Portal:Literature/Adil archive/February/24
- 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author born
- 1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet born
- 1779 – Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist died
- 1781 – Edward Capell, English critic died
- 1852 – George Moore, Irish writer born
- 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer born
- 1909 – August Derleth, American writer born
- 2006 – Octavia Butler, American author died