The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 24 Literary Facts
Daniel Defoe dies
Explore: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe, Roxana, How did Daniel Defoe's personal life influence his writings?
Anthony Trollope is born
Explore: Barchester Towers, The Warden, The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope, Why is Anthony Trollope known as a male Jane Austen?
Carl Spitteler is born
Robert Penn Warren is born
Explore: All the King's Men, Blackberry Winter, A Place To Come To, Robert Penn Warren
L. M. Montgomery dies
Explore: Anne of Green Gables
Thomas King is born
Explore: Green Grass, Running Water, Medicine River, Thomas King
Willa Cather dies
Explore: My Antonia, O Pioneers!, Paul's Case, Willa Cather
Alejo Carpentier dies
Explore: The Kingdom of This World, The Lost Steps, Journey Back to the Source, Alejo Carpentier