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Birthdays occurring on November, 28
| 1881 |
Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881
Austrian writer, 1881-1942Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself. More quotations from Stefan Zweig |
| 1894 |
Brooks Atkinson was born on November 28, 1894
American journalist and critic, 1894-1984It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth. More quotations from Brooks Atkinson |
| 1904 |
Nancy Mitford was born on November 28, 1904
English writer sister Jessica Mitford, 1904-1973To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease. More quotations from Nancy Mitford |
| 1907 |
Alberto Moravia was born on November 28, 1907
Italian journalist and novelist, 1907-1990There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent to one's feelings, to make confessions; from the instinct of economy which sometimes encourages a writer to make good use of even the smallest crumbs of his life, so that he may have one more book to publish; or again from vanity and self-satisfaction. More quotations from Alberto Moravia |
| 1908 |
Claude Levi-Strauss was born on November 28, 1908
French philosopher, b.1908The anthropologist respects history, but he does not accord it a special value. He conceives it as a study complementary to his own: one of them unfurls the range of human societies in time, the other in space. More quotations from Claude Levi-Strauss |
Deaths occurring on November, 28
| 1859 |
Washington Irving died on November 28, 1859
American writer called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. 1783-1859There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. More quotations from Washington Irving |
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