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Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young
Poet was featured in Sister Act 2: Back
in the Habit, with Whoopi Goldberg |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Thomas Carlyle (1795; died February 5, 1881) Scottish philosopher;
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History;
The French Revolution: A History;
Sartor Resartus
Samuel Butler (1835; died June 18, 1902) English author;
Erewhon;
The Way of All Flesh
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875; died December 29, 1926) Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist; poetry collections
Duineser Elegien (
Duino Elegies) and
Die Sonette an Orpheus (
Sonnets to Orpheus); novel
Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge); and a collection of
Letters to a Young Poet
Died on this day:
John of Damascus (749; born Unknown Date, 676) Syrian monk and theologian who wrote
On Holy Images;
Three Sermons on the Assumption
Omar Khayyam (1131; born May 18, 1048) Persian poet and scientist;
The Rubaiyat (
Quatrains)
Thomas Hobbes (1679; born April 5, 1588) English philosopher;
Leviathan
John Gay (1732; born June 30, 1685) English poet and playwright;
The Beggar's Opera
John Tyndall (1893; born August 2, 1820) Anglo-Irish scientist;
Heat: a Mode of Motion
Shunryu Suzuki (1971; born May 18, 1904) Japanese Buddhist monk;
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
May Swenson (1989; born May 28, 1913) American poet and playwright known for poetry collections
New & Selected Things Taking Place;
In Other Words
Bonus Classic:
Feng Menglong (1574-1645) Chinese writer and poet; especially
Yushi Mingyan (
Illustrious Words to Instruct the World);
Dongzhou Lieguo Zhi (
Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms);
Jingshi Tongyan (
Stories to Caution the World)
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