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From the cover of the Classic Comic's'
version of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Li Yu (c. 937; died Unknown Date, 978) Chinese emperor and poet; wrote works in various forms and styles; some were composed in exile after the fall of his ineptly-governed kingdom (one of the last gasps of the glorious Tang); titles include "Alone Up the Western Tower" and the prose-ish "Dirge for the Zhaohui Queen Zhou"
Jeremy Taylor (1613; died August 13, 1667) English cleric;
Holy Living and Holy Dying
Walter Scott (1771; died September 21, 1832) Scottish novelist and poet who wrote
Ivanhoe;
Rob Roy;
The Lady of the Lake;
Waverley;
The Heart of Midlothian;
The Bride of Lammermoor
Thomas De Quincey (1785; died December 8, 1859) English essayist;
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater; "On the Knocking at the Gate in
Macbeth"; "On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts";
The English Mail-Coach;
Autobiographical Sketches
E. Nesbit (1858; died May 4, 1924) English author of children's literature and poet; the
Bastable series;
The Railway Children; over a dozen more children's books, as well as stories and adult novels
Edna Ferber (1885; died April 16, 1968) American novelist, short story writer and playwright;
So Big;
Cimarron;
Show Boat; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1925)
Died on this day:
O no Yasumaro (723; birthdate unknown) Japanese chronicler; compiled and edited
Kojiki (
A Record of Ancient Matters), a book of mythology and history; probably assisted Prince Toneri with
Nihon Shoki (
The Chronicles of Japan)
Ibn Hazm (1064; born November 7, 994) Andalusian Muslim poet and philosopher who wrote
Tawq al-Hamama (
The Ring of the Dove)
Thomas Kyd (1594; born November 6, 1558) English playwright;
The Spanish Tragedy;
King Leir;
Arden of Faversham;
Edward III
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