Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/2
- 1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer born
- 1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer died
- 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet died
- 1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet born
- 1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist born
- 1911 - Jack Finney, American author born
- 1926 - Jan Morris, English writer born
- 1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist died
- 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright died