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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 7, 2022

Posted on October 7, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of poet and essayist Diane Ackerman (1948), of Australian author Thomas Keneally (1935), of Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885), and of poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849)

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 6, 2022

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Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, received its premiere at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence on this date in 1600.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

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Today is the birthday of French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot, born in Langres (1713). Diderot, who said, “Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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1941 marked the birth of Anne Rice, author of “Interview with a Vampire.” Rice died in October 2021 at the age of 80.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 3, 2022

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” – The works of Emily Post, born on this day in 1873.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 2, 2022

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On this day in 1950, the comic strip Peanuts, written and illustrated by Twin Cities native Charles M. Schulz, was first published. The series and its creator won award after award, and Peanuts was lauded for its deft social commentary, wry wisdom, and the satirical eye.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 1, 2022

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It’s the birthday of Ernest Haycox, 1899, who said to become a successful writer. “First, one must break in to print somewhere, anywhere, with anything, and get money for it.” Second, “consolidate in that field … to such a point that your stories will be good enough to sell whenever written.” and Third “to do something permanent, something at least bordering on the field of literature. The first two stages can be accomplished by sheer muscle and sweat. The third is an entirely different problem.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 30, 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1452, the first section of the Gutenberg Bible was finished in Mainz, Germany, by the printer Johannes Gutenberg. On this day in 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s two-act opera The Magic Flute premiered at the Freihaus Theater in the composer’s hometown of Vienna, Austria. And, it’s the birthday of author Truman Capote, born in 1924 and best known for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 29, 2022

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Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London on this day in 1810. Elizabeth Gaskell was close friends with novelist Charlotte Brontë, the author of Jane Eyre. After Brontë died, Gaskell wrote the biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857), which many scholars now consider a definitive work.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Posted on September 28, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of scrivener and alchemist Nicholas Flamel, who was born on the outskirts of Paris in the year 1300 to a poor but respectable family. He and his wife Pernelle were thought to have discovered an elixir of life. He has been enshrined in modern memory by the Harry Potter books, which feature the Flamel’s as friends of Albus Dumbledore in the book “The Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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