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June 21st in Literary History

1839

Joaquim María Machado de Assis is born

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1902

Joseph Kesselring is born

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1905

Jean-Paul Sartre is born

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1935

Françoise Quoirez (Sagan) is born

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1942

Henry Taylor is born

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1948

Ian McEwan is born

Explore: Ian McEwan, Black Dogs, Atonement

1949

Jane Urquhart is born

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1983

Owen Dodson dies