Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/30
- 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