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February
- 1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer died
- 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist born
- 1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist died
- 1839 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet died
- 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author born
- 1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer died
- 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer born
- 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author born
- 1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author died
- 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author died
- 2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author died
- 1609 – John Suckling, English poet born
- 1755 – Montesquieu, French writer died
- 1837 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and novelist died
- 1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German author born
- 1930 – E. L. Konigsburg, American author born
- 1932 – Edgar Wallace, English novelist died
- 1934 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet born
- 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author died
- 1992 – Alex Haley, American author died
- 2005 – Arthur Miller, American playwright died
- 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer born
- 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet died
- 1764 – Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet born
- 1860 – Rachilde, French author born
- 1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer born
- 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author born
- 1887 – John van Melle, South African writer born
- 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author born
- 1939 – Jane Yolen, American author born
- 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish writer died
- 1986 – Frank Herbert, American author died
- 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet died
- 1567 - Thomas Campion, English composer and poet born
- 1704 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer born
- 1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer died
- 1777 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet born
- 1828 - George Meredith, English writer born
- 1861 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author born
- 1865 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer born
- 1912 - R. F. Delderfield, English author born
- 1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author born
- 1932 - Axel Jensen, Norwegian author born
- 1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist died
- 1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer died
- 1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction writer died
- 1881 – Eleanor Farjeon, English author born
- 1887 – Géza Csáth, Hungarian writer born
- 1903 – Georges Simenon, Belgian writer born
- 1934 – József Pusztai, Slovene writer, poet, journalist in Hungary died
- 1937 – Ali El-Maak, Sudanese writer born
- 1950 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian author died
- 2003 – Axel Jensen, Norwegian author died
- 2007 – Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer died
- 1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet born
- 1831 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer born
- 1838 – Henry Adams, American historian and novelist born
- 1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet born
- 1876 – George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian born
- 1886 – Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic born
- 1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet died
- 1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer died
- 1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer died
- 1944 – Richard Ford, American novelist born
- 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author born
- 1968 – Warren Ellis, British comic book writer born
- 1977 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet died
- 1992 – Angela Carter, English writer died
- 1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer born
- 1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet born
- 1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer died
- 1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet born
- 1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian novelist and poet born
- 1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet born
- 1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer born
- 1912 – Andre Norton, American author born
- 1924 – Margaret Truman, American novelist born
- 1930 – Ruth Rendell, English writer born
- 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese novelist born
- 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer died
- 1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer died
- 2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer died
- 1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer died
- 1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian born
- 1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer died
- 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer born
- 1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet died
- 1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet died
- 1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright born
- 1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author born
- 1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer born
- 1885 - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
- 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer born
- 1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet born
- 1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer born
- 1929 - Len Deighton, British author born
- 1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer born
- 1936 - Jean Auel, American writer born
- 1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author died
- 1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer born
- 1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright born
- 1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author died
- 1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer died
- 1620 – Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer died
- 1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer born
- 1887 – Multatuli, Dutch writer died
- 1888 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer born
- 1896 – André Breton, French poet born
- 1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist born
- 1902 – Kay Boyle, American writer born
- 1904 – Havank, Dutch writer born
- 1917 – Carson McCullers, American author born
- 1920 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer born
- 1936 – Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist born
- 1958 – Helen Fielding, English writer born
- 1964 – Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer born
- 1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet born
- 1751 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet born
- 1794 – William Carleton, Irish novelist born
- 1888 – Georges Bernanos, French writer born
- 1893 – Russel Crouse, American playwright born
- 1895 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer died
- 1912 – Pierre Boulle, French author born
- 1926 – Richard Matheson, American author born
- 1932 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer born
- 1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author born
- 2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French author died
- 1674 – Jean Chapelain, French writer died
- 1864 – Jules Renard, French author born
- 1881 – Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian author born
- 1886 – Hugo Ball, German author and poet born
- 1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer born
- 1900 – Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author born
- 1903 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer born
- 1917 – Jane Bowles, American playwright born
- 1939 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet died
- 1942 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer died
- 1945 – Osip Brik, Russian writer died
- 1985 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet died
- 1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer born
- 1692 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer born
- 1707 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer born
- 1842 - Karl May, German writer born
- 1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist born
- 1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author born
- 1920 - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author born
- 1948 - Aldo Busi, Italian writer born
- 1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright died
