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Poster from François Truffaut's
1966 film version of Ray
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Pu Songling (1640; died February 25, 1715) Chinese writer;
Liaozhai Zhiyi (
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio)
John Maynard Keynes (1883; died April 21, 1946) English economist;
The Economic Consequences of the Peace;
A Treatise on Probability;
A Treatise on Money;
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Ruth Benedict (1887; died September 17, 1948) American anthropologist known for
Patterns of Culture;
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Federico Garcia Lorca (1898; died August 19, 1936) Spanish poet and playwright;
Romancero gitano (
Gypsy Ballads); the
Rural Trilogy (
Blood Wedding;
Yerma;
The House of Bernarda Alba)
Died on this day:
Stephen Crane (1900; born November 1, 1871) American poet, novelist, and short story writer;
The Red Badge of Courage;
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; "The Open Boat"; "The Blue Hotel"; "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky";
The Monster
O. Henry (1910; born September 11, 1862) American short story writer famous for with surprise endings, among the best-known "The Gift of the Magi"; "The Ransom of Red Chief"; and "The Cop and the Anthem"
Ray Bradbury (2012; born August 22, 1920) American science fiction writer;
Fahrenheit 451;
The Martian Chronicles;
Something Wicked This Way Comes; "The Veldt"; "All Summer in a Day"; Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (Letters) (2007)
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