15 November The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 08
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Kitty Clive1711 · London British actress (1711-1785) -
Charlotte Mew1869 · London British poet (1869–1928) -
William Hope Hodgson1877 · Blackmore End British writer (1877–1918) - Richmal Crompton1890 · Bury English short-story writer and novelist (1890–1969)
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Sacheverell Sitwell1897 · Scarborough British art and architectural historian and writer, baronet (1969-1988) -
Heathcote Williams1941 · Helsby English poet, actor and dramatist (1941-2017) -
Tibor Fischer1959 · Stockport British-Hungarian writer -
Bruno Maddox1969 · London British novelist and journalist
Thought for the day
We truly to think that the world doth even now be old; and this to have seemed a true thing unto every age that ever did live.
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Photo credits
- Kitty Clive: William Verelst, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charlotte Mew: poetryfoundation.orgg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Hope Hodgson: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sacheverell Sitwell: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Heathcote Williams: Open Media Ltd., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tibor Fischer: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bruno Maddox: Glamatron1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edith Alleyne Sinnotte: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized