Literary Facts - March 31
1621: Andrew Marvell is born. (Explore: Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress, Bermudas, The Garden, Explain how the 'Carpe Diem' theme is expressed in Andrew Marvell's "To His...)
1631: John Donne dies. (Explore: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, John Donne, Death, be not proud, John Donne's Holy Sonnets)
1809: Nikolai Gogol is born. (Explore: The Government Inspector, The Overcoat, Nikolai Gogol, The Diary of a Madman, Describe Nikolai Gogol, the author for whom Gogol Ganguli in "The...)
1855: Charlotte Brontë dies. (Explore: Jane Eyre, Villette, The Professor, Charlotte Brontë, Why did Charlotte Bronte pretend to be a male author ?)
1914: Octavio Paz is born. (Explore: Fable, My Life with the Wave, Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, What are some literary devices used in Paz's "As One Listens to the Rain" and...)
1926: John Fowles is born. (Explore: The Magus, The Collector, The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles)
1932: John Jakes is born. (Explore: The Kent Family Chronicles, American Dreams, Charleston)
1939: Israel Horovitz is born. (Explore: Israel Horovitz, Charleston, The Indian Wants the Bronx)
1983: Christina Stead dies. (Explore: The Little Hotel, The Man Who Loved Children, House of All Nations, Christina Stead)
1986: John Ciardi dies. (Explore: John Ciardi, A Conversation with Leonardo, A Magus, The King Who Saved Himself from Being Saved)