Calendar

The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

May 4 Literary Facts

1846

Henryk Sienkiewicz is born

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1939

Amos Oz is born

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1940

Robin Cook is born

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1950

William Rose Benét dies