Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/26
- 1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer is born
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet is born
- 1842 - François Coppée, French poet and novelist is born
- 1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer is born
- 1949 - Jonathan Carroll, American author is born
- 2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author dies
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author dies