Literary Facts - June 6
1606: Pierre Corneille is born. (Explore: The Liar, Polyeucte, Pierre Corneille)
1809: Timothy Shay Arthur is born. (Explore: Who was Timothy Shay Arthur, and what did he contribute to American literature?)
1875: Thomas Mann is born. (Explore: The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann, Examine the meaning of Mann's quote that "War is cowardly escape from the...)
1900: Stephen Crane dies. (Explore: The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane, What is Stephen Crane's view of war?)
1924: V. C. Andrews is born. (Explore: V. C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic)
1925: Maxine Kumin is born. (Explore: Address to the Angels, Maxine Kumin, What is the poem "Woodchucks" by Maxine Kumin about?)
1935: Joy Nozomi Kogawa is born. (Explore: Obasan, Joy Kogawa, In Joy Kogawas's Obasan, Stephen says to Naomi "It is a riddle...We are both...)
1946: Gerhart Hauptmann dies. (Explore: The Sunken Bell, The Weavers, Gerhart Hauptmann)
1954: Harvey Fierstein is born. (Explore: Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein)
1982: Kenneth Rexroth dies. (Explore: Kenneth Rexroth, The Signature of All Things, When We with Sappho)
1997: Amos Tutuola dies. (Explore: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola, Provide an error analysis of language use in Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine...)
