Mar 20Brendan Behan Is DeadMar. 20, 1964 - Brendan Behan (pictured in Dublin in 1960), the Irish playwright, died today at Meath Hospital in Dublin. He was 41 years...
Mar 10John Updike and Five Others Receive National Book AwardsMar. 10, 1964 - Six authors — John Updike (pictured), Aileen Ward, Christopher Tunnard, Boris Pushkarev, William H. McNeill, and John...
Dec 9, 2023Ernest Hemingway’s Widow Discloses Creative Work Left BehindDec. 9, 1963 - Mrs. Mary Hemingway (right in 1952), widow of the late Ernest Hemingway, disclosed today that a novel, a travel book, a...
Nov 24, 2023C.S. Lewis Is DeadNov. 24, 1963 - Professor C.S Lewis, literary historian, Christian apologist, and author of “The Screwtape Letters,” died Friday at his...