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• 1674 - Thomas Traherne, English poet died
• 1691 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet died
• 1827 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer died
• 1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author born
• 1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer born
• 1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist died
• 1906 - Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan, Indian novelist born
• 1913 - Claude Simon, French writer born
• 1930 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet born
• 1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright born
• 2004 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer died
• 2005 - Wayne C. Booth, American literary critic died