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Geoffrey Chaucer portrayed as a pilgrim in the
Ellesmere manuscript of the Canterbury Tales |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800; died December 28, 1859) British historian;
Lays of Ancient Rome;
Critical and Historical Essays;
History of England
Johann Strauss the Younger (1825; died June 3, 1899) Austrian composer;
Gypsy Baron;
Die Fledermaus; waltzes: "Blue Danube"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"
Georges Bizet (1838; died June 3, 1875) French composer;
Carmen;
Pearl Fishers
Pablo Picasso (1881; died April 8, 1973) Spanish painter, multi-faceted artist, poet, and playwright;
Guernica;
Dove;
Head of a Woman;
Head of a Bull, Metamorphosis
John Berryman (1914; died January 7, 1972) American poet who wrote
The Dream Songs (
77 Dream Songs and
His Toy, His Dream His Rest); Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1965)
Harold Brodkey (1930; died January 26, 1996) American short-story writer and novelist known for
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode (stories);
The Runaway Soul (novel); and
This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death (non-fiction).
Died on this day:
Frank Norris (Benjamin Franklin Norris) (1902; born March 5, 1870) American novelist;
McTeague;
The Octopus: A Story of California;
The Pit
Geoffrey Chaucer (1400; born Unknown Date, 1343) English poet;
The Canterbury Tales;
Troilus and Criseyde;
The Book of the Duchess;
The House of Fame;
The Legend of Good Women
Bonus Classic:
Heike Monogatari (13th-14th centuries) Japanese epic of the Genpei War (1180-1185)
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