Literary Facts - July 18
1811: William Makepeace Thackeray is born. (Explore: Vanity Fair, The Virginians, The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire, William Makepeace Thackeray, What are the themes of Thackeray's "King Canute?")
1817: Jane Austen dies. (Explore: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, The Poetry of Jane Austen and the Austen Family, Does Jane Austen address the theme of gender injustice in her treatment of...)
1899: Horatio Alger, Jr. dies. (Explore: Horatio Jr. Alger, What is Alger's view on social class?)
1906: Clifford Odets is born. (Explore: Waiting for Lefty, Golden Boy, Awake and Sing!, Clifford Odets)
1911: Jose Maria Arguedas is born. (Explore: José María Arguedas)
1918: Nelson Mandela is born. (Explore: Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Why Was Nelson Mandela Sent To Prison?)
1933: Yevgeny Yevtushenko is born. (Explore: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, A Precocious Autobiography, Babii Yar, What are some themes in the poem "The City of Yes and the City of No" by...)
1934: Edward Bond is born. (Explore: Lear, Saved, Edward Bond, How is Edward Bond's Lear a modern drama?)
1937: Hunter S. Thompson is born. (Explore: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine, Where are Hunter S. Thompson's papers stored for research by historians?)