Literary Facts - May 24
1855: Arthur Wing Pinero is born. (Explore: Mid-Channel, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Arthur Wing Pinero, What are the characteristics of the comedy of manners implied in The Second...)
1905: Mikhail Sholokhov is born. (Explore: And Quiet Flows the Don, The Don Flows Home to the Sea, Mikhail Sholokhov, The Silent Don)
1928: William Trevor Cox is born. (Explore: The News from Ireland, After Rain, William Trevor, The Ballroom of Romance)
1932: Arnold Wesker is born. (Explore: Chicken Soup with Barley, Chips with Everything, The Kitchen, Arnold Wesker)
1940: Joseph Brodsky is born. (Explore: Joseph Brodsky, To Urania, Watermark, A Part of Speech, What are the main themes Joseph Brodsky writes about in his poetry?)
1996: Joseph Mitchell dies. (Explore: Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell)