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- 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
