Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/24


 * 1580 - John Taylor, English poet born
 * 1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet born
 * 1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer born
 * 1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author born
 * 1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer born
 * 1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic, writer, and editor born
 * 1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer born
 * 1915 - James Tiptree, Jr, American writer born
 * 1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist born
 * 1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author born
 * 1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer born
 * 1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author born