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- 480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright born
- 1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet died
- 1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer died
- 1863 - Mary Church Terrell, American writer born
- 1865 - Baroness Orczy, British novelist born
- 1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author died
- 1889 - Wilkie Collins, British author died
- 1901 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer born
- 1907 - Dominique Aury, French novelist born
- 1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author died
- 1956 - Peter David, American writer born
- 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet died
- 1994 - Robert Bloch, American author died