Portal:Literature/Adil archive/September/8

• 1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet born
• 1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet died
• 1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer died
• 1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer died
• 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer died
• 1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet born
• 1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher born
• 1804 – Eduard Mörike, German poet born
• 1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet born
• 1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet born
• 1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian writer born
• 1924 – Grace Metalious, American writer (Peyton Place) born
• 1933 – Michael Frayn, British playwright born
• 1947 – Ann Beattie, American writer born
• 1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer died
• 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is published