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December
- 1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer born
- 1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet born
- 1886 - Rex Stout, American author born
- 1895 - Henry Williamson, English author born
- 1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet died
- 1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) born
- 1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer died
- 1942 - John Crowley, American author born
- 1987 - James Baldwin, American writer died
- 1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer born
- 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer died
- 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist died
- 1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer born
- 1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist died
- 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer died
- 1944 - Botho Strauß, German author born
- 1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer died
- 1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist died
- 2003 - Alan Davidson, British author died
- 2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet died
- 1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer born
- 1800 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet born
- 1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer born
- 1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet died
- 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, British writer died
- 1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author born
- 1947 - Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.
- 2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet died
- 1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet died
- 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
- 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
- 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
- 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
- 1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet died
- 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher died
- 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
- 1777 - Madame de Récamier, French writer born
- 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
- 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
- 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
- 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
- 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born
- 1933 - Stefan George, German poet died
- 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
- 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
- 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
- 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
- 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
- 1777 - Madame Récamier, French writer born
- 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
- 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
- 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
- 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
- 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born
- 1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer died
- 1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist died
- 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, British poet born
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author died
- 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet born
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer born
- 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, British author born
- 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic born
- 1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author died
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer born
- 43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author died
- 1784 - Allan Cunningham, British poet born
- 1847 - George Grossmith, British actor and writer born
- 1873 - Willa Cather, American novelist born
- 1888 - Joyce Cary, Irish author born
- 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer born
- 1947 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist died
- 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright died
- 1985 - Robert Graves, British author died
- 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet born
- 1626 - John Davies, English poet died
- 1638 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet died
- 1830 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer died
- 1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author born
- 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, American author (Uncle Remus stories) born
- 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, British author died
- 1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright born
- 1894 - James Thurber, American writer born
- 1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet born
- 1938 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer died
- 1951 - Bill Bryson, American author born
- 1999 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer died
- 1292 - Sheikh Saadi, Persian Sufi poet died
- 1544 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet died
- 1608 - John Milton, English poet born
- 1636 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer died
- 1854 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer died
- 1891 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet born
- 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author born
- 1901 - Ödön von Horváthh, Hungarian-born writer born
- 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer born
- 1918 - Jerome Beatty Jr, American author born
- 1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer born
- 1941 - Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian writer and philosopher died
- 1964 - Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic died
- 1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author died
- 2005 - Robert Sheckley, American author died
- 1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet born
- 1824 - George MacDonald, British writer born
- 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet born
- 1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian born
- 1870 - Pierre Louÿs, French author born
- 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-born writer born
- 1907 - Rumer Godden, British writer born
- 1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer born
- 1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer died
- 1946 - Damon Runyon, American writer died
- 1951 - Algernon Blackwood, British writer died
- 1757 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller died
- 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer born
- 1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet born
- 1882 - Subramanya Bharathi, Indian poet born
- 1905 - Robert Henriques, British writer born
- 1909 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet died
- 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer born
- 1918 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer died
- 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer born
- 1920 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer died
- 1922 - Grace Paley, American writer born
- 1991 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author died
- 2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer died
- 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer born
- 1889 - Robert Browning, British poet died
- 1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author died
- 1996 - Vance Packard, American author died
- 1999 - Joseph Heller, American author died
- 2002 - Dee Brown, American author died
- 1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet born
- 1769 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet died
- 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet born
- 1863 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer died
- 1881 - August Šenoa, Croatian writer died
- 1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic died
- 1915 - Ross Macdonald, American-born author born
- 1983 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet died
- 1993 - Vanessa Duriès, French novelist died
- 1895 - Paul Éluard, French poet born
- 1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer born
- 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer born
- 1984 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer died
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer died
- 2005 - Dr. Rodney William Whitaker, of pen name Trevanian, American author died
- 1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer died
- 1683 - Izaak Walton, English writer died
- 1878 - Hans Carossa, German writer born
- 1888 - Maxwell Anderson, American writer born
- 1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet born
- 1947 - Arthur Machen, British author died
- 1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer born
- 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer born
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer died
- 1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer born
- 1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet born
- 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer born
- 1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer born
- 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer born
- 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer died
- 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer died
- 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author died
- 1685 - Thomas Tickell, English writer born
- 1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist born
- 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet born
- 1843 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.
- 1847 - Émile Faguet, French writer and critic born
- 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, British writer born
- 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer died
- 1916 - Penelope Fitzgerald, British writer born
- 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, American novelist born
- 1945 - Jacqueline Wilson, British author born
- 1957 - Dorothy L. Sayers, British writer died
- 1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist died
- 1133 - Hildebert, French writer died
- 1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer died
- 1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer died
- 1835 - Lyman Abbott, American author born
- 1870 - Saki, British writer born
- 1913 - Alfred Bester, American author born
- 1939 - Michael Moorcock, British author born
- 1985 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet died
- 1807 - Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German writer died
- 1848 - Emily Brontë, British author died
- 1910 - Jean Genet, French writer born
- 1989 - Stella Gibbons, British author died
- 1494 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet died
- 1579 - John Fletcher, English playwright baptized
- 1941 - Igor Severyanin, Russian poet died
- 1951 - Peter May, Scottish writer born
- 1954 - James Hilton, American author died
- 1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian writer born
- 1968 - John Steinbeck, American writer died
- 1996 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer died
- 1997 - Denise Levertov, English-born poet died
- 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer died
- 1859 - Gustave Kahn, French poet born
- 1872 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author born
- 1892 - Rebecca West, American writer born
- 1905 - Anthony Powell, British author born
- 1917 - Heinrich Böll, German writer born
- 1932 - Edward Hoagland, American author born
- 1940 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer died
- 1958 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German writer died
- 1964 - Carl van Vechten, American writer and photographer died
- 1983 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic died
- 1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer born
- 1708 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer died
- 1767 - John Newbery, English publisher died
- 1807 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet born
- 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is canceled at the last second.
- 1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet born
- 1870 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet and writer died
- 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor born
- 1880 - George Eliot, English writer died
- 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet born
- 1937 - Eduard Uspenskiy, Russian writer born
- 1940 - Nathanael West, American writer died
- 1943 - Beatrix Potter, English writer died
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer died
- 1493 - Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
- 1556 - Nicholas Udall, English playwright died
- 1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet born
- 1631 - Michael Drayton, English poet died
- 1646 - François Maynard, French poet died
- 1743 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet born
- 1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic born
- 1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet born
- 1823 - The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (AKA The Night Before Christmas) is published in the Sentinel.
- 1902 - Norman Maclean, American author born
- 1926 - Robert Bly, American poet born
- 1963 - Donna Tartt, American author born
- 1475 - Thomas Murner, German writer born
- 1609 - Philip Warwick, English writer born
- 1754 - George Crabbe, English poet born
- 1798 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet born
- 1822 - Matthew Arnold, English poet born
- 1863 - William Makepeace Thackeray, English writer died
- 1865 - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and writer died
- 1879 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet born
- 1881 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer born
- 1910 - Fritz Leiber, American writer born
- 1914 - Herbert Reinecker, German writer born
- 1929 - Mary Higgins Clark, American author born
- 1945 - Nicholas Meyer, American author born
- 1950 - Dana Gioia, American poet born
- 1969 - Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer born
- 1973 - Stephenie Meyer, American author born
- 1977 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer died
- 1982 - Louis Aragon, French writer died
- 1986 - Gardner Fox, American writer died
- 1993 - Norman Vincent Peale, American writer died
- 2002 - Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author died
- 1908 - Quentin Crisp, English author born
- 1921 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer died
- 1925 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author born
- 1938 - Karel Čapek, Czech author died
- 1940 - Pete Brown, English poet born
- 1988 - Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist died
- 1992 - Monica Dickens, British writer died
- 1716 - Thomas Gray, English writer born
- 1716 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet born
- 1723 - Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German writer born
- 1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer died
- 1819 - E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist born
- 1891 - Henry Miller, American writer born
- 1904 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer born
- 1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet born
- 1797 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet born
- 1896 - Louis Bromfield, American writer born
- 1910 - Charles Olson, American poet born
- 1917 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer born
- 1925 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet died
- 1938 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet died
- 1953 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet died
- 1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer born
- 1992 - Kay Boyle, American writer died
- 1619 - Antoine Furetière, French writer born
- 1859 - Thomas Macaulay, British poet died
- 1877 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet died
- 1902 - Shen Congwen, Chinese writer born
- 1918 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet died
- 1922 - Stan Lee, American comic book writer born
- 1931 - Guy Debord, French writer born
- 1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer born
- 1945 - Theodore Dreiser, American author died
- 2001 - William X. Kienzle, American novelist died
- 2004 - Susan Sontag, American writer died
- 1661 - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet died
- 1785 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet died
- 1894 - Christina Rossetti, English poet died
- 1924 - Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer died
- 1926 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer died
- 1937 - Don Marquis, American author died
- 1957 - Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright born
- 1960 - Eden Phillpotts, British writer died
- 1980 - Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer died
- 1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer died
- 1642 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet born
- 1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer born
- 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer born
- 1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, British-born writer born
- 1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author born
- 1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author born
- 1944 - Romain Rolland, French writer died
- 1963 - Chandler Burr, American author born
- 1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer died
- 1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist died
- 2002 - Mary Wesley, English novelist died
- 2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer died
- 1799 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer died
- 1872 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author died
- 1889 - Ion Creangă, Romanian writer died
- 1931 - Bob Shaw, Irish writer born
- 1933 - Edward Bunker, American author born
- 1945 - Connie Willis, American writer born
- 1949 - Susan Shwartz, American writer born
- 1980 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer died
- 1995 - The last strip of the popular comic Calvin and Hobbes is published.
- 2008 - Donald E. Westlake, American novelist died