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May 15th, 1931...

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TIME Magazine: Hubert Lyautey

(TIME Cover: May the 11th, 1931)

 Famous people born on the 15th of May:

1567 - (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
1898 - Arletty, French model and actress (d. 1992)
1937 - Madeleine Albright, 64th American Secretary of State
1948 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
1953 - Mike Oldfield, English composer
1959 - Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)

 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1931


Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1864-1931

The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Sweden



Photo: nobelprize.org


     
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