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Poster for the 1931 film version of Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797; died February 1, 1851) English writer best known for the novel
Frankenstein; other genres including short stories
Théophile Gautier (1811; died October 23, 1872) French writer; poetry (Émaux et Camées "Enamels and Cameos"), drama, novels (Mademoiselle de Maupin), etc.
Died on this day:
Ariyoshi Sawako (1984; born January 20, 1931) Japanese novelist who wrote
The Doctor's Wife,
The River Ki, and others
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1979; born April 16, 1890) American author of children's books, especially
The Boxcar Children
Naguib Mahfouz (2006; born December 11, 1911)Egyptian writer of 34 novels (including Midaq Alley and the "Cairo Trilogy"), over 350 short stories, and more; winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1988)
Seamus Heaney (2013; born April 13, 1939) Irish poet; playwright; and translator of
Beowulf; poetry includes
Opened Ground: Selected Poems: 1966-1996; Nobel Prize in Literature (1995)
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