8 May The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 08
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Francis Quarles1592 · Romford English poet -
Charlotte Maria Tucker1821 · Friern Barnet English children's writer -
J. Meade Falkner1858 · Wiltshire British writer (1858–1932) -
Bernard Newman1897 · Ibstock British writer -
Pat Barker1943 · Thornaby-on-Tees British writer -
Ruth Padel1946 · Wimpole Street British poet and author -
Kwame Anthony Appiah1954 · London Ghanian-British-American philosopher and writer -
Rosie Garland1960 · London British novelist, poet, singer (born 1960)
Thought for the day
There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast, when struggling passions lower; Touch'd by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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Remembered today
No writer in our collection died on 8 May.
Published on this day
- 1794 The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
- 1978 A Sleeping Life by Ruth Rendell
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Photo credits
- Francis Quarles: Unknown authorUnknown author; hochgeladen von ANKAWÜ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charlotte Maria Tucker: W. Kotzman?, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- J. Meade Falkner: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bernard Newman: Simon Hipkin, his grandson, scanned & cropped from autobiography, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Pat Barker: summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ruth Padel: 8podi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kwame Anthony Appiah: Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Rosie Garland: Stella Wisdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized