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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
May 20 Literary Facts
Honoré de Balzac is born
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John Clare dies
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Sigrid Undset is born
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Margery Allingham is born
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Charles Alan Reich is born
Verner von Heidenstam dies
John Gould Fletcher dies
Max Beerbohm dies
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