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on Dec 27, 2025

Clive Barker
J.D. Salinger
Robert B. Parker
H.P. Lovecraft

J.D. Salinger. Jerome David Salinger was born in Manhattan, New York on January 1, 1919.

Literature Trivia / December 27, 2025

China. Although most of the stories in "Arabian Nights" occur in Persia, Aladdin was actually Chinese and the magician was from Morocco.

Literature Trivia / December 26, 2025

Aesop. There are no records to prove that Aesop ever wrote anything down, but after his death people started to write down the fables he'd told.

Literature Trivia / December 26, 2025

Rabbit, Run. John Updike said he wrote "Rabbit, Run" in response to Jack Kerouac's "On the Road".

Literature Trivia / December 25, 2025

Trespassers William. In "Winnie the Pooh", Piglet is a very small timid animal with a stutter and a grandfather named Trespassers William.

Literature Trivia / December 25, 2025

Iago. Iago is Othello's ensign.

Literature Trivia / December 24, 2025

William Golding. William Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize in literature.