Literary Facts - July 27
1835: Giosuè Carducci is born. (Explore: Giosuè Carducci, The Poetry of Carducci)
1870: Hilaire Belloc is born. (Explore: Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome, "Men and nations fail by the same powers as those by which they rise."...)
1908: Joseph Mitchell is born. (Explore: Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell)
1916: Elizabeth Hardwick is born. (Explore: Sleepless Nights, Elizabeth Hardwick, Seduction and Betrayal)
1929: Harry Patterson is born. (Explore: Drink with the Devil, The Eagle Has Flown)
1932: George Ryga is born. (Explore: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, George Ryga)
1940: Bharati Mukherjee is born. (Explore: Bharati Mukherjee, The Holder of the World, Tiger's Daughter, What is the meaning of "A Wife's Story"?)
1946: Gertrude Stein dies. (Explore: Melanctha, The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein)
1962: Richard Aldington dies. (Explore: All Men Are Enemies, Death of a Hero, Richard Aldington)