Portal:Literature/Adil archive/September/9
- 1828 (N.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist born
- 1834 - Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist born
- 1868 - Mary Hunter Austin, American writer born
- 1878 - Adelaide Crapsey, American poet born
- 1898 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet died
- 1900 - James Hilton, English novelist born
- 1903 - Phyllis Whitney, American writer born
- 1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist born
- 1980 - John Howard Griffin, American writer died