Literary Facts - October 8
1754: Henry Fielding dies. (Explore: Tom Jones, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews)
1905: Meyer Levin is born. (Explore: Meyer Levin)
1920: Frank Herbert is born. (Explore: Soul Catcher, Dune, Frank Herbert)
1925: Andrei Sinyavsky is born. (Explore: Andrei Sinyavsky, A Voice from the Chorus, Pkhentz)
1967: Ernesto (Che) Guevara dies. (Explore: Che Guevara)
2001: Mongo Beti dies. (Explore: The Poor Christ of Bomba, Mongo Beti, Alexandre Biyidi)
2004: Jacques Derrida dies. (Explore: Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology, Writing and Difference)
2004: Elfriede Jelinek receives the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Explore: Elfriede Jelinek)
2014: Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. (Explore: Patrick Modiano)