American writer Richard Wright born

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Making the Wright Connection
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American novelist and short story writer Sarah Orne Jewett born

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Launchpad: Wharton's Ethan Frome
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Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes christened

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Klondike Gold Rush begins

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Louisa May Alcott, American novelist, is born

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Madeleine L’Engle Camp is born

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Mary Shelley, née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, British writer, is born

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Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist and short story writer, is born

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Dorothy Parker, American writer, poet, critic and wit, is born

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Literatura.org: Literatura argentina contemporánea

Literatura.org: Literatura argentina contemporánea

Argentine contemporary literature: texts and national authors' biographies, pictures, and audio files in addition to special publications and issues, and interactive stories. Intermediate through advanced. AP recommended.

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