Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/27
- 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet born
- 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer born
- 1910 - Peter De Vries, American writer born
- 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer born
- 1912 - Kusumagraj, Indian writer born
- 1913 - Irwin Shaw, American writer born
- 1930 - Peter Stone, American writer born
- 1934 - N. Scott Momaday, American writer born