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- 1827 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet born
- 1844 - Anatole France, French writer born
- 1871 - John Millington Synge, Irish writer born
- 1896 - Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist born
- 1915 - Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright born
- 1922 - Kingsley Amis, English author born
- 1935 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet born
- 1994 - Ralph Ellison, American writer died