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Nov 1
1604, Othello by Shakespeare is presented for the first time.
1611, The Tempest by Shakespeare is presented for the first time.
1871, American writer Stephen Crane is born.
1903, German Writer Theodor Mommsen Dies
1923, American Writer Gorden R. Dickson is born.
1972, American Poet Ezra Pound dies
2006, American Writer William Styron dies
Nov. 2
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
1911 -Born, Odysseus Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel laureate
1950 -Died, George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1951 -Born ,Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
1961 -Died, James Thurber, American humorist
5 January
1932 - born : Umberto Eco
1883 - born : Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi
1951 - died : Sinclair Lewis
1622 : Born - Moličre, French playwright
1933 - Born : Susan Sontag, American writer
Rudyard Kipling died - 18th Jan 1936
"Gie her a Haggis!"
On this day in 1759 Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, and on this night lovers of Burns or Scotland or conviviality will gather around the world to celebrate the fact. Burns was elevated to national hero in his lifetime and cult figure soon afterwards, the first Burns Night celebration occurring almost immediately upon his death. If the haggis has changed, the Night has not. . . . Read more here...
May 5:
Karl Marx's birthday
Cinco de Mayo
June 2nd:
Thomas Hardy, born 1840
Barbara Pym, born 1913
Carol Shields, born 1935
June 5th:
Richard Scarry, born 1919
Matthew Lesko, born 1943
Stephen Crane, died 1900
O. Henry, died 1910
June 9th:
Bertha von Suttner, born 1843
June 10th, 2008 - death of Chingiz Aitmatov
Chingiz Aitmatov was Kyrgyz writer. He belonged to the post-war generation of Soviet authors and his works were translated into more than 150 languages.
His best known works are:
Jamilia
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
The Scaffold (I'm not sure if this one was translated into English)
I was so sad when I heard that yesterday. I remember having read in the newspaper some weeks ago that he was hospitalised, but I didn't pay much attention to it then. Last year I saw him on a reading for his Когда падают горы (Вечная невеста) - (When the Mountains fall (The eternal Bride), probably not translated to English yet), and he seemed younger than he was and spoke of new projects... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
My favourite works by him are Jamilia and Farewell, Gülsary!.