January 30

Lady Anne Clifford

Lady Anne Clifford (born January 30, 1590) – British diarist, activist for women’s legal rights – The Knole Diary (ca. 1603-1676)

Read the entry about Lady Anne and her estate in the Norton Anthology of English Literature

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/17century/topic_1/knole.htm

Read about Anne Clifford in the Encyclopedia of World Biography

http://bit.ly/9GCsoY

Read a detailed biography of Lady Anne here:

http://www.microform.co.uk/guides/R97576.pdf

Lady Ann Clifford's journals here:

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027999014/cu31924027999014_djvu.txt


Jack Spicer

Jack Spicer (born January 30, 1925) – U.S. poet

Read about Jack Spicer here and here

This ocean, humiliating in its disguises
Tougher than anything.
No one listens to poetry. The ocean
Does not mean to be listened to ...

Read the entire poem at the As It Ought To Be blog


Anton Tammsaare

Anton Tammsaare Estonian novelist, playwright – Tõde ja õigus I-V, 1926-33 – Trubornth and Justice, Vol.1-5

Read the Wikipedia article about Anton Tammsaare here and the
Authors Calendar biography here