Calendar of Literary Facts

Literary Facts - January 23

1783: Stendhal is born

1789: John Cleland dies. (Explore: The Memoirs of Fanny Hill, John Cleland, Is there an actual portrait of John Cleland anywhere?)

1880: Ernest Poole is born

1904: Louis Zukofsky is born. (Explore: Louis Zukofsky, A, Complete Short Poetry)

1930: Derek Walcott is born. (Explore: Omeros, Dream on Monkey Mountain, A Far Cry from Africa, Derek Walcott, How might one paraphrase the poem "Ruins of a Great House," by Derek Walcott?)

1996: Norman MacCaig dies. (Explore: How are the stanzas related in the poem, "Summer Farm" by Norman MacCaig?)