Literary Facts - September 29
1547: Miguel de Cervantes is born. (Explore: Don Quixote, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Exemplary Novels, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, What is the significance of closing scene in Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's...)
1760: William Beckford is born. (Explore: Vathek, William Beckford)
1810: Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson (Gaskell) is born. (Explore: North and South, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Cranford, In Our Society at Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, is Captain Brown a flat or...)
1864: Miguel de Unamuno is born. (Explore: Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr, Abel Sánchez, The Madness of Doctor Montarco, Miguel de Unamuno, How is the idea of modernity portrayed in Saint Manuel Bueno, Martyr and how...)
1866: J. E. Casely-Hayford is born
1902: Emile Zola dies. (Explore: Émile Zola, The French writer, Émile Zola, claimed that the Impressionists were selling...)
1908: Joaquim María Machado de Assis dies. (Explore: Dom Casmurro, Epitaph of a Small Winner, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, The Psychiatrist)
1930: Colin Dexter is born. (Explore: Colin Dexter, The Jewel That Was Ours, The Daughters of Cain)
1967: Carson McCullers dies. (Explore: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, The Ballad of the Sad Café, Carson McCullers, What is the theme of "The Sojourner" by Carson McCullers?)
1973: W. H. Auden dies. (Explore: Musée des Beaux Arts, The Unknown Citizen, W. H. Auden, Explain the main theme of the poem "The Unknown Citizen" by W. H. Auden.)
1996: Shusaku Endo dies. (Explore: Endo Shusaku)
