It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
T. S. Eliot, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century, accepted a job at Faber and Faber publishers on this day in 1925. Eliot would remain there for the rest of his career, eventually becoming a director. | |
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) was born on this day in 1926 | |
Terry Pratchett (The Colour of Magic) was born on this day in 1948 | |
Edgar Award and Gold Dagger Award winning crime author Ian Rankin (Resurrection Men, Black and Blue) was born on this day in 1960 | |
Penelope Fitzgerald (The Blue Flower, 1979 Booker Prize winner Offshore) died on this day in 2000 |
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