Portal:Literature/Adil archive/January/12
- 1576 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer born
- 1876 - Jack London, American author born
- 1878 - Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer born
- 1915 - Paul Jarrico, American writer born
- 1948 - William Nicholson, English writer born
- 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist born
- 1952 - Walter Mosley, American author born
- 1960 - Nevil Shute, English writer died
- 1962 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer died
- 1965 - Lorraine Hansberry, American writer died
- 1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer died
- 1997 - Jean-Edern Hallier, French author died