Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/16

• 1605 - The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes was published in Madrid.
• 1634 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet born
• 1747 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet died
• 1865 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer died
• 1874 - Robert W. Service, Canadian poet born
• 1879 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet died
• 1885 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer born
• 1888 - Osip Brik, Russian writer born
• 1897 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet born
• 1918 - Nel Benschop, Dutch poetess born
• 1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet born
• 1928 - William Kennedy, American author
• 1933 - Susan Sontag, American writer born