Poetry in Motion
2 November 1950. Irish playwright and poet, George Bernard Shaw, died (aged 94). He wrote more than 60 plays, including: Man and Superman, Pygmalion (later turned into musical My Fair Lady), and Saint Joan. He was the first writer to win a Nobel Prize (1925) and an Oscar (1938). pic.twitter.com/1hSDvUFPdS
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 2, 2023
2 November 1960. Penguin publishers were cleared of obscenity for printing the DH Lawrence novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. After just 3 hours of deliberation, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty. pic.twitter.com/uv9kfDufQl
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 2, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1975 poet, filmmaker (Mamma Roma), writer, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), playwright, artist, actor Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered, run over by his car, on the beach at Ostia, Italy. Cimitero di Casarsa Della Delizia https://t.co/wvbEjNaq9I pic.twitter.com/x1fAIxTwgk
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 2, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1793 during la Terreur, playwright, abolitionist, and feminist (Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne) Olympe de Gouges mounted a Paris scaffold to the guillotine, at the age of 45. Catacombes de Paris https://t.co/asTHBnhk3f pic.twitter.com/TLt7KVerfw
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 3, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1918, poet ("Dulce et Decorum est") and soldier Wilfred Owen was killed in World War I action, during the crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, exactly one week before the signing of the Armistice, aged 25. Communal Cemetery in Ors, France pic.twitter.com/61vTjRu3oh
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 4, 2023
4 November 2008. Best selling author, Michael Crichton, died (aged 66). His novels Disclosure and Jurassic Park were No.1 best sellers, and became hugely successful Hollywood films. He also created the TV series, ER, which was the best-rated programme on US television. pic.twitter.com/Vkf1VXkDZh
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2023
6 November 1856. The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton was submitted for publication by Mary Evans, using the pseudonym, George Eliot. The stories were published anonymously in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1857 and released in 2 volumes by Blackwood and Sons in January 1858. pic.twitter.com/usMgjkkArn
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 6, 2023
8 November 1342. Julian of Norwich was born. Her book, Revelations of Divine Love, is the first known book written by a woman in English. Julian was largely unknown until 1670, when her writings were first published. pic.twitter.com/MdatSOwVLP
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 8, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1674, poet (Paradise Lost) John Milton, died in Bunhill, London, England at the age of 65 from kidney failure. St. Giles Cripplegate Churchyard in London https://t.co/lQrstKwPLV pic.twitter.com/C7KR5TzwuB
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 8, 2023
8 November 1847. Bram Stoker was born in Dublin. He’s best known for his gothic novel, Dracula, which tells the story of Count Dracula’s attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse. This is opposed by Abraham Van Helsing. pic.twitter.com/0w1NQcdJk4
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 8, 2023
8 November 1920. Rupert Bear appeared in the Daily Express for the first time. Rupert was born because newspaper owner Lord Beaverbrook noticed rival newspapers featured animal-based cartoons, but not the Express, but Rupert was not given his own daily cartoon strip until 1935. pic.twitter.com/9W1ktt3e9L
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 8, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1998 author (Black Narcissus, The River, The Greengage Summer) Rumer Godden died from a stroke in Moniaive, Scotland aged 90. Rye Cemetery, Rye, Rother District, East Sussex, England https://t.co/lQrstKxnBt pic.twitter.com/qktI1n6LQf
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 8, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1918, poet, playwright (Les mamelles de Tiresias), short story writer, and novelist, Guillaume Apollinaire died in Paris during the Spanish flu pandemic at the age of 38. Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris https://t.co/ACWJVG5FOn pic.twitter.com/A4eHT8iwCO
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 9, 2023
9 November 1937. Roger McGough was born in Litherland, Lancashire. He was a leading member of the Liverpool Poets, a group influenced by Beat poetry. He was also a member of The Scaffold, along with Mike McCartney and John Gorman. He also presented Poetry Please on BBC Radio 4. pic.twitter.com/b1WPnwjh9a
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1953, poet ("Do not go gentle into that good night", "And death shall have no dominion"), writer, Dylan Thomas died in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village from pneumonia, aged 39. Saint Martin’s Churchyard in Laugharne, Wales https://t.co/ACWJVG5FOn pic.twitter.com/vvZCIwBmSx
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 9, 2023
9 November 1967. The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published. It featured John Lennon’s appearance in the film, How I Won The War. The founder of the magazine, Jann Wenner, wrote that Rolling Stone was intended to be a combination of a newspaper and a magazine. pic.twitter.com/1OWlskuNWV
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2004, journalist, writer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) Stieg Larsson died from a heart attack in Stockholm, at the age of 50. Högalid Church cemetery, Stockholm https://t.co/ACWJVG5FOn pic.twitter.com/4jtb19OPD0
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 9, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1891, poet (Une Saison en Enfer), Arthur Rimbaud died in Marseille, France at the age of 37 from bone cancer. Charleville-Mezieres Cimetière in Charleville-Mezieres, France. Priez pour lui https://t.co/TKFDNKTPVk pic.twitter.com/rycfflKBpE
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) November 10, 2023
10 November 1958. Bertolt Brecht’s anti Nazi satire play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, premiered in the USA. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster. The play is a satire on the rise of Hitler and Nazi rule in Germany. pic.twitter.com/8We2IMWVvF
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2023
10 November 1960. UK Bookshops sold out the first 200,000 printed copies of the controversial DH Lawrence novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. pic.twitter.com/YYO34i1q8c
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2023