Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/31
- 1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer born
- 1905 - John O'Hara, American writer born
- 1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer born
- 1933 - John Galsworthy, English writer died
- 1935 - Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer born
- 1944 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer died
- 2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer died