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Thoor Ballylee, a Norman tower in County
Galway, Ireland where William Butler Yeats
once lived and worked. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Fanny Burney (1752; died January 6, 1840) English satirical novelist, diarist, and playwright known especially for novels
Evelina,
Camilla, and
The Wanderer; and the non-fiction
Memoirs of Doctor Burney.
William Butler Yeats (1865; died January 28, 1939) Irish poet; tapped into Irish traditions and spiritual explorations; best-known for "The Second Coming"; Nobel Prize in Literature (1923)
Etienne Gilson (1884; died September 19, 1978) French philosopher and historian known for
The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy;
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages;
The Philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas;
Heloise and Abelard;
Christian Philosophy many more
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893; died December 17, 1957) English crime writer; poet; playwright; essayist; created the character Lord Peter Wimsey
Died on this day:
Miyamoto Musashi (1645; born Unknown Date, 1584) Japanese
ronin (masterless samurai);
Go Rin no Sho (
The Book of Five Rings)
Dazai Osamu (1948; born June 19, 1909) Japanese novelist and short story writer;
Shayo (
The Setting Sun);
No Longer Human (
Ningen Shikkaku)
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