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Literary Fact Calendar

February 11th in Literary History

Voltaire returns to Paris after being exiled for 28 years.

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Sidney Sheldon is born

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Maryse Conde is born

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John Buchan dies

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Sylvia Plath dies

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South African Black Nationalist Nelson Mandela is freed from prison after 27 years of confinement

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