Poetry in Motion
26 February 1802. Victor Hugo was born in Besançon, France. His most famous novels were Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. In France, he is also renowned for his poetry collections, such as, The Contemplation and The Legend of the Ages. pic.twitter.com/4oqzlNETKM
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 26, 2024
27 February 1812. Poet Lord Byron gave his first speech as a member of the House of Lords and defended the Luddite protests against the building of factories. He spoke specifically against the Frame Breaking Act of 1812, which had applied the death penalty to machine breaking. pic.twitter.com/kBpoEqrbNw
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 27, 2024
27 February 1902. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, USA. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his realistic and imaginative writings”. Many of his novels are considered classics of Western literature, most notably, The Grapes of Wrath. pic.twitter.com/RyPyuNFGAx
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 27, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1928 poet, writer, librarian, first poet laureate of California, Ina Coolbirth died in Berkeley aged 86. Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland https://t.co/rdZ3EGRBTT pic.twitter.com/nK6z3a8gfg
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) February 29, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1938 Italian poet (Alcyone), playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, army officer during WW I, Il Vate, Il Profeta, Gabriele D'Annunzio died; stroke, at his home in Gardone Riviera, aged 74. Il Vittoriale degli Italiani, Gardone Riviera https://t.co/hPBgup8YIg pic.twitter.com/BdkHBlwVN3
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 1, 2024
2 March 1904. Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He authored many children’s books under the pen name “Dr. Seuss”, most notably, The Cat in The Hat. In recent times, Seuss's work has been criticised for some of its racist language. pic.twitter.com/miQd02zUUv
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 2, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1930, novelist (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover), poet, playwright, painter D. H. Lawrence died at the Villa Robermond, Vence, France; tuberculosis, aged 44. Kiowa Ranch Cemetery, San Cristobal, New Mexico https://t.co/CsYAkcnetd pic.twitter.com/PQfAnTm3Tu
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 2, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1982 science fiction writer (The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Minority Report) Philip K. Dick died; stroke in Santa Ana, California, aged 53. Cremated remains Riverside Cemetery in Fort Morgan, Colorado https://t.co/CsYAkcnetd pic.twitter.com/shTknbbmom
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 2, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1996, novelist (L' Amant), playwright, screenwriter (Hiroshima mon amour), essayist, and experimental filmmaker Marguerite Duras died in Paris at the age of 81. Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris https://t.co/MHUCxcsRQi pic.twitter.com/3HxgLUGReO
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 3, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1852 novelist (Dead Souls), short story writer ("The Overcoat", "Viy", "The Nose", "Diary of a Madman", "The Portrait", "The Carriage"), playwright (Marriage) Nikolai Gogol died in Moscow, aged 42. Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow https://t.co/SMJhglpIRl pic.twitter.com/j4prlcVZyr
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 4, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 2009 playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta, The Trip to Bountiful), screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies) Horton Foote died in Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 92. Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton, Texas https://t.co/SMJhglpIRl pic.twitter.com/XWKEVihq1d
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 4, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 2016, author (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, South of Broad) Pat Conroy died in Beaufort, South Carolina from pancreatic cancer at the age of 70. St. Helena Memorial Garden, St. Helena Island, South Carolina https://t.co/SMJhglpIRl pic.twitter.com/5Yj3SGxGzX
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 4, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1963 poet, writer, and physician William Carlos Williams died at his home in Rutherford, New Jersey, aged 79. Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey https://t.co/SMJhglpIRl pic.twitter.com/P2YjlEMD0Y
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 4, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1986 Canadian poet and novelist (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) Elizabeth Smart died in London of a heart attack, aged 72. St George's churchyard, Saint Cross South Elmham, Suffolk https://t.co/SMJhglpIRl pic.twitter.com/qh4jqn6asl
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 4, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1966 one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century, Anna Akhmatova died of heart failure in Moscow at the age of 76. Komarovo Cemetery in St. Petersburg (portrait by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin) https://t.co/wwanmTQuCp pic.twitter.com/2mtiXQjmMV
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 5, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1876 French romantic author (Nélida), historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern, lover of Franz Liszt, Marie d'Agoult died in Paris, aged 70, and was buried in Division 54 of Père Lachaise Cemetery (portrait by Henri Lehmann) https://t.co/wwanmTQuCp pic.twitter.com/JZpU1v0rxf
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 5, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1888 novelist (Little Women), short story writer, poet, Louisa May Alcott died of a stroke in Boston, aged 55. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass. near Emerson, Hawthorne, & Thoreau, on a hillside now known as "Authors' Ridge" https://t.co/jS69hlw47x pic.twitter.com/LQxdPaIGPn
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 6, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1973 writer and novelist (The Good Earth) Pearl S. Buck died of lung cancer in Danby, Vermont aged 80. Green Hills Farm in Perkasie, Pennsylvania https://t.co/jS69hlw47x pic.twitter.com/4oHJIcKWth
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 6, 2024
#RIP #OTD 1897 African-American abolitionist, writer (Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl), Harriet Jacobs died in Washington, D.C. aged 82. Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts https://t.co/lpANzYiTdC pic.twitter.com/LlmuJfBTfl
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 7, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1967, member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, life partner of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas died in Paris at the age of 89. Next to Stein in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris https://t.co/lpANzYiTdC pic.twitter.com/63z6PaYvVv
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 7, 2024