Literary Facts - November 20
1752: Thomas Chatterton is born. (Explore: Thomas Chatterton, The Poetry of Chatterton)
1858: Selma Lagerlöf is born. (Explore: The Story of Gösta Berling, Selma Lagerlöf, The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf)
1910: Leo Tolstoy dies. (Explore: Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness, War and Peace, Divine and Human)
1916: Thomas McGrath is born. (Explore: Thomas McGrath, Ode for the American Dead in Asia, Selected Poems: 1938-1988)
1923: Nadine Gordimer is born. (Explore: My Son's Story, Nadine Gordimer, Writing and Being)
1926: John Gardner is born. (Explore: Freddy's Book, The Art of Living, John Gardner)
1936: Don Delillo is born. (Explore: The Body Artist, Don DeLillo, Falling Man)