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Poster for Fiddler on the Roof, based on Sholem
Aleichem's stories of Tevye the Dairyman |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Alphonse Daudet (1840; died December 16, 1897) French novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet best known for short stories, including those in
Letters From My Windmill; the boffo novel
Fromont Junior and Risler Senior; and the Tarscon novels, including
Tartarin of Tarascon
Arthur Sullivan (1842; died November 22, 1900) English composer; with W. S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore;
Pirates of Penzance;
The Mikado.
Georges Braque (1882; died August 31, 1963) French painter who co-founded Cubism (with Picasso)
Died on this day:
Sholem Aleichem (1916; born March 2, 1859) Russian/Ukrainian author and playwright; stories of Tevye the Dairyman:
Tevye's Daughter;
Adventures of Mottel;
The Old Country
R. K. Narayan (2001; born October 10, 1906) Indian writer who wrote novels
Swami and Friends;
The English Teacher;
Waiting for the Mahatma;
The Guide;
The Man-Eater of Malgudi;
The Vendor of Sweets;
A Tiger for Malgudi; short story collections
Lawley Road;
A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories;
Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories;
The Grandmother’s Tale; versions of
The Ramayana and
The Mahabharata
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