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- 1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer born
- 1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet born
- 1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer died
- 1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet born
- 1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian novelist and poet born
- 1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet born
- 1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer born
- 1912 – Andre Norton, American author born
- 1924 – Margaret Truman, American novelist born
- 1930 – Ruth Rendell, English writer born
- 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese novelist born
- 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer died
- 1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer died
- 2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer died
