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, 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/D8EyteNZEF

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 28, 2023

28 January 1939. Irish born, W. B. Yeats, one of the most acclaimed and influential poets of the 20th century, died (aged 73) He was the 1st Irish person to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He’s commemorated in Sligo town by a statue, created by sculptor, Rowan Gillespie. pic.twitter.com/WSWzrZSPva

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 28, 2023

#RIP #OTD W. B. Yeats epitaph...

Cast a cold Eye
On Life, on Death.
Horseman, pass by!https://t.co/cdhUh62ehJ pic.twitter.com/e0C2cIGNEv

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 28, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1960, folklorist, anthropologist, and author (There Eyes were Watching God) Zora Neale Hurston died at St. Lucie County Welfare Home in St. Lucie, Florida of hypertensive heart disease, age 69. Garden of Heavenly Rest in Fort Pierce, Florida https://t.co/cdhUh62ehJ pic.twitter.com/2KB57hIidG

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 28, 2023

29 January 1845. The poem, The Raven, was published in The Evening Mirror in New York. It was the first publication under the name of Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow descent into madness. pic.twitter.com/UOqgSp6WAO

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 29, 2023

29 January 1860. Russian writer, Anton Chekhov, was born in Taganrog, Russia. His career as a playwright produced classic plays including: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. His best short stories are also held in high esteem by critics and writers. pic.twitter.com/bEyRgWRMhj

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 29, 2023

29 January 1888. Edward Lear died (aged 75). He’s best known for his nonsense collection of poems entitled, A Book of Nonsense, which helped popularize the form. It included his most famous nonsense poem of all, The Owl and the Pussycat, which he wrote for children. pic.twitter.com/yarBqdoA5P

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 29, 2023

29 January 1930. The anti-war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues), by Erich Remarque, was published in Germany. It related the stress of German soldiers during WW1. It became an international best seller, but in 1933 it was banned by Hitler. pic.twitter.com/lFLV8jZpap

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 29, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1956, journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, the “Sage of Baltimore”, H. L. Mencken, died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 75. Mencken Family Estate in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore https://t.co/pk5fKp4O1C pic.twitter.com/wVinQ0upgs

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 29, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1963 poet Robert Frost died in Boston from prostrate cancer surgery complications at the age of 88. Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont https://t.co/pk5fKp4O1C pic.twitter.com/uLRJNUhPek

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 29, 2023

Late addition from yesterday.

#RIP #OTD in 1888 artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet (The Book of Nonsense, The Owl and the Pussycat) Edward Lear died of heart failure at his Villa Tennyson, Sanremo, Italy aged 75. Cemetery Foce in Sanremo https://t.co/pk5fKp4O1C pic.twitter.com/Q7bHQZsxWb

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 29, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2006, author, activist, civil rights leader, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., the “First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement” Coretta Scott King died of complications from ovarian cancer in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, aged 78. MLK Center in Atlanta https://t.co/DbtabMB207 pic.twitter.com/80xodQZAez

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 30, 2023

31 January 1929. Legendary US author and journalist, Norman Mailer, was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His novels include: The Naked and the Dead, An American Dream, and The Executioner’s Song. His non-fiction work includes The Fight and Oswald’s Tale: An American Mystery. pic.twitter.com/vdFibYBhat

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 31, 2023

31 January 1956. Alan Alexander (“AA”) Milne, died (aged 74). He’s best known for his books about honey-loving teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. The author named the character after a teddy bear that was owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, on whom he based Christopher Robin. pic.twitter.com/CZKKO7i8AY

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 31, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2012, painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet, wife of Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning died at her Manhattan home at age 101. Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris https://t.co/oop5uiaC3b pic.twitter.com/m0VfMUN2BV

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) January 31, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1851, novelist (Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus), short story writer, dramatist, wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley died in Chester Square, London from a brain tumour, aged 53. St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth, England https://t.co/QPvzfRRwEy pic.twitter.com/s3jDUg2R9q

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) February 1, 2023

2 February 1863. The US writer, Samuel Clemens, used the pseudonym, Mark Twain, for the first time. Clemens claimed that he’d appropriated his nom de plume from a staid Mississippi riverboat captain. pic.twitter.com/O0NRIoQ5iF

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 2, 2023

2 February 1882. James Joyce was born in Dublin. He’s regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. His best known novel is, Ulysses, which chronicles a day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin on 16 June 1904. pic.twitter.com/Y3uprjskO8

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 2, 2023

101 years now.

This day 97 years ago – 2 February 1922 – James Joyce's Ulysses was first published in its entirety, on Joyce's fortieth birthday.

He had received an offer of publication from Sylvia Beach, an American-born writer based in Paris.

It was unavailable in Ireland until the 1960s. pic.twitter.com/aEmJPeVlag

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) February 2, 2019