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Karol Szymanowski, Gore Vidal

Born: Karol Szymanowski (1882), Gore Vidal (1925)

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03OctBorn 1882144th birthday

Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski brought Mediterranean imagery and Polish folk traditions into modern music, while his literary writing explored desire between men.

03OctBorn 1925101st birthday

Gore Vidal

A novelist and essayist whose arguments about sex and power unsettled American public life.