Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/25
- 1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer born
- 1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet born
- 1836 - Bret Harte, American writer born
- 1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist born
- 1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer born
- 1935 - Charles Wright, American poet born
- 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author born
- 1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist born
- 1984 - Truman Capote, American author died
- 2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist died
- 2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer died