Literary Facts - August 31
1688: John Bunyan dies. (Explore: The Pilgrim's Progress, The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Why is John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress not a "novel"? )
1867: 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 think is...)
1899: Lynn Riggs is born. (Explore: The Cherokee Night, Green Grow the Lilacs, Lynn Riggs)
1908: William Saroyan is born. (Explore: The Time of Your Life, The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy)
1935: Eldridge Cleaver is born. (Explore: Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver)
1939: Dennis Lee is born. (Explore: Dennis Lee)
1946: Harley Granville-Barker dies