Portal:Literature/Adil archive/November/19
- 1492 - Jami, Persian poet died
- 1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright died
- 1850 - Alfred Lord Tennyson becomes Poet Laureate, a position he held until his death in 1892.
- 1887 - Emma Lazarus, American poet died
- 1899 - Allen Tate, American poet and critic born
- 1900 - Anna Seghers, German writer born
- 1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author born
- 1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet born
- 1942 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter died