20 April The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
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Chauncy Townshend1798 · Godalming English poet (1798–1868) -
Dinah Craik1826 · Stoke-on-Trent British novelist and poet (1826–1887) -
Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir1882 · Mayfair Canadian viceregal consort and writer (1882–1977) -
Sebastian Faulks1953 · Donnington British journalist and novelist -
Simon Clark1958 · Doncaster British horror novelist (b. 1958)
Thought for the day
The water which has been refused to the cry of the weary and dying is unholy, though it had been blessed by every saint in heaven; and the water which is found in the vessel of mercy is holy, though it had been defiled with corpses.
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Remembered today
No writer in our collection died on 20 April.
Published on this day
- 2000 Running Blind by Lee Child
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Photo credits
- Chauncy Townshend: John Boaden (d.1839), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dinah Craik: Hubert von Herkomer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir: Yousuf Karsh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sebastian Faulks: Elena Torre, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Simon Clark: Nihonjoe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized