Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/12
- 1679 - William Gurnall, English writer died
- 1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author born
- 1880 - Louis Hémon, French novelist born
- 1887 - Paula von Preradović , Croatian-Austrian poet born
- 1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet born
- 1904 - Ding Ling, Chinese writer born
- 1908 - Ann Petry, American novelist born
- 1920 - Alice Childress, American playwright born
- 1924 - Anatole France, French author died
- 1970 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet died
- 1988 - Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books died
- 1991 - Arkady Strugatsky, Russian novelist died
- 1994 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet died