It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
Aphra Behn, possibly the first Englishwoman to make a career of writing, died on this day in 1689 | |
French poet, novelist, and Nobel laureate Anatole France (Penguin Island, The Revolt of the Angels) was born on this day in 1844 | |
Sir Kingsley Amis (Lucky Jim) was born on this day in 1922 | |
Edna Ferber (Show Boat) died on this day in 1968 | |
Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip was first published on this day in 1989 | |
Ralph Ellison (Invisible Man, Juneteenth) died on this day in 1994 | |
Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter's The Light of Other Days was published on this day in 2000 |
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