It's National Novel Writing Month! | |
John Bunyan (The Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in 1628 | |
Nancy Mitford (The Pursuit of Love) was born on this day in 1904 | |
Faith McNulty, childrens' (and feminist) author (Arty the Smarty, The Burning Bed) was born on this day in 1918 | |
Vietnam veteran and convicted library thief Gustav Hasford was born on this day in 1947. His 1979 novel The Short-Timers would be adapted into Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed 1987 movie "Full Metal Jacket." | |
Richard Wright (Native Son, The Outsider) died on this day in 1960 | |
Enid Blyton (Merry Mister Meddle), author of over 800 childrens' books over 40 years, died on this day in 1968 | |
The Chilean government had 15,000 copies of the Spanish edition of Clandestine in Chile:The Adventures of Miguel Littin impounded and burned on this day in 1986 | |
Kerry Thornley, better known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst (Principia Discordia) died on this day in 1998 |
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