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Hawk Tower, built by hand by Robinson
Jeffers at his Tor House in Carmel, California
(Author's photo) |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Robinson Jeffers (1887; died January 20, 1962) California-based American poet;
Tamar;
Roan Stallion;
Give Your Heart to the Hawks; "Natural Music"; "Hurt Hawks"; "The Purse-Seine"; "Shine, Perishing Republic"
Erna Fergusson (1888; died July 30, 1964) New Mexico-based writer, historian, and storyteller, who documented the culture and history of New Mexico for more than forty years. Wrote
Dancing Gods.
Philip Levine (1928; died February 14, 2015) American poet;
The Simple Truth;
What Work Is; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1994); Poet Laureate of the USA (2011-2012)
Died on this day:
Sinclair Lewis (1951; born February 7, 1885) American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright;
Main Street;
Babbitt;
Arrowsmith;
Elmer Gantry; Nobel Prize in Literature (1930)
Gabriela Mistral (1957; born April 7, 1889) Chilean poet, educator, and humanist known for
Sonnets of Death,
Despair,
Tenderness, and
Harvesting. Nobel Prize in Literature (1945)
Dashiell Hammett (1961; born May 27, 1894) American crime writer who created the characters Sam Spade (
The Maltese Falcon); Nick and Nora Charles (
The Thin Man); the Continental Op (
Red Harvest and
The Dain Curse); also wrote short stories
Bonus Classic
Lady Sarashina (c. 1008-after 1059) Japanese lady-in-waiting;
Sarashina Nikki (
Lady Sarashina's Diary, also known as
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams)
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