The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 25 Literary Facts
William Cowper dies
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Leopoldo (Enrique Garcia) Alas (y Urena) is born
Walter de la Mare is born
Explore: Walter de la Mare, The Listeners, Collected Poems, All but Blind, Can you explain the poem "All But Blind" by Walter De La Mare?
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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