Portal:Literature/Adil archive/September/17
- 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer born
- 1771 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist died
- 1863 - Alfred de Vigny, French author died
- 1883 - William Carlos Williams, American writer born
- 1935 - Ken Kesey, American author born
- 1938 - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet died (executed)