Tweet us today with author birthdays! June 27 Paul L. Dunbar (born June 27, 1872) – U.S. poet, short story writer, novelist – Lyrics of Lowly Life Read about Paul Dunbar here aand here Sympathy I KNOW what the caged … Continue reading
Tweet us today with author birthdays! June 20 Amos Tutuola (born June 20, 1920) – Nigerian novelist – The Palm Wine Drinkard (1952) Read the Authors Calendar biography of Amos Tutuola https://web.archive.org/web/20050205175835/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tutuola.htm Read the New York Times obituary for Amos … Continue reading
Tweet us today with author birthdays! June 13 William Butler Yeats (b. 1865) – Irish poet, playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature (1923) – The Tower (1928) Read the Authors Calendar biography of William Butler Yeats https://web.archive.org/web/20050225100505/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wbyeats.htm June 14 Ernesto … Continue reading
Tweet us today with author birthdays! June 6 Isaiah Berlin (born June 6, 1909) – U.K. philosopher, essayist – “The Hedgehog and the Fox” Read the Authors Calendar biography of Isaiah Berlin Read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article about … Continue reading
