Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/7

• 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author born
• 1910 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet born
• 1947 - Shobha De, Indian writer born
• 1957 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist born
• 1986 - P. D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator died
• 1986 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist died
• 2005 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist died