Literary Facts - April 24
1731: Daniel Defoe dies. (Explore: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe, Roxana, How do you characterize Daniel Defoe?, Please give examples of how Daniel Defoe's personal life affected his writings.)
1815: Anthony Trollope is born. (Explore: Barchester Towers, The Warden, The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope, Why is Trollope known as a male Jane Austen?)
1845: Carl Spitteler is born. (Explore: Carl Spitteler)
1905: Robert Penn Warren is born. (Explore: All the King's Men, Blackberry Winter, A Place To Come To, Night Rider, Robert Penn Warren)
1942: L. M. Montgomery dies. (Explore: Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island)
1943: Thomas King is born. (Explore: Green Grass, Running Water, Medicine River, Thomas King, Explain the writing career of Thomas King.)
1947: Willa Cather dies. (Explore: My Antonia, O Pioneers!, Paul's Case, Willa Cather)
1980: Alejo Carpentier dies. (Explore: The Kingdom of This World, The Lost Steps, Journey Back to the Source, Alejo Carpentier)
