Literary Facts - December 23
1631: Michael Drayton dies. (Explore: Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, The Poetry of Drayton, In the poem "Truce, gentle Love! a Parley now I crave!" by Michael Drayton,...)
1834: Thomas Malthus dies. (Explore: Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population)
1896: Giuseppe Tomassi di Lampedusa is born. (Explore: The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Two Stories and a Memory)
1902: Norman MacLean is born. (Explore: A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire, What would be a good description and or meaning to the book A River Runs...)
1926: Robert Bly is born. (Explore: Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter, The Teeth Mother Naked at Last, Iron John, Robert Bly, What does the poem, "Prayer for My Father," by Robert Bly, mean? In other...)