#RIP #OTD in 1997, US Army & US Air Force veteran, poet ("Cherrylog Road"), novelist (Deliverance), eighteenth Poet Laureate, James Dickey, died in Columbia, South Carolina aged 73. All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pawleys Island, South Carolina https://t.co/A0Ks07UNXb pic.twitter.com/KaycZaXn4f

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#RIP #OTD in 1962 poet known for his work about the central California coast, in narrative and epic form, icon of the environmental movement, Robinson Jeffers died in Carmel, California, aged 75. Cremated remains scattered at his home, Tor House in Carmel https://t.co/3Yoj1sLOus pic.twitter.com/fWnM1rpYYq

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 20, 2024

21 January 1789. WH Brown’s, Power of Sympathy, was published. It’s regarded as the 1st American novel, written by an American writer, and published in the USA. It examines the dangers of seduction and the pitfalls of giving in to one’s passions. pic.twitter.com/3IbzWbXJ8S

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 21, 2024

21 January 1950. George Orwell (Eric Blair) died of TB (aged 46), His best known works were Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier, and Homage to Catalonia. In 2008, The Times ranked him 2nd in “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945” (behind Larkin). pic.twitter.com/109E4F48Km

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 21, 2024

22 January 1572. The leading Elizabethan poet, John Donne, was born in London. He’s considered one of the leading metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their clever use of metaphors. He coined the phrases “No man is an Island.” and “For whom the bell tolls.” pic.twitter.com/owiRviBdxS

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 22, 2024

22 January 1788. George Byron (Lord Byron), was born in London. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and is rated as one of the most talented English poets. Among his best-known works were the narrative poems, Don Juan and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. pic.twitter.com/BWydhyLRGj

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 22, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1932 writer (Eminent Victorians), critic, a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, Lytton Strachey died of stomach cancer in Ham, Wiltshire, England, aged 51. St. Andrew's Churchyard, Chew Magna, Somerset, England https://t.co/WEwQFRvrDM pic.twitter.com/aeLg0muZam

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24 January 1908. The first instalment of Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell was published. By the end of April 1908, the serialisation of Scouting for Boys was completed and then released as the handbook of the Boy Scouts on 1 May 1908. pic.twitter.com/HHkWxzHvGi

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 24, 2024

25 January 1759. Legendary Scottish poet, Robert Burns, was born in Alloway, Ayrshire. He’s regarded as the National Poet of Scotland. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung to welcome in the New Year. His birthday is also celebrated as “Burns Night” pic.twitter.com/wLaYDyVbfV

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 25, 2024

25 January 1874. William (“W”) Somerset Maugham, was born in Paris, France. He was a hugely popular novelist in the 1930s. Orwell said he was “the modern writer who influenced me the most, who I admire immensely for his power of telling a story straightforwardly”. pic.twitter.com/cj1tg11sSZ

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 25, 2024

25 January 1882. Virginia Woolf was born in London. Her best-known works were The Voyage Out, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and feminist classic, A Room of One’s Own, in which she wrote: “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” pic.twitter.com/f8wctE8EfX

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 25, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1908 novelist (Under Two Flags, Signa) Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée) died in Via Zanardelli, Viareggio, Italy of pneumonia, aged 70. English Cemetery in Bagni di Lucca, Italy https://t.co/A7FIBg9eI0 pic.twitter.com/bQlA10T5TH

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25 January 1949. John Cooper Clarke was born in Salford. He first became famous as a “Punk Poet” in the late 1970s, and he released several albums of poems with a punk rock backing and performed on stage with several punk bands, and he continues to perform regularly. pic.twitter.com/u5eNEJ5O9z

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 25, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1855, writer, poet (Les Filles du feu), essayist Gérard de Nerval died by hanging himself from a sewer grating in the Rue de la vieille-lanterne, a narrow lane in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, aged 46. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris https://t.co/vOCTQKjdW0 pic.twitter.com/sEK0rfAkfg

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#RIP #OTD in 1922 pioneer journalist (Ten Days in a Madhouse), industrialist, inventor, charity worker, record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, Nellie Bly died; pneumonia; St. Mark's Hospital, New York City, aged 57. Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx https://t.co/KrhUT8zigA pic.twitter.com/R1Mz9J6USb

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 27, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 2009, novelist (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit at Rest; Rabbit Remembered), poet, John Updike died of lung cancer at a hospice in Danvers, Mass., aged 76. Cenotpah at Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery in Plowville PA https://t.co/KrhUT8zigA pic.twitter.com/d7QdfSkj0b

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#RIP #OTD in 2010, writer (The Catcher in the Rye) J. D. Salinger died in Cornish, New Hampshire at the age of 91. Cremation (portrait by Robert vickrey) https://t.co/KrhUT8zigA pic.twitter.com/v18rqfEaV1

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 27, 2024

28 January 1813. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was first published. The novel always appears near the top of lists of the most-loved books. It has sold over 20 million copies and spawned many film and TV versions. Its opening lines are among the most memorable in literature. pic.twitter.com/HUBqiGOqqA

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 28, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1939, poet (The Cloths of Heaven, Blood and Moon), playwright, W. B. Yeats died at the Hôtel Idéal Séjour, in Menton, France at the age of 73. Drumcliff Churchyard, Drumcliffe, County Sligo, Ireland https://t.co/eCA8fWvbkg pic.twitter.com/Hgr5mtQ6W4

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 28, 2024