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The Writer’s Almanac for October 25, 2018

Posted on October 25, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Pablo Picasso, who said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

The Writer’s Almanac for October 24, 2018

Posted on October 24, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer and explorer Alexandra David-Néel (1868), a French woman who adventured across the world and became a Tantric lama at age 52.

The Writer’s Almanac for October 23, 2018

Posted on October 23, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Ang Lee (1954), who had not yet mastered the English language when he directed a 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

The Writer’s Almanac for October 22, 2018

Posted on October 22, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of composer Franz Liszt (1811), whose fans used to fight over his dropped possessions, and scream and faint at his performances, in a phenomenon known as “Lisztomania.”

The Writer’s Almanac for October 21, 2018

Posted on October 21, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the late actress and author Carrie Fisher, who said of her hypothetical obituary, “I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.”

The Writer’s Almanac for October 20, 2018

Posted on October 20, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854), who wrote all of his poetry in the space of less than five years, from age 15 to 20.

The Writer’s Almanac for October 19, 2018

Posted on October 19, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Tracy Chevalier, author of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” who said, “Don’t write about yourself — you aren’t as interesting as you think.”

The Writer’s Almanac for October 18, 2018

Posted on October 18, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1851 that Moby-Dick was first published, in beautiful bindings decorated with paintings of the wrong type of whale.

The Writer’s Almanac for October 17, 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Shinichi Suzuki (1898), who developed a way of teaching very young children to play classical music by listening and imitating.

The Writer’s Almanac for October 16, 2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Oscar Wilde (Dublin, 1854), who said, “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”

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