Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/21
- 1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer died
- 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer died
- 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet born
- 1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer born
- 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet died
- 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer born
- 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer died
- 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer died
- 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet born
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer died
- 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist died
- 1950 - George Orwell, British writer died
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer died
- 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet died
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer died
- 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer died