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#921 · November 27, 2023, 2:01 pm

27 November 2014. The acclaimed British crime writer, PD James died (aged 94). She rose to fame for her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. During the 1980s, many of her novels were adapted for television by ITV in the UK. pic.twitter.com/qlyLcDyz0d

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 27, 2023

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#922 · November 28, 2023, 1:47 pm

28 November 1757. William Blake was born in London. His poem “And did those feet in ancient time”, later became the song, Jerusalem. In 2002, Blake was placed at No 38 in the BBC’s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. pic.twitter.com/oa5bItDAtf

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

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#923 · November 28, 2023, 1:47 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1859, short story writer (“Rip Van Winkle”, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”), essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat Washington Irving died of a heart attack in his home at Sunnyside, New York at the age of 76. Sleepy Hollow cemetery https://t.co/BI2G9QVLav pic.twitter.com/YgGOQQg0CA

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#924 · November 28, 2023, 1:48 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1960, author of novels (Native Son), short stories, poems, and non-fiction, Richard Wright died in Paris from a heart attack at the age of 52. Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris https://t.co/BI2G9QVLav pic.twitter.com/FnmQzgZzHq

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#925 · November 28, 2023, 1:49 pm

28 November 1968. Children’s author, Enid Blyton, died (aged 71). Her books including, Noddy and The Famous Five, have been translated into 90 languages, and have sold over 600 million copies. pic.twitter.com/xUqBwGIExC

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

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#926 · November 29, 2023, 2:01 pm

29 November 1898. Clive Staples (“CS”) Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He’s best known for his works of fiction, especially, The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy. pic.twitter.com/UQgc0o7raH

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

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#927 · November 30, 2023, 1:53 pm

30 November 1667. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. He’s best remembered for the political satire, Gulliver’s Travels. George Orwell named him as one of the writers he most admired, but admitted disagreeing with him on almost every moral and political issue. pic.twitter.com/FcajbjZNHm

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2023

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#928 · November 30, 2023, 1:53 pm

30 November 1835. The novelist and legendary wit, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), was born in Florida, Missouri, USA. He’s been called “the father of American Literature”. His novels include: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. pic.twitter.com/p7g4lmENvq

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2023

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#929 · November 30, 2023, 1:54 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1900, novelist (The Picture of Dorian Gray), playwright (The Importance of Being Earnest), poet (The Ballad of Reading Gaol), aesthete, Oscar Wilde died from meningitis in Paris, aged 46. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris https://t.co/sx4odOp8IX pic.twitter.com/NUr4sS8GZF

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#930 · November 30, 2023, 1:55 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1967, poet (Raglan Road, The Great Hunger) and novelist (Tarry Flynn) Patrick Kavanagh died at the age of 63 in a Dublin nursing home. Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland, adjoining the Patrick Kavanagh Centre https://t.co/sx4odOp8IX pic.twitter.com/gyCpdXhTwa

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#931 · December 1, 2023, 2:05 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1947 occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, mountaineer Aleister Crowley died; Netherwood boarding house in Hastings, England of COPD, aged 72. Cremated remains buried in the garden of a house in Lebanon Township, New Jersey https://t.co/HhgvpX24UV pic.twitter.com/oziOKE7TKv

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#932 · December 1, 2023, 2:06 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1987, novelist (Go Tell it on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, If Beale Street Could Talk), social critic James Baldwin died from stomach cancer at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, aged 63. Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York https://t.co/HhgvpX24UV pic.twitter.com/fqgb2Aofbq

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#933 · December 1, 2023, 2:08 pm

#RIP #OTD 1998 novelist (The Wife of Martin Guerre, The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron), poet ("Country Burial"), and librettist, Janet Lewis died at her home in Los Altos, California at the age of 99 https://t.co/HhgvpX24UV pic.twitter.com/yzsp45IajD

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#934 · December 2, 2023, 1:47 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1918 poet and dramatist (Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Romanesques) Edmond Rostand died from the 1918 flu pandemic in Paris, aged 50. Cimetière Saint-Pierre, Marseille, Departement des Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France https://t.co/nRal0853bO pic.twitter.com/ybIor2ipdy

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#935 · December 2, 2023, 1:50 pm

2 December 1985. Leading British Poet Philip Larkin died (aged 63). He was offered, but declined, the role of Poet Laureate in 1984. One of his most famous lines was that sexual intercourse began in 1963, “Between the end of the (Lady) Chatterley ban and The Beatles’ first LP.” pic.twitter.com/CXxhDMhq6j

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

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#936 · December 3, 2023, 1:52 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1894, Scottish novelist (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), poet, travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson died, probably of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 44 in Vailima, Samoa. Mount Vaea, Samoa https://t.co/bcc90rGeP3 pic.twitter.com/VH0IH1zMLa

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#937 · December 3, 2023, 1:55 pm

#RIP #OTD in 2000 poet, author, teacher, the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize for her book Annie Allen, Gwendolyn Brooks died from cancer at her Chicago home, aged 83. Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois https://t.co/bcc90rGeP3 pic.twitter.com/d0A9pGfrcz

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#938 · December 4, 2023, 1:27 pm

#RIP #OTD 1131 polymath, mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyam died in his hometown of Nishapur, Persia (now Iran) aged 83. Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Nishapur https://t.co/jauzqrndg1 pic.twitter.com/3AkvLrVtXp

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#939 · December 4, 2023, 1:28 pm

#RIP #OTD in 1649, poet, the Scottish Petrarch, William Drummond of Hawthornden died at Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, aged 63. Parish church of Lasswade https://t.co/jauzqrndg1 pic.twitter.com/9MGNwMM4wQ

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#940 · December 4, 2023, 1:28 pm

4 December 1679. English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, died (aged 91). He was a key fiigure in the development of political philosophy. His most influential book was, Leviathan, which sets out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments. pic.twitter.com/JT7KZVXyfv

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) December 4, 2023

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