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Jody (Claude Jarman, Jr.) his parents (Gregory
Peck, Jane Wyman), and of course The Yearling
in a 1946 film adaptation of the book
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Dominic (1170; died August 6, 1221) Spanish saint and religious founder; traditional founder of the practice of the Rosary. "The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic" are by another author; Dominic may have written the
Constitutions of the Dominicans, and three letters.
Sara Teasdale (1884; died January 29, 1933) American poet known for
Flame and Shadow;
Love Songs; Pulitzer: Special Citation (Letters, 1918)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896; died December 14, 1953) American author; "Young Adult" novels
The Yearling;
The Secret River; autobiography
Cross Creek; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1939)
Died on this day:
Ueda Akinari (1809; born July 25, 1734) Japanese author;
Ugetsu Monogatari (
Tales of Rain and the Moon);
Harusame Monogatari (
Tales of Spring Rain)
Shirley Jackson (1965; born December 14, 1916) American novelist and short story writer;
The Haunting of Hill House; "Charles"; "The Lottery"
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