Poetry in Motion
8 March 1937. The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell was published. Its first half documents his sociological investigations of the living conditions of the working class in the industrial north of England, and the second half argues people would benefit from socialist policies. pic.twitter.com/ihEfCH1r8F
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 8, 2024
8 March 1978. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 for the 1st time. It follows the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, after the destruction of the Earth, who is rescued by alien, Ford Prefect, and hitchhikes on a passing spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/6sgA1qJrgc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 8, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1876 French poet, writer, lover (Gustave Flaubert, Alfred de Musset), La muse, Louise Colet died in Paris, aged 65. Municipal Cemetery Verneuil-sur-Seine https://t.co/nadGfAD9Zt pic.twitter.com/LhK3ebG0t8
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 9, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1994, poet, novelist (Women, Hollywood, Pulp), short story writer, screenwriter (Barfly) Charles Bukowski died of leukemia in San Pedro, Los Angeles, aged 73. Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California https://t.co/nadGfAD9Zt pic.twitter.com/yGOd2BuyIw
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 9, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1997, French journalist, author (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE, Jean-Dominique Bauby, died from stroke complications in Paris at the age of 44. Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris https://t.co/nadGfAD9Zt pic.twitter.com/oIkvhQRgAi
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 9, 2024
#RIP #OTD 1948, novelist (Save Me the Waltz) and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, died in a fire at the Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 47. Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland https://t.co/pFWYJ6298W pic.twitter.com/qulkldPRN1
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 10, 2024
11 March 1952. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge. He was the author of the novel based on the BBC Radio 4 Series, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which follows Englishman Arthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect, an alien who researches a pan-galactic encyclopaedia. pic.twitter.com/0rinmUqDx0
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 11, 2024
12 March 1922. Beat novelist, Jack Kerouac, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. He’s best known for the influential Beat Generation novel, On The Road, which follows Kerouac and his friends on a journey across the USA, against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. pic.twitter.com/4nBc2G8pjD
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 12, 2024
#RIP #OTD, approximately, in 1945, victim of the Holocaust and diarist, Anne Frank, died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lower Saxony, Nazi Germany at the age of 15. Mass grave at Bergen-Belsen https://t.co/bw5lOMhBma pic.twitter.com/x6SMgQkWrd
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 12, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 2001 author (The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Trilogy) Robert Ludlum died of a heart attack at his home in Naples, Florida, aged 73. Cremation https://t.co/bw5lOMhBma pic.twitter.com/uBhcFWjFxc
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 12, 2024
12 March 2015. Popular fantasy novelist, Terry Pratchett, died (aged 66). He’s best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. With more than 85 million books sold worldwide, translated into 37 languages, he is still one of the UK’s best-selling authors. pic.twitter.com/Xig9Kx9VIf
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 12, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1943, poet ("John Brown’s Body), short story writer ("The Devil and Daniel Webster", "By the Waters of Babylon), novelist, Stephen Vincent Benét, died of a heart attack in New York City, aged 44. Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Connecticut https://t.co/bLhbTXRxMe pic.twitter.com/MsTOdlZsJO
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 13, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1883 philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, socialist revolutionary, author (The Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), Karl Marx died; bronchitis/pleurisy; London, aged 64. Highgate Cemetery (East), London https://t.co/pbarA9K0XA pic.twitter.com/LYmOAHe1vS
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 14, 2024
14 March 1947. Poet and TV and radio presenter, Pam Ayres, was born in Stanford in the Vale. She rose to fame on talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1975. Her poetry, which has a simple quirky style, deals with everyday subject matter, and led to regular TV and radio appearances pic.twitter.com/X8OSaknK5T
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 14, 2024
15 March 2016. Historian, Asa Briggs, died (aged 94). He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, writing several seminal books on the subject, and also an expert on cultural history in the 20th century writing a definitive 5 volume history of British broadcasting. pic.twitter.com/M3DlTfij0k
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 15, 2024
#RIP #OTD in 1936 actress, journalist for Le Figaro, French suffragette, newspaper owner Marguerite Durand died in Paris, aged 72. Batignolles Cemetery, Paris. The Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand created from her collection of papers (portrait Jules Cayron) https://t.co/c53KhmmrT0 pic.twitter.com/AnjcK5bAsC
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 16, 2024
18 March 1893. Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of the trenches included: Dulce et Decorum est, Insensibility, Anthem for Doomed Youth and Futility. pic.twitter.com/pj9QW4X7Di
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 18, 2024
18 March 1932. Acclaimed US novelist , John Updike, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He’s best known for his “Rabbit” series of novels. He’s one of only 4 writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. pic.twitter.com/gTzHJBMBgd
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 18, 2024
18 March 1980. Philosopher, Erich Fromm, died (aged 79). He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the USA. He’s best known for his thought-provoking book, Escape from Freedom, which examines the psychological reasons for rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. pic.twitter.com/u5NXgx4if2
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 18, 2024
19 March 1933. Acclaimed novelist, Philip Roth, was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. His novels are autobiographical and were often set in his hometown. They are mostly provocative explorations of American identity. 8 of Roth’s novels and short stories have been adapted as films. pic.twitter.com/2SNHmcfvlz
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 19, 2024