The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 9 Literary Facts
Francis Bacon dies
Explore: Francis Bacon, Essays, The New Atlantis
The first independent black denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is organized
Charles Baudelaire is born
Explore: Hymn to Beauty, Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil
Paule Marshall is born
Explore: To Da-duh in Memoriam, Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall
Imre Kertesz is born
Explore: Kaddish for a Child Not Born, Imre Kertész, Fatelessness
Richard Condon dies
Explore: Emperor of America, The Manchurian Candidate, Richard Condon