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Andrew Knott as Joe Green in a 1994 film
adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Francisco Goya (1746; died April 16, 1828) Spanish painter;
The Second of May;
The Third of May;
La Maja Desnuda;
Saturn Devouring His Son;
Charles IV of Spain and His Family;
Witches' Sabbath;
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga
Anna Sewell (1820; died April 25, 1878) English author of children's literature;
Black Beauty
Paul Verlaine (1844; died January 8, 1896) French poet;
Poèmes saturniens;
Sagesse;
Les poètes maudits
Vincent van Gogh (1853; died July 29, 1890) Dutch painter;
The Starry Night;
L'Arlesienne;
Bedroom at Aries;
Self-Portrait
Sean O'Casey (1880; died September 18, 1964) Irish playwright known for
The Shadow of a Gunman;
Juno and the Paycock;
The Plough and the Stars;
Red Roses for Me
Jean Giono (1895; died October 8, 1970) French author of
Colline;
Second Harvest;
Un roi sans divertissement;
The Horseman on the Roof
Ernest Gombrich (1909; died November 3, 2001) Austrian-born British art historian;
The Story of Art;
Art and Illusion;
Meditations on a Hobby Horse;
The Image and the Eye
Tsushima Yuko (1947; died February 18, 2016) Japanese writer, essayist and critic;
Child of Fortune;
Woman Running in the Mountains;
The Shooting Gallery & Other Stories; Laughing Wolf
Died on this day:
Jean Toomer (1967; born December 26, 1894) American poet and novelist; the novel
Cane
Bonus Classic:
Vimalakirti Sutra (c. 100) Indian Buddhist text allegedly spoken by Vimalakirti ("undefiled fame or glory"), a patron of the Buddha; concentrates on non-dual emptiness; altruism (the "selfless hand"); advocates equal treatment for women; uses Zen-like humor
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