Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/5


 * 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet died
 * 1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet died
 * 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encyclopedist born
 * 1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer born
 * 1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist born
 * 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author born
 * 1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic born
 * 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist died
 * 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright born
 * 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist and story writer born
 * 1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian writer born
 * 1952 - Clive Barker, English writer born