Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/16


 * 1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer born
 * 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer born
 * 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer died
 * 1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer born
 * 1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet born
 * 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer born
 * 1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer born
 * 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer born
 * 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer died
 * 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer died
 * 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author died