Portal:Literature/Adil archive/April/21
- 1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author born
- 1896 - Henry de Montherlant, French novelist and essayist born
- 1910 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist died
- 1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish author born
- 1930 - Robert Bridges, English poet died
- 1939 - Helen Prejean, American writer born
- 1956 - Charles MacArthur, American writer died