Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/12
- 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