Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/20
- 1494 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet died
- 1579 - John Fletcher, English playwright baptized
- 1941 - Igor Severyanin, Russian poet died
- 1951 - Peter May, Scottish writer born
- 1954 - James Hilton, American author died
- 1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian writer born
- 1968 - John Steinbeck, American writer died
- 1996 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer died
- 1997 - Denise Levertov, English-born poet died