Portal:Literature/Adil archive/November/20

• 1490 - Joanot Martorell's book Tirant lo Blanc is published for the first time.
• 1612 - John Harington, English writer died
• 1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer born
• 1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author born
• 1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer born
• 1896 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer born
• 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (The Conservationist) born
• 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author born
• 1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet died
• 2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer died