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• 1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer born
• 1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet born
• 1886 - Rex Stout, American author born
• 1895 - Henry Williamson, English author born
• 1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet died
• 1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) born
• 1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer died
• 1942 - John Crowley, American author born
• 1987 - James Baldwin, American writer died

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• 1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer born
• 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer died
• 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist died
• 1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer born
• 1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist died
• 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer died
• 1944 - Botho Strauß, German author born
• 1958 - Eric L. Harry, American novelist born
• 1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer died
• 1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist died
• 2003 - Alan Davidson, British author died
• 2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet died

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• 1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer born
• 1800 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet born
• 1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer born
• 1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet died
• 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, British writer died
• 1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author born
• 1947 - Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.
• 2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet died

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• 1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet died
• 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
• 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
• 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
• 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
• 1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet died
• 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher died
• 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
• 1777 - Madame de Récamier, French writer born
• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
• 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
• 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
• 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
• 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born
• 1933 - Stefan George, German poet died

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• 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
• 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
• 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
• 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
• 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
• 1777 - Madame Récamier, French writer born
• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
• 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
• 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
• 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
• 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born

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• 1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer died
• 1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist died
• 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, British poet born
• 1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author died
• 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet born
• 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer born
• 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, British author born
• 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic born
• 1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author died
• 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer born

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• 43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author died
• 1784 - Allan Cunningham, British poet born
• 1847 - George Grossmith, British actor and writer born
• 1873 - Willa Cather, American novelist born
• 1888 - Joyce Cary, Irish author born
• 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer born
• 1947 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist died
• 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright died
• 1985 - Robert Graves, British author died

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• 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet born
• 1626 - John Davies, English poet died
• 1638 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet died
• 1830 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer died
• 1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author born
• 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, American author (Uncle Remus stories) born
• 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, British author died
• 1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright born
• 1894 - James Thurber, American writer born
• 1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet born
• 1938 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer died
• 1951 - Bill Bryson, American author born
• 1999 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer died

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• 1292 - Sheikh Saadi, Persian sufi poet died
• 1544 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet died
• 1608 - John Milton, English poet born
• 1636 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer died
• 1854 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer died
• 1891 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet born
• 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author born
• 1901 - Ödön von Horváthh, Hungarian-born writer born
• 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer born
• 1918 - Jerome Beatty Jr, American author born
• 1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer born
• 1941 - Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian writer and philosopher died
• 1964 - Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic died
• 1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author died
• 2005 - Robert Sheckley, American author died

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• 1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet born
• 1824 - George MacDonald, British writer born
• 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet born
• 1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian born
• 1870 - Pierre Louÿs, French author born
• 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-born writer born
• 1907 - Rumer Godden, British writer born
• 1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer born
• 1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer died
• 1946 - Damon Runyon, American writer died
• 1951 - Algernon Blackwood, British writer died

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• 1757 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller died
• 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer born
• 1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet born
• 1882 - Subramanya Bharathi, Indian poet born
• 1905 - Robert Henriques, British writer born
• 1909 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet died
• 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer born
• 1918 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer died
• 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer born
• 1920 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer died
• 1922 - Grace Paley, American writer born
• 1991 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author died
• 2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer died

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• 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer born
• 1889 - Robert Browning, British poet died
• 1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author died
• 1996 - Vance Packard, American author died
• 1999 - Joseph Heller, American author died
• 2002 - Dee Brown, American author died

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• 1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet born
• 1769 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet died
• 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet born
• 1863 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer died
• 1881 - August Šenoa, Croatian writer died
• 1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic died
• 1915 - Ross Macdonald, American-born author born
• 1983 - Nichita Stanescu, Romanian poet died
• 1993 - Vanessa Duriès, French novelist died

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• 1895 - Paul Éluard, French poet born
• 1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer born
• 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer born
• 1984 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer died
• 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer died
• 2005 - Dr. Rodney William Whitaker, of pen name Trevanian, American author died

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• 1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer died
• 1683 - Izaak Walton, English writer died
• 1878 - Hans Carossa, German writer born
• 1888 - Maxwell Anderson, American writer born
• 1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet born
• 1947 - Arthur Machen, British author died

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• 1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer born
• 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer born
• 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer died
• 1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer born
• 1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet born
• 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer born
• 1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer born
• 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer born
• 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer died
• 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer died
• 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author died

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• 1685 - Thomas Tickell, English writer born
• 1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist born
• 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet born
• 1843 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.
• 1847 - Émile Faguet, French writer and critic born
• 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, British writer born
• 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer died
• 1916 - Penelope Fitzgerald, British writer born
• 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, American novelist born
• 1945 - Jacqueline Wilson, British author born
• 1957 - Dorothy L. Sayers, British writer died
• 1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist died

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