Portal:Literature/Adil archive/April/9
- 1773 - Étienne Aignan, French writer born
- 1821 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet born
- 1899 - P. L. Travers, Australian author born
- 1912 - Lew Kopelew, Russian author born
- 1996 - Richard Condon, American novelist died
- 1997 - Helene Hanff, American writer died