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

September 4 Literary Facts

Percy Bysshe Shelley is born

Explore: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Epipsychidion, The Cloud

Antonin Artaud is born

Explore: The Cenci, Antonin Artaud

Richard Wright is born

Explore: The Outsider, Big Boy Leaves Home, Richard Wright

Joan (Delano) Aiken is born

Forrest Carter is born

Explore: The Education of Little Tree, Forrest Carter

E. F. Schumacher dies

Georges Simenon dies

Explore: The Blue Room, The Snow Was Black, Georges Simenon

Thomas Tryon dies

Explore: Harvest Home, Thomas Tryon