Today in Literary and Art History: May 12

Today in Literary and Art History: May 12

May 12 1606 – Artist Joachim von Sandrart born https://amzn.to/2SFHSjT
May 12 1812 – English artist and author Edward Lear born https://amzn.to/3tIkFKG
May 12 1828 – English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti born https://amzn.to/2ROmbOp
May 12 1873 – Canadian artist J. E. H. MacDonald born https://amzn.to/3bnsjnz
May 12 1895 – Indian author Jiddu Krishnamurti born https://amzn.to/33AhV7G
May 12 1903 – American poet Lorine Niedecker born https://amzn.to/3w5JRN3
May 12 1907 – British author Leslie Charteris born https://amzn.to/2Qbks55
May 12 1911 – American cartoonist Charles Biro born https://amzn.to/3w0vMR0
May 12 1914 – Dutch poet Bertus Aafjes born https://amzn.to/3hlGMUT
May 12 1915 – American animator Tony Strobl born https://amzn.to/3tGUNiu ; American author Joe David Brown born https://amzn.to/2Rh61Nn
May 12 1916 – American writer Albert Murray born https://amzn.to/3bmznkq
May 12 1921 – German artist Joseph Beuys born https://amzn.to/3blXMXh ; Canadian author Farley Mowat born https://amzn.to/2Rh6uPD
May 12 1924 – Nicaraguan author Claribel Alegría born https://amzn.to/2ROvOg0
May 12 1933 – Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky born https://amzn.to/3blBDrX
May 12 1934 – Nigerian author Elechi Amadi born https://amzn.to/3ocg8zd
May 12 1936 – American artist Frank Stella born https://amzn.to/3w5fJRZ

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Today in Literary and Art History: May 11

Today in Literary and Art History: May 11

May 11 1864 – Irish author Ethel Voynich born https://amzn.to/3biY80U

May 11 1896 – American author Mari Sandoz born https://amzn.to/3y3vPNG
May 11 1901 – Austrian poet Rose Ausländer born https://amzn.to/3himCuN
May 11 1902 – American screenwriter Gordon Kahn born https://amzn.to/2Q7TTxI
May 11 1912 – Indian writer Saadat Hasan Manto born https://amzn.to/3fcbfSy
May 11 1916 – Spanish writer Camilo José Cela born https://amzn.to/3tMmhU5
May 11 1927 – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is created https://amzn.to/3tBUHZp
May 11 1930 – American author Stanley Elkin born https://amzn.to/3uEfEnU
May 11 1967 – Hungarian poet Géza Röhrig born https://amzn.to/3fedWTN

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Today in Literary and Art History: May 10

Today in Literary and Art History: May 10

May 10 1604 – French dramatist Jean Mairet born https://amzn.to/3hkne39
May 10 1760 – German writer Johann Peter Hebel born https://amzn.to/3tyn0b9
May 10 1876 – Slovene writer Ivan Cankar born https://amzn.to/3o5AYju
May 10 1888 – Prolific film composer Max Steiner born https://amzn.to/3o4EBpV
May 10 1900 – Cartoonist V.T. Hamlin born https://amzn.to/3ewpnH8
May 10 1905 – Puerto Rican comic artist Alex Shomburg born https://amzn.to/2RDshRu
May 10 1915 – English author Monica Dickens born https://amzn.to/3uAnnU7
May 10 1925 – Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida born https://amzn.to/3hep2KW
May 10 1933 – Nazi book burning campaign in Berlin begins https://amzn.to/2RH3RGC
May 10 1944 – American author Judith McNaught born https://amzn.to/2RE17Kq
May 10 1953 – American children’s book author Christopher Paul Curtis born https://amzn.to/3hc4cvT
May 10 1973 – American author Tana French born https://amzn.to/3hcdZSE

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