8 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
Your tears come easy , when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it.
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Remembered today
No writer in our collection died on 8 January.
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- Wilkie Collins: Rudolf Lehmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry James Byron: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Storm Jameson: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized