Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/16


 * 1628 - François de Malherbe, French poet and critic died
 * 1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer born
 * 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer born
 * 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer born
 * 1919 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer born
 * 1927 - Günter Grass, German writer born
 * 1961 - Marc Levy, French novelist born
 * 1937 - Jean de Brunhoff, French writer died
 * 1962 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet died
 * 1979 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author died
 * 1996 - Eric Malpass, English novelist died
 * 1999 - Jean Shepherd, American writer died