The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
May 22 Literary Facts
Niccolò Machiavelli dies
Explore: The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Mandrake, Who was Niccolo Machiavelli and why was he important?
Arthur Conan Doyle is born
Explore: The Red-Headed League, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lost World, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Best of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Victor Hugo dies
Explore: Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo, The Toilers of the Sea
Peter Matthiessen is born
Explore: Far Tortuga, Killing Mister Watson, Peter Matthiessen
Garry Wills is born
M. Scott Peck is born
Explore: The Road Less Traveled
The Auschwitz concentration camp is established in Poland
Claude McKay dies
Explore: Home to Harlem, Claude McKay, Discuss the sonnet format of Claude McKay's "Outcast".
Langston Hughes dies
Explore: Harlem, Dream Variations, Langston Hughes, Thank You, M'am, What literary elements does Langston Hughes frequently use?
C. Day Lewis dies
Explore: The metaphors in the first and last stanzas of "The Ecstatic" by C. Day Lewis