Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/11
- 1774 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer died
- 1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist born
- 1897 - Louise Bogan, American poet born
- 1897 - Enid Blyton, English author born
- 1913 - Angus Wilson, British novelist born
- 1921 - Alex Haley, American historian and novelist born
- 1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish/French writer born
- 1937 - Edith Wharton, American author died