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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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Elfriede Jelinek receives the Nobel Prize for Literature

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Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

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