Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940)
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Roald Dahl Was Born On This Day
C. S. Forester Was Born On This Day.
Born Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
27 August 1899
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt.
Died 2 April 1966 (aged 66)
Fullerton, California, U.S.
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Enid Blyton Was Born On This Day
J K Rowling Was Born On This Day
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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950),
better known by his pen name George Orwell.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Was Born On This Day
The first American novel to sell over a million copies. By calling attention to the issue of slavery, it has become a part of our country’s literary and historical heritage.
Stowe was an abolitionist and the author of the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Upon meeting her, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe: (June 14, 1811- July 1, 1896)
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William Butler Yeats Was Born On This Day
W.B. Yeats (June 13, 1865- January 28, 1939)
Poet and playwright William Butler Yeats was the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. A few of his more famous works include The Tower and Deirdre.
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Born: 12 June 1929,Frankfurt, Germany.
Died: 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.
Full name: Annelies Marie Frank.
AM Simpson 