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Richard Burton as Alec Leamas in the 1965
film adaptation of John le Carré's novel
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Woolman (1720; died October 7, 1772) American Quaker famous for
The Journal
Leigh Hunt (1784; died August 28, 1859) English critic, essayist, and poet whose popular poems include "Jenny kiss'd Me," "Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel," and "A Night-Rain in Summer"
John le Carré (1931) British author of espionage novels who wrote
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold;
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy;
The Honourable Schoolboy;
Smiley's People;
The Night Manager;
The Constant Gardener
Philip Pullman (1946) English writer who wrote
His Dark Materials (trilogy:
The Golden Compass;
The Subtle Knife;
The Amber Spyglass);
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Died on this day:
Jonathan Swift (1745; born November 30, 1667) Anglo-irish satirist, poet, and cleric known for
Gulliver's Travels;
A Tale of a Tub;
A Modest Proposal
Lu Xun (1936; born September 25, 1881) Modern Chinese short story writer; "The True Story of Ah Q"; "Diary of a Madman"; "The New Year Sacrifice"; collections:
Call to Arms;
Wandering;
Old Tales Retold
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1950; born February 22, 1892) American poet and playwright;
A Few Figs From Thistles;
Second April; "Euclid Alone has Looked on Beauty Bare"; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1923)
Born AND Died on this day (!)
Thomas Browne (born 1605; died 1682) English polymath and author;
Religio Medici (
The Religion of a Physician);
Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial published with The Garden of Cyrus;
Pseudodoxia Epidemica (dealing with superstitions);
Christian Morals
Bonus Classic:
Wang Shifu (1250-1337?) Chinese playwright known for
Xi Xiang Ji (
The Story of the Western Wing), one of the "Four Great Classical Dramas"
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