Portal:Literature/Adil archive/April/12
- 1713 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer born
- 1848 - José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet born
- 1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer born
- 1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, English writer born
- 1947 - Tom Clancy, American author born
- 1949 - Scott Turow, American writer born
- 1988 - Alan Paton, South African novelist died