Today in history

• 1578

  Robert Southwell – Southwell joined a probation house at Sant' Andrea in October 1578 to train as a novitiate. [Rome, Italy]

• 1586

  Sir Philip Sidney – On the 17th of October 1586 Sir Philip Sidney passes away at the age of 31 in Arnhem, Netherlands [Arnhem, Netherlands]

• 1910

  Julia Ward Howe – On October the 17th, 1910 Julia Ward Howe passes away [Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States]

• 1933

  Marcus Garvey – On the 17th of October 1933 The Negro World ceases publication [London, United Kingdom]

• 1937

  Thomas Hardy – On the 17th of October 1937 Hardy's second wife Florence Emily Dugdale passes away [Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom]

• 1942

  B. H. Fairchild – On October the 17th, 1942 B. H. Fairchild is born in Houston, Texas, United States [Houston, Texas, United States]

• 1973

  Ingeborg Bachmann – On the 17th of October 1973 Ingeborg Bachmann passes away at the age of 47 [Rome, Italy]

• 2013

  Maya Angelou – Given by the The Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony to celebrate writers and their works [New York, United States]

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Heaney Poems To Be Published / Eliot Prize Shortlist / Borders Poet On Scotland’s National Award List – Poetry News Roundup October 10th

This week in our poetry news round up we look at somepreviously unpublished poetry, the shortlist for the TS Eliot Poetry Prize and a Borders poet who has been shortlisted for the Scotland National Book Awards. Seamus Heaney – Previously Unpublished Poems to be Published A new book containing poems written by Seamus Heaney, internationally recognised with some calling him the most influential Irish poet after ...

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