Literary Facts - December 26
1716: Thomas Gray is born. (Explore: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, The Letters of Thomas Gray, The Poetry of Gray, What are some neo-classical features in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a...)
1902: Andrew Lytle is born. (Explore: The Long Night, The Velvet Horn, Andrew Lytle)
1904: Alejo Carpentier is born. (Explore: The Kingdom of This World, The Lost Steps, Journey Back to the Source, Alejo Carpentier)
1931: Lonne Elder III is born. (Explore: Ceremonies in Dark Old Men)
1934: Rudolph Fisher dies. (Explore: The Conjure-Man Dies, Rudolph Fisher, Miss Cynthie)