The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 5 Literary Facts
Thomas Hobbes is born
Explore: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil
Algernon Charles Swinburne is born
Explore: Algernon Charles Swinburne, Atalanta in Calydon, Hymn to Proserpine
Booker T. Washington is born
Explore: Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington, What effect does Booker T. Washington achieve by opening his "Atlanta Compromise" speech with an appeal to logos?
Richard Eberhart is born
Explore: Richard Eberhart, The Fury of Aerial Bombardment, The Groundhog
Arthur Hailey is born
Explore: Airport, Strong Medicine, Arthur Hailey
H. L. Mencken is arrested for selling a copy of The American Mercury to the secretary of the Boston Watch and Ward Society; the offending issue contained the story “Hatrack,” which the Society deemed obscene
Explore: H. L. Mencken, The American Mercury
Edwin Arlington Robinson dies
Explore: Richard Cory, Mr. Flood's Party, Edwin Arlington Robinson
Allen Ginsberg dies
Explore: A Supermarket in California, Howl, Allen Ginsberg
Doug Wright receives the Pulitzer Prize in drama for I Am My Own Wife
Explore: I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright
Franz Wright receives the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Walking to Martha’s Vineyard
Steven Hahn receives the Pulitzer Prize in history for A Nation under Our Feet
William Taubman receives the Pulitzer Prize in biography for Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
Edward P. Jones receives the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Known World
Explore: The Known World, Edward P. Jones
Saul Bellow dies
Explore: Seize the Day, Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow