Portal:Literature/Adil archive/November/30
- 1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer is born
- 1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist born
- 1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet born
- 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German author born
- 1835 - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), American writer born
- 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author born
- 1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer died
- 1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author born
- 1935 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet died
- 1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist died
- 1947 - David Mamet, American playwright born
- 1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author born
- 1967 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet died
- 1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer died
- 1997 - Kathy Acker, American author died
- 2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author died