On This Day in Literary History

[L_Monty]

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PaulH wrote:

March 22, 1908 

Louis L’Amour is born in Jamestown, North Dakota. L’Amour, the most prolific of Western authors, wrote over 80 novels.

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March 28, 1908

Louis L'Amour completes first novel. 

[Paul_Hochman]

I always thought it was a short story...

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L_Monty wrote:

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March 28, 1908

Louis L'Amour completes first novel. 

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[Paul_Hochman]

March 23, 1904

H. Beam Piper, science fiction author, is born. Piper committed suicide in 1964 leaving behind a note that read in part, "I don't like to leave messes when I go away, but if I could have cleaned up any of this mess, I wouldn't be going away."

March 23, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt departs for a Smithsonian sponsored safari. For more on this landmark expedition, please see Roosevelt's African Game Trails.

[Paul_Hochman]

March 24, 1919

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is born in Yonkers, New York. As co-founder of City Lights Bookstore, Ferlinghetti originally published Allen Ginsberg's Howl in his Pocket Poets Series.

March 24, 1993

John Hersey, acclaimed author of Hiroshima, dies in Key West, Florida. Hersey was at onetime Sinclair Lewis' personal secretary.

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[Paul_Hochman]

March 25, 1925

Flannery O'Connor is born in Georgia. Brad Gooch's biography of O'Connor was recently released to very strong reviews.

March 25, 1964

Kate DiCamillo, the author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, is born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.

[Paul_Hochman]

March 26, 1874

Robert Frost is born in San Francisco, California. Frost is buried in his beloved New England (Bennington, VT) and his gravestone reads, ""I had a lover's quarrel with the world."

March 26, 1892

Walt Whitman dies in Camden, New Jersey. Pound called Whitman, "America's Poet." 

March 26, 1930

Gregory Corso, Beat icon, is born in New York City. Ginsberg called Corso, "the poet's poet."

[L_Monty]

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PaulH wrote: <
March 26, 1892

Walt Whitman dies in Camden, New Jersey. Pound called Whitman, "America's Poet." 

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I blame The Simpsons for my inability to think of Walt Whitman under any circumstance without immediately thinking of Homer Simpson rhythmically kicking his headstone as hard as possible and screaming, "Damn you, Walt Whitman! I-hate-you-Walt-freakin'-Whitman! Leaves of Grass, my [expletive deleted]!"

Message Edited by L_Monty on 03-26-2009 01:52 PM

[JonDoeSter]

We owe H.P. Lovecraft a debt of gratitude.

[Paul_Hochman]

March 27, 1942

Michael Jackson, author and beer connoisseur, is born in Yorkshire, England. From the quotable Jackson: "Beer may cause you to digress--and lead a happier life."

March 27, 2006

Stanislaw Lem, science fiction author, dies in Krakow, Poland. Lem's Solaris was made into the Stephen Soderbergh directed film starring George Clooney.

[Laurel]

March 27, 1667, John Milton publishes Paradise Lost.

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PaulH wrote:

March 27, 1942

Michael Jackson, author and beer connoisseur, is born in Yorkshire, England. From the quotable Jackson: "Beer may cause you to digress--and lead a happier life."

March 27, 2006

Stanislaw Lem, science fiction author, dies in Krakow, Poland. Lem's Solaris was made into the Stephen Soderbergh directed film starring George Clooney.

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Message Edited by Laurel on 03-27-2009 05:58 PM