The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
October 8 Literary Facts
Henry Fielding dies
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Meyer Levin is born
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Frank Herbert is born
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Andrei Sinyavsky is born
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Ernesto (Che) Guevara dies
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Mongo Beti dies
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Jacques Derrida dies
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Elfriede Jelinek receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
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