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April 25th in Literary History

1800

William Cowper dies

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1852

Leopoldo (Enrique Garcia) Alas (y Urena) is born

1873

Walter de la Mare is born

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1936

Bernard DeVoto publishes a scathing review of Thomas Wolfe’s The Story of a Novel which outrages the sensitive Wolfe and leads to his leaving his longtime editor, Maxwell Perkins

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1939

Ted Kooser is born

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1998

Wright Morris dies

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