Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/20
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- 1625 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist born
- 1639 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet died
- 1648 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher died
- 1847 - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer born
- 1881 - Edgar Guest, English poet born
- 1897 - Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer born
- 1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer born
- 1918 - Jacqueline Susann, American novelist born
- 1932 - Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist born
- 1961 - Greg Egan, Australian author born
- 1986 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet died