Portal:Literature/Adil archive/May/16
- 1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer born
- 1910 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet born
- 1912 - Studs Terkel, American writer born
- 1917 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist born
- 1929 - Adrienne Rich, American writer born
- 1984 - Irwin Shaw, American author died