Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/13
- 1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer born
- 1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer born
- 1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer died
- 1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer born
- 1994 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer died
- 1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer died