Literary Facts - August 5
1850: Guy de Maupassant is born. (Explore: The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant, The Piece of String)
1916: Peter Viereck is born. (Explore: For an Assyrian Frieze, Kilroy, Peter Viereck)
1929: A(lfred) Alvarez is born. (Explore: A(lfred) Alvarez)
1934: Wendell Berry is born. (Explore: Jayber Crow, Hannah Coulter, Wendell Berry)
2000: Dudley Randall dies. (Explore: Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham)