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Driving Rain at Shono by the Japanese artist Hiroshige, found
on the cover of Maruya Saiichi's Rain in the Wind: Four Stories |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Kobayashi Takiji (1903; died February 20, 1933) Japanese novelist who wrote
Kanikosen (
Crab Cannery Ship)
Died on this day:
Maruya Saiichi (2012; born August 27, 1925) Japanese novelist who also translated James Joyce;
Singular Rebellion;
Rain in the Wind: Four Stories;
A Mature Woman;
Grass for My Pillow
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1869; born December 23, 1804) French literary critic widely translated into English; "What Is a Classic?"; "Montaigne"
Bonus Classic:
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-c. 215) Greek theologian, catechist, and Church Father who was known for a "trilogy" made up of the
Protrepticus (
Exhortation); the
Paedagogus (
Tutor); and the
Stromata (
Miscellanies)
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