Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/24
- 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