Tag: literature

ON THIS DAY: Author George Orwell passes away (1950)

On this Day January 21, 2026 at 16:25

Renowned writer George Orwell has died, at 46, after a three-year battle with tuberculosis. Until recently, news had suggested he was improving. On Friday...

ON THIS DAY: Celebrating the birth of Umberto Eco (1932)

On this Day January 5, 2026 at 15:17

On 5 January 1932, one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th and early 21st centuries was born in Alessandria, Italy. Umberto Eco...

ON THIS DAY: The death of Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

On this Day October 7, 2025 at 17:59

The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most influential writers and poets, died on this day in 1849 in Baltimore,...

ON THIS DAY: Goethe (1749) and Tolstoy (1828) are born

On this Day August 28, 2025 at 15:46

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of Germany’s greatest literary figures...