Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/12


 * 1679 - William Gurnall, English writer died
 * 1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author born
 * 1880 - Louis Hémon, French novelist born
 * 1887 - Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet born
 * 1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet born
 * 1904 - Ding Ling, Chinese writer born
 * 1908 - Ann Petry, American novelist born
 * 1920 - Alice Childress, American playwright born
 * 1924 - Anatole France, French author died
 * 1970 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet died
 * 1988 - Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books died
 * 1991 - Arkady Strugatsky, Russian novelist died
 * 1994 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet died