Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/20


 * 1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet born
 * 1751 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet born
 * 1794 – William Carleton, Irish novelist born
 * 1888 – Georges Bernanos, French writer born
 * 1893 – Russel Crouse, American playwright born
 * 1895 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer died
 * 1912 – Pierre Boulle, French author born
 * 1926 – Richard Matheson, American author born
 * 1932 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer born
 * 1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author born
 * 2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French author died