Literary Facts - April 23
1564: William Shakespeare is born
1616: Miguel de Cervantes dies
1616: William Shakespeare dies
1695: Henry Vaughan dies
1850: William Wordsworth dies
1902: Halldór Kiljan Gudjonsson (Halldór Laxness) is born
1915: Rupert Brooke dies
1918: Margaret Avison is born
1929: George Steiner is born
1948: Charles Johnson is born
1992: Satyajit Ray dies