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Cover of Shel Silverstein's
parable The Giving Tree |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Rudolf Otto (1869; died March 6, 1937) German theologian and religious scholar whose best-known work was
The Idea of the Holy
Lu Xun (1881; died October 19, 1936) Modern Chinese short story writer; "The True Story of Ah Q"; "Diary of a Madman"; "The New Year Sacrifice"; collections:
Call to Arms;
Wandering;
Old Tales Retold
Kees Boeke (1884; died July 3, 1966) Dutch educator who wrote
Cosmic View;
Powers of Ten
William Faulkner (1897; died July 6, 1962) American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist whose novels include
The Sound and the Fury;
As I Lay Dying;
Light in August;
Absalom, Absalom!;
A Rose for Emily; Nobel Prize in Literature (1949); two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction (1955, 1963)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906; died August 9, 1975) Russian composer best known for Symphonies number 5, 7 and 10
Shel Silverstein (1930; died May 10, 1999) American poet, songwriter, and children's author who wrote
Where the Sidewalk Ends;
The Giving Tree
Died on this day:
R. S. Thomas (2000; born March 29, 1913) Welsh poet and Anglican priest; collections
Song at the Year's Turning;
Laboratories of the Spirit
Bonus Classic:
Euripides (c. 480-c. 406 BCE) Greek tragic playwright;
Alcestis;
Medea;
Hippolytus;
The Trojan Women;
Electra;
The Bacchae
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