Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/26
- 1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer born
- 1890 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer died
- 1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet born
- 1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author born
- 1941 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer died
- 1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer born
- 1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet born
- 1957 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer died