1 March The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
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Harry Nicholls1852 · London English actor and comedian (1852-1926) -
Lytton Strachey1880 · London English writer (1880–1932) -
Angela du Maurier1904 · London British actress and novelist (1904–2002) -
David Niven1910 · London British actor and novelist (1910–1983) -
Jim Crace1946 · St Albans English novelist, short story writer and playwright (born 1946)
Thought for the day
The art of biography seems to have fallen on evil times in England. … With us, the most delicate and humane of all the branches of the art of writing has been relegated to the journeymen of letters; we do not reflect that it is perhaps as difficult to write a good life as to live one.
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Published on this day
- 1991 Final Exit by Derek Humphry
- 1990 Gallowglass by Ruth Rendell
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Photo credits
- Harry Nicholls: Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lytton Strachey: Dora Carrington (1893-1932), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Angela du Maurier: Hay Wrightson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- David Niven: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jim Crace: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Zouch: Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized