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

November 5 Literary Facts

Sam Shepard is born

Explore: True West, A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard

Luis Cernuda dies

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Joseph Kesselring dies

Explore: Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring

John Fowles dies

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