Literary Facts - April 9
1626: Francis Bacon dies. (Explore: Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon Essays, The New Atlantis)
1816: The first independent black denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is organized
1821: Charles Baudelaire is born. (Explore: Hymn to Beauty, Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil)
1917: Edward Thomas dies. (Explore: Edward Thomas, What are the main themes of the poem "March" by Edward Thomas?, What is the meaning/form/rhyme etc of "Aspens" by Edward Thomas"?I cannot...)
1929: Paule Marshall is born. (Explore: To Da-duh in Memoriam, Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall)
1929: Imre Kertesz is born. (Explore: Kaddish for a Child Not Born, Imre Kertész, Fatelessness)
1996: Richard Condon dies. (Explore: Emperor of America, The Manchurian Candidate, Richard Condon)
