Portal:Literature/Adil archive/May/2
- 1772 - Novalis, German writer born
- 1859 - Jerome K. Jerome, English writer born
- 1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet born
- 1886 - Gottfried Benn, German author born
- 1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer born
- 1924 - Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer born
- 1989 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer died