Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/3

• 1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer born
• 1800 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet born
• 1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer born
• 1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet died
• 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, British writer died
• 1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author born
• 1947 - Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.
• 2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet died