February 22

In literary history

• 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti died at 101, having published Howl, fought the obscenity charge, won, and opened City Lights in San Francisco, where it still stands. He outlived every Beat contemporary by decades and showed no sign of stopping.

Writers born on February 22

• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788),
• Danilo Kiš (1935)

The Daily Canon for February 22

The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov (1899).