Literary Facts - October 29
1740: James Boswell is born. (Explore: James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.)
1882: Jean Giraudoux is born. (Explore: Amphitryon 38, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux)
1910: A(lfred) J(ules) Ayer is born. (Explore: A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic, Philosophy in the Twentieth Century)
1924: Zbigniew Herbert is born. (Explore: Why The Classics, Zbigniew Herbert, Barbarian in the Garden)
1925: Dominick Dunne is born. (Explore: An Inconvenient Woman, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments)
1955: Robert P. Tristram Coffin dies. (Explore: Robert P. Tristram Coffin, In "The Secret Heart" by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, explain the feelings of...)
1958: Zoë Akins dies. (Explore: Zoë Akins, The Old Maid)
