Edvard Munch's The Scream |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Gustave Flaubert (1821; died May 8, 1880) French novelist; novel Madame Bovary; stories "A Simple Heart," "Saint Julian the Hospitalier," and "Hérodias"
Edvard Munch (1863; died January 23, 1944) Norwegian painter; The Scream; Madonna; The Sick Child
Died on this day:
Ikkyu (1481; born February 1, 1394) Japanese Zen monk and poet; Crazy Cloud Anthology
Robert Browning (1889; born May 7, 1812) English poet; "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"; Fra Lippo Lippi; "Andrea Del Sarto"; "My Last Duchess"; "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Bonus Classic:
Kong Shangren (1648-1718) Chinese playwright; Taohua Shan (The Peach Blossom Fan), one of the "Four Great Classical Dramas"
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