March 22, 2008

Reader’s Almanac: 3/22

Born today: Randolph Caldecott, illustrator, Chester, England, 1846; Louis L'Amour, Western novelist, Jamestown, N.D., 1908; Gabrielle Roy, novelist, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, 1909; Nicholas Monsarrat, novelist, Liverpool, England, 1910; William Shatner, actor, singer, sci-fi novelist, Montreal, 1931; Bob Costas, journalist, New York City, 1952.

Died: Thomas Carew, poet, playwright, London, 1640; Jonathan Edwards, theologian, essayist, sermon writer, Princeton, N.J., 1758; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, playwright, author, philosopher, Weimar, Germany, 1832; Rene' Marques, playwright, short-story writer, critic, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1979; Harriette Arnow, novelist, historian, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1986.

Quote for the Day: Death. Death. Death ... For if desire is the only thing on their lips, their hearts harbour only dreams of death ... Horror and fascination, death haunts them, these fanatics of desire. — Annie Leclerc

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