Literary Milestones: February 2015
On the 25 February, 1956, Silvia Plath and Ted Hughes met at the launch of a Cambridge literary journal.
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On the 25 February, 1956, Silvia Plath and Ted Hughes met at the launch of a Cambridge literary journal.
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January 24 will mark the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death, the unlikely recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. Continue reading Literary Milestones: Winston Churchill’s Nobel Prize for Literature
On 11 October 1931, notable Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, the well-regarded writer of Pygmalion and John Bull’s Other Island, broadcast his enthused support for Joseph Stalin across the airwaves. In the lecture, Shaw enthusiastically advised listeners of the wonderful … Continue reading Literary Milestones: October 2014
September 22, 1598: Ben Jonson is indicated for manslaughter. Continue reading Literary Milestones: September 2014.