The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
August 31 Literary Facts
Charles Baudelaire dies
Explore: Hymn to Beauty, Charles Baudelaire, To the Reader, Flowers of Evil, In The Flowers of Evil, "To the Reader," which sin does Baudelaire consider the worst?
Lynn Riggs is born
Explore: The Cherokee Night, Green Grow the Lilacs, Lynn Riggs
William Saroyan is born
Explore: The Time of Your Life, The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy
Eldridge Cleaver is born
Explore: Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver
Dennis Lee is born
Harley Granville-Barker dies