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Cover image of an edition of
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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
William Golding (1911; died June 19, 1993) British novelist, playwright, and poet known for novel
Lord of the Flies; Nobel Prize in Literature (1983)
Died on this day:
Etienne Gilson (1978; born June 13, 1884) French philosopher and historian known for
The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy;
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages;
The Philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas;
Heloise and Abelard;
Christian Philosophy many more
Masaoka Shiki (1902; born October 14, 1867) Japanese poet known for
Take no Sato Uta (
Songs from a Bamboo Village) (one of the "Four Great Haiku Masters")
Italo Calvino (1985; born October 15, 1923) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels known for
Our Ancestors (trilogy), especially
The Baron in the Trees;
Invisible Cities;
If on a winter's night a traveler; short story collection
Cosmicomics
Bonus Classic:
Pindar (c. 522-c. 443 BCE) Greek lyric poet;
Odes
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