Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/6

• 1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer died
• 1872 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer born
• 1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet died
• 1916 - Stanley Ellin, American crime writer born
• 1930 - The novel As I Lay Dying, written by American author William Faulkner, is published.
• 1950 - David Brin, American author born
• 1952 - Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer born