12 August 1880. Author and poet, Radclyffe Hall, was born in Bournemouth. She’s best known for the novel, The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature which was deemed “obscene” during a court case and banned from sale. pic.twitter.com/D8DuBv62r7

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 12, 2023

12 August 1955. German novelist, Thomas Mann, died (aged 80). He won the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature and left Germany in 1933 when Hitler came to power. His most notable works are: Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, and Doctor Faustus. pic.twitter.com/PJYUNPzGsU

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 12, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1964, English author (James Bond 007 novels and stories), journalist and naval intelligence officer, Ian Fleming died at the age of 56 in Canterbury from a heart attack. Churchyard of Sevenhampton village, near Swindon https://t.co/UXXOdYP0Uj pic.twitter.com/flPrbRNnIh

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#RIP #OTD in 1934 writer (The Land of Little Rain, Taos Pueblo with photos by Ansel Adams) Mary Hunter Austin died in Santa Fe aged 65. Cremated remains Mount Pichaco, New Mexico https://t.co/USq9wdsjuc pic.twitter.com/aHGCL41r7J

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 13, 2023

13 August 1945. Howard Marks was born in Bridgend, Wales. He became a celebrity after his release from prison for drug dealing in the USA. His best selling autobiography called, Mr Nice, which advocated the legalisation of cannabis, was turned into a feature film. pic.twitter.com/09IOQ1fp7V

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 13, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1946, writer (The War of the Worlds, The Island of Doctor Moreau), H. G. Wells died at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, aged 79. Cremated remains scattered; English Channel at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in Dorset https://t.co/USq9wdsRjK pic.twitter.com/qU2mvStorn

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13 August 2012. American born journalist, Helen Gurley Brown, died (aged 90). She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. She was an advocate of women’s sexual freedom and sought to provide women with role models in her magazine. pic.twitter.com/4E0oeM2U4t

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 13, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1956 playwright (The Threepenny Opera), lyricist ("Mack the Knife", "Pirate Jenny"), poet, Bertolt Brecht died of a heart attack in East Berlin, at the age of 58. Dorotheenstadt Cemetery on Chausseestraße in the Mitte neighbourhood of Berlin https://t.co/RXvOeHi5UF pic.twitter.com/PxWb5Cgmfu

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 14, 2023

14 August 1984. John Boynton (“JB”) Priestley died (aged 89). His Yorkshire roots were reflected in much of his writing, most notably, in his first successful novel, The Good Companions. He’s also credited with strengthening public morale during the Battle of Britain in 1940. pic.twitter.com/kNl2XSnZpW

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 14, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1936, writer (Dopo il divorzio, Canne al vento, La chiesa della solitudine) Nobel Prize recepient for Literature in 1926, Grazia Deledda died; breast cancer in Rome, aged 64. Chiesa Della Solitudine, Nuoro, Provincia di Nuoro, Sardegna, Italy https://t.co/m7GS3f4Fze pic.twitter.com/ZCsoT0KfQJ

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 15, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2015 social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer Julian Bond died from complications of vascular disease in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, at the age of 75. South View Cemetery, Atlanta https://t.co/m7GS3f4Fze pic.twitter.com/gO0rTcgjEv

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#RIP #OTD in 1949, author of Gone with the Wind (1936), Pulitzer Prize recipient, Margaret Mitchell died at Grady Hospital, Atlanta five days after being struck by a speeding car while crossing Peachtree Street, aged 48. Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta https://t.co/kZYAAdLxOO pic.twitter.com/4uvt75Hlq6

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17 August 1930. Acclaimed poet, Ted Hughes, was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. He was appointed Poet Laureate from 1984, a post he held until his death in 1998. In 2008, The Times ranked him 4th on its list of “The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945”. pic.twitter.com/mYH2P6kBZR

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 17, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1942 novelist (David Golder, Le Bal, Le Vin de solitude, Suite française, Chaleur du sang) Irène Némirovsky was murdered in Auschwitz at the age of 39 https://t.co/RkARe5nGmn pic.twitter.com/jCErnxlGId

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17 August 1945. Animal Farm by George Orwell was published in the UK. According to Orwell, this allegorical novel reflected events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. pic.twitter.com/dpU4yzc9IR

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 17, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1973 novelist and poet, Pulitzer Prize recipient (Selected Poems), Poet Laureate, Conrad Aiken died in Savannah, Georgia at the age of 84. Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah https://t.co/RkARe5nGmn pic.twitter.com/luUnseCpc0

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#RIP #OTD in 1850 novelist (La Comédie humaine) and playwright Honoré de Balzac died in Paris at the age of 51. Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris https://t.co/2onMSTqPf6 pic.twitter.com/30Ii9KVqz7

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#RIP #OTD in 1936 poet, playwright and theatre director Federico García Lorca was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War near Alfacar, Granada, Spain at the age of 38. Grave unknown. Memorial at Barranco de Viznar https://t.co/JtFoVcBk1W pic.twitter.com/bTHIsi81JP

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 19, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1887, innovative Symbolist poet (L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune), model for Renoir's 1881 painting Le Déjeuner des canotiers, Jules Laforgue died in Paris of tuberulosis, aged 27. Cimètiere de Bagneux, France https://t.co/HvGVOrmJfw pic.twitter.com/qCoGOlh8oh

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 20, 2023