Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/6


 * 1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet born
 * 1840 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist died
 * 1848 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet born
 * 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer born
 * 1885 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer died
 * 1905 - Idris Davies, Welsh poet born
 * 1910 - Morris Wright, American writer born
 * 1915 - Alan Watts, English writer born
 * 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer born
 * 1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American author born
 * 1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist born
 * 1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer died