Literary Facts - November 30
1554: Philip Sidney is born. (Explore: Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney, The Poetry of Sidney)
1606: John Lyly dies. (Explore: Campaspe, John Lyly, Endymion, the Man in the Moon)
1667: Jonathan Swift is born. (Explore: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub)
1817: Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen is born
1835: Samuel Langhorne Clemens (“Mark Twain”) is born. (Explore: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain)
1874: L. M. Montgomery is born. (Explore: L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery)
1874: Winston Churchill is born
1900: Oscar Wilde dies. (Explore: An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde, The Poetry of Wilde)
1912: Gordon Parks is born. (Explore: The Learning Tree, A Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks)
1935: Fernando Pessoa dies. (Explore: Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet, Message)
1941: Ron Arias is born
1947: David Mamet is born. (Explore: The Old Neighborhood, David Mamet, The Cabin: Reminiscence and Diversions)
1960: Tad Mosel’s drama All the Way Home is first performed. (Explore: Tad Mosel)
1977: Sir Terence Rattigan dies
1987: James Baldwin dies. (Explore: If Beale Street Could Talk, Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin)
1998: Margaret Walker dies. (Explore: Poppa Chicken, Margaret Walker, For My People)
2001: John Knowles dies. (Explore: A Separate Peace, John Knowles, Peace Breaks Out)