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Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon
on the Island of La Grande Jatte |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Björnstjerne Björnson (1832; died April 26, 1910) Norwegian writer and Nobel winner (1903) known for his "peasant tales" such as
A Happy Boy; with
Ibsen,
Lie, and
Kielland, one of Norway's "Four Greats."
Georges Seurat (1859; died March 29, 1891) French painter;
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte;
Bathers at Asnières;
Jeune femme se poudrant
Died on this day:
Edmond Rostand (1918; born April 1, 1868) French poet and dramatist;
Cyrano de Bergerac
Philip Larkin (1985; born August 9, 1922) English poet and novelist;
The Whitsun Weddings;
High Windows
Aaron Copland (1990; born November 14, 1900) American composer;
Appalachian Spring;
Fanfare for the Common Man;
Lincoln Portrait
Robertson Davies (1995; born August 28, 1913) Canadian "man of letters" who wrote three novel "trilogies" and most of a fourth
Mona Van Duyn (2004; born May 9, 1921) American poet;
To See, To Take: Poems;
Near Changes; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1991); Poet Laureate of the USA (1992)
Bonus Classic:
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) Greek philosopher known for
Ethics;
Politics;
Organon;
Poetics; more
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