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| "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Giacomo Casanova (1725; died June 4, 1798) Italian adventurer and author;
Histoire de Ma Vie (
History of My Life)
Hans Christian Andersen (1805; died August 4, 1875) Danish children's author; "The Emperor's New Clothes"; "The Little Mermaid"; "The Nightingale"; "The Snow Queen"; "The Ugly Duckling"; "Thumbelina"; etc.
Emile Zola (1840; died September 29, 1902) French novelist, playwright, and journalist who wrote the twenty novels of the cycle called
Les Rougon-Macquart;
Therese Raquin
Died on this day:
Samuel F. B. Morse (1872; born April 27, 1791) American painter and inventor; his letters and journals
Takamura Kotaro (1956; born March 13, 1883) Japanese poet;
Chiekosho (
Selections of Chieko also called
Chieko's Sky)
Bonus Classic:
Xie Lingyun (385-433) Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, particularly known for Chinese "wild" landscape (
shanshui = "mountain-water") poetry
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