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Grettir is ready to fight in this illustration
from a 17th-century manuscript
of the Grettis saga, an Icelandic saga. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born this on day:
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533; died September 13, 1592) French essayist known for
Meditations;
Essays;
In Defense of Raymond Sebond
Ernest Renan (1823; died October 2, 1892) French philosopher and historian who wrote a ground-breaking
Life of Jesus and other rationalist works on early Christianity
Ketti Frings (1909; died February 11, 1981) American author and playwright;
Walking Happy;
Look Homeward, Angel; Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1958)
Died this on day:
Henry James (1916; born April 15, 1843) American-born British writer;
The American;
The Turn of the Screw;
The Portrait of a Lady;
What Maisie Knew;
The Wings of the Dove;
Daisy Miller;
The Ambassadors;
Washington Square
Bonus Classic:
Icelandic sagas (the "Saga Age," 870-1056), over 40 sagas from Iceland's "Saga Age" (870-1056) including
Eiríks saga rauða (
Saga of Erik the Red)
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