The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 27 Literary Facts
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Explore: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft's Purpose and Themes in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Ralph Waldo Emerson dies
Explore: Self-Reliance, Discuss the style of Ralph Waldo Emerson using examples from his essays.
C. Day Lewis is born
Hisaye Yamamoto is born
Explore: The Eskimo Connection, Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables
Hart Crane dies
Explore: My Grandmother's Love Letters, The Bridge, The theme of Hart Crane’s “My Grandmother’s Love Letters.”
August Wilson is born
Explore: Fences, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, August Wilson