Portal:Literature/Adil archive/May/12
- 1700 - John Dryden, English writer died
- 1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet born
- 1907 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author died
- 1914 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet born
- 1933 - Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet born
- 1944 - Q, English writer died
- 1967 - John Masefield, British writer died
- 1970 - Nelly Sachs, German writer died