- El 1941 —ara fa 83 anys— nasqué el folkloriste badaloní [[]] (m. 2022).
- 1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer born
- 1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer born
- 1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer born
- 1929 - Eric Carle, American children's author born
- 1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author born
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