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- 1804 - Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet died
- 1883 - Max Eastman, American writer born
- 1901 - C. L. R. James, writer and journalist born
- 1943 - Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer born
- 1960 - Albert Camus, Algerian-born French philosopher and writer died
- 1965 - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer died
- 1986 - Christopher Isherwood, English writer died
- 2004 - Joan Aiken, English author died
- 2004 - Jeff Nuttall, English writer died
- 2005 - Humphrey Carpenter, English author died
- 2006 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet died
