Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/11

• 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer born
• 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet died
• 1764 – Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet born
• 1860 – Rachilde, French author born
• 1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer born
• 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author born
• 1887 – John van Melle, South African writer born
• 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author born
• 1939 – Jane Yolen, American author born
• 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish writer died
• 1986 – Frank Herbert, American author died
• 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet died