1638 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
1749 - Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
1889 - Anzengruber, writer, dies
1889 - Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50
1931 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
1946 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
1951 - Algernon Blackwood, English writer (b. 1869)
1968 - Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
1972 - Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
1995 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48
1995 - John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85
1995 - Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95