss dies. (Explore: Howard Moss, Notes from the Castle)
