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- 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author born
- 1788 - Lord Byron, British poet and satirist born
- 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer born
- 1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet born
- 1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer born
- 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author born
- 1922 - Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic born
- 1949 - William Thomas Walsh, American author died
- 1967 - Robert Henriques, English writer died
- 1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer died
