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January 28 Literary Facts
Charlemagne dies
Explore: Charlemagne
José Martí is born
Explore: José Martí, What are some rhetorical devices used in Poem XXXIX from "Versos Sencillos" by José Martí?
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is born
Explore: Gigi, The Vagabond, Colette
Fedor Dostoevsky dies
Explore: Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Notes From Underground, What is the summary and theme of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Little Orphan"?
Vicente Blasco Ibañez dies
Explore: Blood and Sand, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Susan Sontag is born
Explore: The Way We Live Now, Against Interpretation and Other Essays, On Photography, Susan Sontag, What are the main points of Sontag's "Illness as Metaphor"?
David Lodge is born
Explore: Changing Places, Small World, David Lodge, Nice Work
William Butler Yeats dies
Explore: The Lake Isle of Innisfree, William Butler Yeats, Sailing to Byzantium, The Second Coming, Symbolism and Themes in "The Second Coming" by Yeats
Zora Neale Hurston dies
Explore: Mule Bone, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Sweat, Zora Neale Hurston, Why is Zora Neale Hurston's story called "The Gilded Six-Bits"?
Joseph Brodsky dies
Explore: Joseph Brodsky