Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/10
- 1707 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer died
- 1797 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer born
- 1811 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet died
- 1866 - Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet died
- 1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet born
- 1928 - Philip Levine, American poet born
- 1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer born
- 1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian born
- 1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer born
- 1951 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer died
- 1953 - Dennis Cooper, American author born
- 1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer born
- 1961 - Dashiell Hammett, American writer died
- 1986 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer died
- 2004 - Alexandra Ripley, American author died