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September 29 Literary Facts
Miguel de Cervantes is born
Explore: Don Quixote, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Exemplary Novels, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, What is the significance of the closing scene in Don Quixote?
William Beckford is born
Explore: Vathek, William Beckford
Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson (Gaskell) is born
Explore: North and South, In Our Society at Cranford, is Captain Brown a flat or round character?
Miguel de Unamuno is born
Explore: Abel Sánchez, Miguel de Unamuno
J. E. Casely-Hayford is born
Emile Zola dies
Explore: Émile Zola
Joaquim María Machado de Assis dies
Explore: Dom Casmurro, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, The Psychiatrist
Colin Dexter is born
Explore: The Daughters of Cain
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?
W. H. Auden dies
Explore: Musée des Beaux Arts, The Unknown Citizen, W. H. Auden, Theme and Characterization in Auden's "The Unknown Citizen"
Shusaku Endo dies