1903
George Orwell born
1903
Henry Green born
1905
Pauline Réage born
1907
1910
Mark Twain dies
1916
O. Henry dies
Romain Gary born
1914
Alice Sheldon born
1915
Patricia Highsmith born
1921
Sylvia Plath born
1932
1935
Fernando Pessoa dies
1950
George Orwell dies
1962
Isak Dinesen dies
1963
Sylvia Plath dies
1973
Henry Green dies
1980
Romain Gary dies
1987
Alice Sheldon dies
1989
Georges Simenon dies
1995
Patricia Highsmith dies
1998
Pauline Réage dies
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Epigraph
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CARMELA CIURARU is not a pseudonym. Her anthologies include First Loves: Poets Introduce the Essential Poems That Captivated and Inspired Them and Solitude Poems. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Elle Decor, ARTNews, O, The Oprah Magazine, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.
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