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Audrey Hepburn as the iconic Holly
Golightly in the 1961 film based on
Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Rumi (1207; died December 17, 1273) Persian poet and mystic;
Masnavi;
Divan-e Kabir;
Fihi Ma Fihi (
It Is What It Is)
Truman Capote (1924; died August 25, 1984) American author of both fiction (
Breakfast at Tiffany's) and non-fiction (
In Cold Blood)
W. S. Merwin (1927; died March 15, 2019) American poet who has written over fifty books of poetry; United States Poet Laureate (2010), Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1971, 2009)
Died on this day:
Jerome (420; born Unknown Date c. 347) Roman theologian, historian and Church Father; Gospel commentaries,
Vulgate Bible
Patrick White (1990; born May 28, 1912) Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright whose novels include
Voss;
Riders in the Chariot;
Happy Valley;
The Tree of Man;
The Burnt Ones; Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)
Therese of Lisieux (1897; born January 2, 1873) French nun and mystic who wrote the poetic masterpiece "To Live by Love"; also
L'Histoire d'une Âme (The Story of a Soul);
Last Conversations; poetry, prayers, and religious plays
Bonus Classic:
Xenophon (c. 430-354) Greek historian and philosopher;
Anabasis (An Ascent);
The Constitution of the Spartans
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