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Theodor Kittelsen's illustration of "The Hall of
the Mountain King" in Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Thomas Hood (1799; died May 3, 1845) English poet; "The Bridge of Sighs"; "The Song of the Shirt";
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems;
National Tales
Susan Cooper (1935) English author of children's literature;
The Dark Is Rising series (
Over Sea, Under Stone;
The Dark Is Rising;
Greenwitch;
The Grey King;
Silver on the Tree)
Died on this day:
Henrik Ibsen (1906; born March 20, 1828) Norwegian playwright and poet;
Peer Gynt;
An Enemy of the People;
A Doll's House;
Hedda Gabler;
Ghosts;
The Wild Duck;
The Master Builder; with
Kielland,
Lie, and
Bjørnson, one of Norway's "Four Greats."
Bonus Classic:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (8th-14th centuries) A guide through the realms of consciousness encountered after death, the much-misunderstood "Bardo," the interval between death and the next rebirth.
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