Portal:Literature/Adil archive/September/12
- 1665 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer died
- 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author born
- 1836 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer died
- 1870 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author died
- 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author born
- 1907 - Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet born
- 1919 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer died
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer born
- 1929 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright died
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer born
- 1956 - Hans Carossa, German writer died
- 1981 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet died