The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
November 30 Literary Facts
Philip Sidney is born
Explore: Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney
Jonathan Swift is born
Explore: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen is born
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (“Mark Twain”) is born
Explore: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain
L. M. Montgomery is born
Winston Churchill is born
Oscar Wilde dies
Explore: An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde
Gordon Parks is born
Explore: The Learning Tree, A Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks
Fernando Pessoa dies
Explore: Fernando Pessoa
Ron Arias is born
David Mamet is born
Explore: David Mamet
Tad Mosel’s drama All the Way Home is first performed
Sir Terence Rattigan dies
James Baldwin dies
Explore: If Beale Street Could Talk, Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin
Margaret Walker dies
Explore: Margaret Walker, For My People
John Knowles dies
Explore: A Separate Peace, John Knowles