19 June The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 01
Thought for the day
He often lying broad awake, and yet Remaining from the body, and apart In intellect and power and will, hath heard Time flowing in the middle of the night, And all things creeping to a day of doom.
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Remembered today
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William Combe British writer and adventurer (1742-1823) -
George W. M. Reynolds British writer (1814-1879) -
Brandon Thomas British dramatist and actor (1848–1914) -
Harry Arthur Saintsbury English actor and playwright (1869–1939) -
William Golding British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993) -
Pamela Hansford Johnson English writer and critic (1912–1981)
Published on this day
- 2014 The Silkworm by J. K. Rowling
- 2012 The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
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Photo credits
- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Combe: George Dance (1793), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Brandon Thomas: не позднее 1914 г., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harry Arthur Saintsbury: Cecil Barth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Golding: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Pamela Hansford Johnson: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized