Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/5

• 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet died
• 1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet died
• 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encyclopedist born
• 1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer born
• 1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist born
• 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author born
• 1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic born
• 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist died
• 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright born
• 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist and story writer born
• 1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian writer born
• 1952 - Clive Barker, English writer born