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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

April 23 Literary Facts

William Shakespeare is born

Miguel de Cervantes dies

William Shakespeare dies

Henry Vaughan dies

William Wordsworth dies

Halldór Kiljan Gudjonsson (Halldór Laxness) is born

Rupert Brooke dies

Margaret Avison is born

George Steiner is born

Charles Johnson is born

Satyajit Ray dies