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- 1674 – Jean Chapelain, French writer died
- 1864 – Jules Renard, French author born
- 1881 – Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian author born
- 1886 – Hugo Ball, German author and poet born
- 1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer born
- 1900 – Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author born
- 1903 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer born
- 1917 – Jane Bowles, American playwright born
- 1939 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet died
- 1942 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer died
- 1945 – Osip Brik, Russian writer died
- 1985 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet died
