Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/20
- 1664 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer born
- 1716 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer born
- 1804 – Eugène Sue, French novelist born
- 1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet died
- 1873 – Johannes V. Jensen, Danish writer born
- 1962 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet died