21 October The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 07
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George Colman the Younger1762 · London English dramatist and writer (1762-1836) -
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772 · Ottery St Mary English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834) - Wyke Bayliss1835 · Madeley British painter, author and poet (1835-1906)
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Alice Dudeney1866 · Brighton English dramatic/romantic novelist (1866-1945) -
James Brockway1916 · Birmingham British writer (1916–2000) -
Maureen Duffy1933 · Worthing British novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author, activist -
Attila the Stockbroker1957 · Southwick British punk poet, folk punk musician and songwriter
Thought for the day
O! the one Life, within us and abroad, Which meets all Motion, and becomes its soul, A Light in Sound, a sound-like power in Light, Rhythm in all Thought, and Joyance every where.
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Published on this day
- 2016 Battlefield 1 by Steven Hall
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Photo credits
- George Colman the Younger: William Ridley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Samuel Cousins / After Washington Allston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alice Dudeney: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Brockway: Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Maureen Duffy: Jerestine philomina antony, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Attila the Stockbroker: Madchickenwoman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Wyatt: anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edmund Waller: John Riley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Samuel Foote: Jean-François Gilles Colson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Arthur Satchell: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized