Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/26
- 1874 - Zona Gale, American novelist born
- 1875 - John Buchan, Scottish novelist born
- 1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet born
- 1904 - Christopher Isherwood, English writer born
- 1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer born
- 1945 - Franz Werfel, Austrian writer died
- 1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author died
- 1989 - Irving Stone, American author died