Portal:Literature/Adil archive/May/18
- 1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer born
- 1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
- 1944 - W. G. Sebald, German-born writer born
- 1952 - Diane Duane, American writer born
- 1981 - William Saroyan, American author died