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Today in history

  • 1554

    Sir Philip Sidney – On the 30th of November 1554 Sir Philip Sidney is born in Penshurst Place, Kent, England [Penshurst Place, Kent, England]

  • 1667

    Jonathan Swift – On the 30th of November 1667 Jonathan Swift is born in Dublin, Ireland [Dublin, Ireland]

  • 1774

    Thomas Paine – On the 30th of November 1774 Paine arrives in Philadelphia [Philadelphia, United States]

  • 1835

    Mark Twain – Born in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by his pen name Mark Twain. Brought up in Missouri, Twain was influenced by the countryside and the town of Hannibal that inspired St Petersburg in Tom Sawyer. [Florida, Missouri, United States]

  • 1872

    John McCrae – On November the 30th, 1872 John McCrae is born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada [Guelph, Ontario, Canada]

  • 1874

    Lucy Maud Montgomery – On November the 30th, 1874 Lucy Maud Montgomery is born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island [Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada]

  • 1900

    Oscar Wilde – On the 30th of November 1900 at the age of 46 Oscar Wilde dies in Paris, France [Paris, France]

  • 1935

    Fernando Pessoa – On November the 30th, 1935 at the age of 47 Fernando Pessoa passes away in Lisbon, Portugal [Lisbon, Portugal]

  • 1967

    Patrick Kavanagh – Kavanagh died just a few months after marrying Katherine Moloney and was buried in Inniskeen. [Dublin, Ireland]

  • 1998

    Margaret Walker – On November the 30h 1998 Walker passes away [Chicago, Illinois, United States]

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Save Burns’ Farm / StAnza Dates – Poetry News Roundup November 28th

This week in our round up of poetry news we look at the fundraising efforts to save Robert Burns’ farm and the festival dates for StAnza 2026. £12m Needed to Restore Farm Where Auld Lang Syne Was Written Campaigners are working to raise funds on an international level to save the farm where the poet Robert Burns penned Auld Lang Syne and a number of his other noted ...


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