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Rinaldo and Armida, characters from Tasso's
Jerusalem Delivered; painting by François Boucher |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Walter de la Mare (1873; died June 22, 1956) English poet, short story writer and novelist; novel
Memoirs of a Midget;
Collected Stories for Children;
Eight Tales (some of them ghost stories); poem "The Listeners"
Ella Fitzgerald (1917; died June 15, 1996) American performer; "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"; (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"; "How High the Moon"; "Cheek to Cheek"; "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"; "Oh, Lady Be Good!"
Ted Kooser (1939) American poet;
Delights and Shadows; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2005); Poet Laureate of the USA (2004-2006)
Died on this day:
Torquato Tasso (1595; born March 11, 1544) Italian poet;
La Gerusalemme Liberata (
Jerusalem Delivered)
William Cowper (1800; born November 26, 1731) English poet;
The Task; "John Gilpin"; hymns
Anna Sewell (1878; born March 30, 1820) English author of children's literature;
Black Beauty
Clifford D. Simak (1988; born August 3, 1904) American author of science fiction;
City;
Way Station
Bonus Classic:
The Laws of Manu (2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE) story of the Indian creation, and moral writings
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