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

William Cowper dies

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Leopoldo (Enrique Garcia) Alas (y Urena) is born

Walter de la Mare is born

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Bernard DeVoto publishes a scathing review of Thomas Wolfe’s The Story of a Novel which outrages the sensitive Wolfe and leads to his leaving his longtime editor, Maxwell Perkins

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Ted Kooser is born

Explore: The Constellation Orion, At the Cancer Clinic, Ted Kooser, What is the theme of "Selecting a Reader" by Ted Kooser?

Wright Morris dies

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