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

January 5 Literary Facts

Rudolf Eucken is born

Friedrich Duerrenmatt is born

W. D. Snodgrass is born

Explore: W. D. Snodgrass, Heart's Needle

Margaret Laurence is born

Explore: The Stone Angel, The Diviners, Margaret Laurence

Juan Goytisolo is born

Explore: Juan Goytisolo, Quarantine

Umberto Eco is born

Explore: The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco

Ramón del Valle-Inclán dies

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is born

Samuel Beckett’s En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) is produced