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{{short description|Literature-related events during 1930}} |
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==Events== |
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*[[January 6]] – An early literary character-licensing agreement is signed by [[A. A. Milne]], giving [[Stephen Slesinger]] U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] works.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shirley Harrison|title=The Life and Times of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh: The Teddy Bear Who Inspired A.A. Milne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcSIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90|date=23 July 2012|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|isbn=978-1-84468-320-8| |
*[[January 6]] – An early literary character-licensing agreement is signed by [[A. A. Milne]], giving [[Stephen Slesinger]] U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] works.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shirley Harrison|title=The Life and Times of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh: The Teddy Bear Who Inspired A.A. Milne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XcSIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90|date=23 July 2012|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|isbn=978-1-84468-320-8|page=90}}</ref> |
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*February – The [[Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)|Censorship of Publications Board]] begins to function in the [[Irish Free State]]. Among the first 13 books banned (announced in May) are ''[[Point Counter Point]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]], ''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' by [[Radclyffe Hall]] and several on sex and marriage by [[Margaret Sanger]] and [[Marie Stopes]].<ref>''[[Iris Oifigiúil]]'' (official gazette), 14 May 1930.</ref> |
*February – The [[Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)|Censorship of Publications Board]] begins to function in the [[Irish Free State]]. Among the first 13 books banned (announced in May) are ''[[Point Counter Point]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]], ''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' by [[Radclyffe Hall]] and several on sex and marriage by [[Margaret Sanger]] and [[Marie Stopes]].<ref>''[[Iris Oifigiúil]]'' (official gazette), 14 May 1930.</ref> |
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*[[February 23]] – [[Erich Maria Remarque]]'s [[anti-war]] novel ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' is banned in [[Thuringia]]n schools by Education Minister [[Wilhelm Frick]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Tim |last=Kirk |title=Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History |url=https://archive.org/details/cassellsdictiona0000kirk |url-access=registration |location=London |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellsdictiona0000kirk/page/421 421]}}</ref> |
*[[February 23]] – [[Erich Maria Remarque]]'s [[anti-war]] novel ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (''Im Westen nichts Neues'', 1929) is banned in [[Thuringia]]n schools by Education Minister [[Wilhelm Frick]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Tim |last=Kirk |title=Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History |url=https://archive.org/details/cassellsdictiona0000kirk |url-access=registration |location=London |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellsdictiona0000kirk/page/421 421]}}</ref> |
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*[[March 19]] – [[Paul Robeson]] plays the title role of ''[[Othello]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], London, with [[Peggy Ashcroft]] as [[Desdemona]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Samantha |last=Ellis |title=Paul Robeson in Othello, Savoy Theatre, 1930 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/sep/03/theatre |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=2003-09-03 |access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref> |
*[[March 19]] – [[Paul Robeson]] plays the title role of ''[[Othello]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], London, with [[Peggy Ashcroft]] as [[Desdemona]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Samantha |last=Ellis |title=Paul Robeson in Othello, Savoy Theatre, 1930 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/sep/03/theatre |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=2003-09-03 |access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref> |
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*[[May 6]] – The [[Collins Crime Club]] is launched as a [[crime fiction]] imprint by the U.K. firm [[William Collins, Sons|William Collins]]. |
*[[May 6]] – The [[Collins Crime Club]] is launched as a [[crime fiction]] imprint by the U.K. firm [[William Collins, Sons|William Collins]]. |
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*[[September 29]] – The English satirical novelist [[Evelyn Waugh]] joins the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James Francis Carens|title=Critical Essays on Evelyn Waugh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylIeAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-8762-1|page=204}}</ref> |
*[[September 29]] – The English satirical novelist [[Evelyn Waugh]] joins the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James Francis Carens|title=Critical Essays on Evelyn Waugh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylIeAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-8762-1|page=204}}</ref> |
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*[[October 13]] – Agatha Christie's ''[[The Murder at the Vicarage]]'', the first full-length novel to feature her amateur detective [[Miss Marple]], appears in the U.K. in the Collins Crime Club series, after serialization in the United States. |
*[[October 13]] – Agatha Christie's ''[[The Murder at the Vicarage]]'', the first full-length novel to feature her amateur detective [[Miss Marple]], appears in the U.K. in the Collins Crime Club series, after serialization in the United States. |
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*[[November 5]] – American novelist [[Sinclair Lewis]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. |
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*[[December 10]] – The first performance of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Lehrstücke|Lehrstück]]'' ''[[The Decision (play)|The Decision]]'' (''Die Maßnahme''), written in collaboration with [[Slatan Dudow]] and the composer [[Hanns Eisler]], occurs at the [[Großes Schauspielhaus]] in [[Berlin]], with [[Ernst Busch (actor)|Ernst Busch]] as lead. |
*[[December 10]] – The first performance of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Lehrstücke|Lehrstück]]'' ''[[The Decision (play)|The Decision]]'' (''Die Maßnahme''), written in collaboration with [[Slatan Dudow]] and the composer [[Hanns Eisler]], occurs at the [[Großes Schauspielhaus]] in [[Berlin]], with [[Ernst Busch (actor)|Ernst Busch]] as lead. |
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===Fiction=== |
===Fiction=== |
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*[[Vicki Baum]] – ''[[Grand Hotel (book)|Grand Hotel]]'' |
*[[Vicki Baum]] – ''[[Grand Hotel (book)|Grand Hotel]]'' |
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*[[E.F. Benson]] – ''[[The Inheritor (novel)|The Inheritor]]'' |
*[[E. F. Benson]] – ''[[The Inheritor (novel)|The Inheritor]]'' |
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*[[Max Brand]] – ''[[Destry Rides Again (novel)|Destry Rides Again]]'' (original serial version as ''Twelve Peers'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Henryk Hoffmann|title=Western Movie References in American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv-ZOB-d4j0C&pg=PA45|date=9 October 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9324-1| |
*[[Max Brand]] – ''[[Destry Rides Again (novel)|Destry Rides Again]]'' (original serial version as ''Twelve Peers'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Henryk Hoffmann|title=Western Movie References in American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv-ZOB-d4j0C&pg=PA45|date=9 October 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9324-1|page=45}}</ref> |
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*[[Lynn Brock]] – ''[[Q.E.D. (novel)|Q.E.D.]]'' |
*[[Lynn Brock]] – ''[[Q.E.D. (novel)|Q.E.D.]]'' |
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*[[Pearl S. Buck]] – ''[[East Wind: West Wind]]'' |
*[[Pearl S. Buck]] – ''[[East Wind: West Wind]]'' |
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*[[John Dickson Carr]] – ''[[It Walks By Night]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Larry Landrum|author2=Romeo T. Toledo|author3=Larry N. Landrum|title=American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBGohk2hjhUC&pg=PA125|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-21387-8| |
*[[John Dickson Carr]] – ''[[It Walks By Night]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Larry Landrum|author2=Romeo T. Toledo|author3=Larry N. Landrum|title=American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBGohk2hjhUC&pg=PA125|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-21387-8|page=125}}</ref> |
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*[[Leslie Charteris]] – ''[[Enter the Saint]]'' |
*[[Leslie Charteris]] – ''[[Enter the Saint]]'' |
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*[[Gabriel Chevallier]] – ''La Peur'' (Fear) |
*[[Gabriel Chevallier]] – ''La Peur'' (Fear) |
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**''[[Giant's Bread]]'' (as Mary Westmacott) |
**''[[Giant's Bread]]'' (as Mary Westmacott) |
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*[[Albert Cohen (novelist)|Albert Cohen]] – ''[[Solal of the Solals]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Briton Hadden|title=Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4MQAAAAIAAJ|year=1933|publisher=Time Incorporated|page=59}}</ref> |
*[[Albert Cohen (novelist)|Albert Cohen]] – ''[[Solal of the Solals]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Briton Hadden|title=Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4MQAAAAIAAJ|year=1933|publisher=Time Incorporated|page=59}}</ref> |
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*[[Ferreira de Castro]] |
*[[Ferreira de Castro]] – ''A Selva'' (The Forest: A Tale of the Amazon Rubber Tappers) |
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*[[J. J. Connington]] – ''[[The Two Tickets Puzzle]]'' |
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* [[Freeman Wills Crofts]] – ''[[Sir John Magill's Last Journey]]'' |
* [[Freeman Wills Crofts]] – ''[[Sir John Magill's Last Journey]]'' |
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*[[John Dos Passos]] – ''[[U.S.A. (trilogy)|The 42nd Parallel]]'' |
*[[John Dos Passos]] – ''[[U.S.A. (trilogy)|The 42nd Parallel]]'' |
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*[[William Faulkner]] – ''[[As I Lay Dying (novel)|As I Lay Dying]]'' |
*[[William Faulkner]] – ''[[As I Lay Dying (novel)|As I Lay Dying]]'' |
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*[[Dorothy Canfield Fisher]] – ''The Deepening Stream'' |
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* [[R. Austin Freeman]] – ''[[Mr. Pottermack's Oversight]]'' |
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*[[Gaito Gazdanov]] – ''An Evening with Claire'' |
*[[Gaito Gazdanov]] – ''An Evening with Claire'' |
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*[[Anthony Gilbert (author)|Anthony Gilbert]] – ''[[The Night of the Fog]]'' |
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*[[Jean Giono]] – ''[[Second Harvest (novel)|Second Harvest]]'' |
*[[Jean Giono]] – ''[[Second Harvest (novel)|Second Harvest]]'' |
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*[[Milt Gross]] – ''[[He Done Her Wrong|He Done Her Wrong: the Great American Novel]]'' ([[wordless novel]]) |
*[[Milt Gross]] – ''[[He Done Her Wrong|He Done Her Wrong: the Great American Novel]]'' ([[wordless novel]]) |
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*[[Ronald Gurner]] – ''Pass Guard at Ypres'' |
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*[[H. Rider Haggard]] – ''[[Belshazzar (novel)|Belshazzar]]'' |
*[[H. Rider Haggard]] – ''[[Belshazzar (novel)|Belshazzar]]'' |
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*[[Dashiell Hammett]] – ''[[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|The Maltese Falcon]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ronald G. Walker|author2=June M. Frazer|title=The Cunning Craft: Original Essays on Detective Fiction and Contemporary Literary Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TaFZAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Western Illinois University|isbn=978-0-934312-08-0|page=109}}</ref> |
*[[Dashiell Hammett]] – ''[[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|The Maltese Falcon]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ronald G. Walker|author2=June M. Frazer|title=The Cunning Craft: Original Essays on Detective Fiction and Contemporary Literary Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TaFZAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Western Illinois University|isbn=978-0-934312-08-0|page=109}}</ref> |
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*[[A. P. Herbert]] – ''[[The Water Gipsies (novel)|The Water Gipsies]]'' |
*[[A. P. Herbert]] – ''[[The Water Gipsies (novel)|The Water Gipsies]]'' |
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*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[Narcissus and Goldmund]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Mario Jacoby|title=Individuation and Narcissism: The Psychology of the Self in Jung and Kohut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4i4gzg2HPAC&pg=PA15|year=1990|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-06464-4| |
*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[Narcissus and Goldmund]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Mario Jacoby|title=Individuation and Narcissism: The Psychology of the Self in Jung and Kohut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4i4gzg2HPAC&pg=PA15|year=1990|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-06464-4|page=15}}</ref> |
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*[[Georgette Heyer]] – ''[[Powder and Patch]]'' |
*[[Georgette Heyer]] – ''[[Powder and Patch]]'' |
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*[[Robert Hichens (writer)|Robert Hichens]] – ''[[The Bracelet (novel)|The Bracelet]]'' |
*[[Robert Hichens (writer)|Robert Hichens]] – ''[[The Bracelet (novel)|The Bracelet]]'' |
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*[[Sydney Horler]] – ''[[Checkmate (Sydney Horler)|Checkmate]]'' |
*[[Sydney Horler]] – ''[[Checkmate (Sydney Horler)|Checkmate]]'' |
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*[[Langston Hughes]] – ''[[Not Without Laughter]]'' |
*[[Langston Hughes]] – ''[[Not Without Laughter]]'' |
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* [[Ianthe Jerrold]] – ''Dead Man's Quarry'' |
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*[[Margaret Kennedy]] – ''[[The Fool of the Family]]'' |
*[[Margaret Kennedy]] – ''[[The Fool of the Family]]'' |
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*[[Oliver La Farge]] – ''[[Laughing Boy (novel)|Laughing Boy]]'' |
*[[Oliver La Farge]] – ''[[Laughing Boy (novel)|Laughing Boy]]'' |
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*[[D. H. Lawrence]] |
*[[D. H. Lawrence]] |
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**''Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories'' |
**''Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories'' |
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**''[[The Virgin and the Gypsy]]'' |
**''[[The Virgin and the Gypsy]]'' (novella) |
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*[[Norman Lindsay]] – ''[[Redheap]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4088880 |title="REDHEAP" BANNED. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |issue=26,137 |location=Melbourne|date=22 May 1930 |accessdate=26 July 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*[[Benito Lynch]] – ''[[The Romance of a Gaucho (novel)|The Romance of a Gaucho]]'' |
*[[Benito Lynch]] – ''[[The Romance of a Gaucho (novel)|The Romance of a Gaucho]]'' |
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*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[April Fools (novel)|April Fools]]'' |
*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[April Fools (novel)|April Fools]]'' |
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*[[André Malraux]] – ''[[The Royal Way]] (La Voie royale)'' |
*[[André Malraux]] – ''[[The Royal Way]] (La Voie royale)'' |
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*[[Frederic Manning]] (as "Private 19022") – ''Her Privates We'' (first trade edition) |
*[[Frederic Manning]] (as "Private 19022") – ''Her Privates We'' (first trade edition) |
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*[[Katherine Mansfield]] ( |
*[[Katherine Mansfield]] (died 1923) – ''[[The Aloe]]'' |
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*[[W. Somerset Maugham]] – ''[[Cakes and Ale]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=A Bibliography of the Writings of William Somerset Maugham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TKz2qClucQC&pg=PA42|year=1931|publisher=Ardent Media| |
*[[W. Somerset Maugham]] – ''[[Cakes and Ale]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=A Bibliography of the Writings of William Somerset Maugham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TKz2qClucQC&pg=PA42|year=1931|publisher=Ardent Media|page=43}}</ref> |
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*[[Gladys Mitchell]] – ''[[The Longer Bodies]]'' |
*[[Gladys Mitchell]] – ''[[The Longer Bodies]]'' |
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*[[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]] |
*[[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]] |
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**''A Flood'' |
**''A Flood'' |
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*[[Paul Morand]] – ''[[World Champions (novel)|World Champions]] (Champions du monde)'' |
*[[Paul Morand]] – ''[[World Champions (novel)|World Champions]] (Champions du monde)'' |
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*[[W. F. Morris]] – ''Behind the Lines'' |
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*[[Stratis Myrivilis]] – ''[[:el:Η ζωή εν τάφω (μυθιστόρημα)|Η ζωή εν τάφω]]'' (''I zoí en tafo'', "Life in the Tomb"; book publication) |
*[[Stratis Myrivilis]] – ''[[:el:Η ζωή εν τάφω (μυθιστόρημα)|Η ζωή εν τάφω]]'' (''I zoí en tafo'', "Life in the Tomb"; book publication) |
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*[[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
*[[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
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** ''[[The Million Pound Deposit]]'' |
** ''[[The Million Pound Deposit]]'' |
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*[[Camil Petrescu]] – ''[[:ro:Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război|Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război]]'' (The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War) |
*[[Camil Petrescu]] – ''[[:ro:Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război|Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război]]'' (The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War) |
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*[[Sol Plaatje]] – ''[[Mhudi]]'' (written 1919–20) |
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*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[Angel Pavement]]'' |
*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[Angel Pavement]]'' |
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*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[The French Powder Mystery]]'' |
*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[The French Powder Mystery]]'' |
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*[[Nan Shepherd]] – ''The Weatherhouse'' |
*[[Nan Shepherd]] – ''The Weatherhouse'' |
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*[[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Mental Radio]]'' |
*[[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Mental Radio]]'' |
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*[[Olaf Stapledon]] – ''[[Last and First Men]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Crossley|title=An Olaf Stapledon Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rULPTKNwlx8C&pg=PA3|date=1 March 1997|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0430-3| |
*[[Olaf Stapledon]] – ''[[Last and First Men]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Crossley|title=An Olaf Stapledon Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rULPTKNwlx8C&pg=PA3|date=1 March 1997|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0430-3|page=3}}</ref> |
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*[[Cecil Street]] |
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** ''[[Peril at Cranbury Hall]]'' |
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** ''[[The Secret of High Eldersham]]'' |
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*[[Miguel de Unamuno]] – ''[[San Manuel Bueno, Mártir]]'' |
*[[Miguel de Unamuno]] – ''[[San Manuel Bueno, Mártir]]'' |
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*[[Ion Vinea]] – ''Paradisul suspinelor'' (A Haven for the Sighs) |
*[[Ion Vinea]] – ''Paradisul suspinelor'' (A Haven for the Sighs) |
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*[[Gamel Woolsey]] – ''One Way of Love'' (written; published 1987) |
*[[Gamel Woolsey]] – ''One Way of Love'' (written; published 1987) |
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*[[Philip Gordon Wylie]] – ''[[Gladiator (novel)|Gladiator]]'' |
*[[Philip Gordon Wylie]] – ''[[Gladiator (novel)|Gladiator]]'' |
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*[[Francis Brett Young]] – ''[[Jim Redlake]]'' |
*[[Francis Brett Young]] – ''[[Jim Redlake]]'' |
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===Children and young people=== |
===Children and young people=== |
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*[[William S. Gray]] – first in the [[Dick and Jane]] series of ''Elson-Gray Readers'' |
*[[William S. Gray]] – first in the [[Dick and Jane]] series of ''Elson-Gray Readers'' |
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*"Carolyn Keene" – ''The Secret of the Old Clock'' |
*"[[Carolyn Keene]]" – ''[[The Secret of the Old Clock]]'' (first in the ''[[Nancy Drew Mystery Stories]]'' series) |
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*[[André Maurois]] – ''[[Fattypuffs and Thinifers]]'' (''Patapoufs et Filifers''; illustrated by [[Jean Bruller]]) |
*[[André Maurois]] – ''[[Fattypuffs and Thinifers]]'' (''Patapoufs et Filifers''; illustrated by [[Jean Bruller]]) |
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*[[Anne Parrish]] – ''[[Floating Island]]'' |
*[[Anne Parrish]] – ''[[Floating Island]]'' |
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*[[Gwynedd Rae]] – ''Mostly Mary'' (first in the Mary Plain series of 14 books) |
*[[Gwynedd Rae]] – ''Mostly Mary'' (first in the Mary Plain series of 14 books) |
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*[[Arthur Ransome]] – ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' (first in the [[Swallows and Amazons series]] of 12 books) |
*[[Arthur Ransome]] – ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' (first in the [[Swallows and Amazons series]] of 12 books) |
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*[[Marion St John Webb]] – ''Mr Papingay's Flying Shop'' (first in the Papingay series of four books) |
*[[Marion St John Webb]] – ''Mr Papingay's Flying Shop'' (first in the Papingay series of four books) |
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*[[Sadie Rose Weilerstein]] – ''The Adventures of K'tonton: a Little Jewish Tom Thumb'' |
*[[Sadie Rose Weilerstein]] – ''The Adventures of K'tonton: a Little Jewish Tom Thumb'' |
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===Drama=== |
===Drama=== |
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*[[Rudolf Besier]] – ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]''<ref>{{cite book | editor-last = Hochman | editor-first = Stanley | title = McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama|volume=1| date = 1984| location = New York | publisher = McGraw-Hill | url = https://archive.org/details/mcgrawhillencycl01hoch/page/344/mode/2up| isbn = 978-0-07-079169-5 |pages=344-5}}</ref> |
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*[[Rudolf Besier]] – ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]'' |
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*[[Antoine Bibesco]] – ''Ladies All'' |
*[[Antoine Bibesco]] – ''Ladies All'' |
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*[[Bertolt Brecht]] |
*[[Bertolt Brecht]] |
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**''[[Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny]] (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)''<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt Weill|title=Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Upm0TkyixDIC&pg=PA513|date=1 November 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21240-4| |
**''[[Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny]] (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)''<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt Weill|title=Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Upm0TkyixDIC&pg=PA513|date=1 November 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21240-4|page=513}}</ref> |
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**''[[The Decision (play)|The Decision]] (Die Maßnahme)'' |
**''[[The Decision (play)|The Decision]] (Die Maßnahme)'' |
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*[[Ferdinand Bruckner]] – ''Elisabeth von England'' (Elizabeth of England) |
*[[Ferdinand Bruckner]] – ''Elisabeth von England'' (Elizabeth of England)<ref>{{cite book|title=Theatre Under the Nazis|editor=John London|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2000|ISBN=9780719059919|page=103}}</ref> |
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*[[Jean Cocteau]] – ''[[The Human Voice]] (La Voix humaine)'' |
*[[Jean Cocteau]] – ''[[The Human Voice]] (La Voix humaine)'' |
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*[[Marc Connelly]] – ''[[The Green Pastures]]'' |
*[[Marc Connelly]] – ''[[The Green Pastures]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Bial|title=Playing God: The Bible on the Broadway Stage|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=2015|ISBN=9780472052929|page=197}}</ref> |
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*[[Noël Coward]] – ''[[Private Lives]]'' |
*[[Noël Coward]] – ''[[Private Lives]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Noël Coward|title=Collected Plays|publisher=Methuen|year=1999|page=vii}}</ref> |
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*[[Ian Hay]] and [[Guy Bolton]] – ''[[A Song of Sixpence (play)|A Song of Sixpence]]'' |
*[[Ian Hay]] and [[Guy Bolton]] – ''[[A Song of Sixpence (play)|A Song of Sixpence]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=J. P. Wearing|title=The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2014|page=16}}</ref> |
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*[[Ian Hay]] and [[P.G. Wodehouse]] – ''[[Leave It to Psmith (play)|Leave It to Psmith]]'' |
*[[Ian Hay]] and [[P. G. Wodehouse]] – ''[[Leave It to Psmith (play)|Leave It to Psmith]]'' |
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*[[Nicolae Iorga]] |
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**''Sfântul Francisc'' |
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**''Fiul cel pierdut'' |
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*[[Georgia Douglas Johnson]] – ''[[Blue-Eyed Black Boy]]'' |
*[[Georgia Douglas Johnson]] – ''[[Blue-Eyed Black Boy]]'' |
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*[[Fred Duprez]] – ''[[My Wife's Family (play)|My Wife's Family]]'' |
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*[[Geoffrey Kerr]] – ''[[London Calling (play)|London Calling]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerald Martin Bordman|title=American Theatre: a Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1930-1969|page=9|publisher=Oxford|year=1996}} {{ISBN|0-19-509078-0}}</ref> |
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*[[Kwee Tek Hoay]] – ''Nonton Tjapgome'' (Watching the Lantern Festival) |
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*[[Kwee Tek Hoay]] – ''Nonton Tjapgome'' (Watching the Lantern Festival)<ref>{{cite book|author=Josh Stenberg|title=Minority Stages: Sino-Indonesian Performance and Public Display|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2019|ISBN=9780824876715|page=136}}</ref> |
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*[[Federico García Lorca]] |
*[[Federico García Lorca]] |
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**''[[The Public (play)|The Public]] (El público)'' (written)<ref>{{Citation|last=Martínez Nadal|first=Rafael|title=Lorca's ''The Public'': A Study of his Unfinished Play (''El público'') and of Love and Death in the Work of Federico García Lorca|place=London|publisher=Calder & Boyars|year=1974|isbn=0-7145-2752-1|pages=70–82}}</ref> |
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**''[[The Public (play)|The Public]]'' (''El público'', written) |
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**''[[The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife]] (La zapatera prodigiosa)''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atkinson |first=Brooks |date=15 June 1949 |title=García Lorca's 'The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife' Put On at the Provincetown Playhouse |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/12/specials/lorca-wife.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref> |
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**''[[The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife (play)|The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife]] (La zapatera prodigiosa)'' |
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*[[Patrick MacGill]] – ''[[Suspense (play)|Suspense]]'' |
*[[Patrick MacGill]] – ''[[Suspense (play)|Suspense]]'' |
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* [[William Matthew Scott|Will Scott]] – ''[[The Limping Man (play)|The Limping Man]]'' |
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*[[Edgar Wallace]] |
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**''[[On the Spot (play)|On the Spot]]'' |
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**''[[The Mouthpiece (play)|The Mouthpiece]]'' |
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**''[[Smoky Cell]]'' |
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*[[Emlyn Williams]] – ''[[A Murder Has Been Arranged]]'' |
*[[Emlyn Williams]] – ''[[A Murder Has Been Arranged]]'' |
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*[[Christa Winsloe]] – ''Ritter Nérestan'' (written as ''Gestern und heute'', translated as ''Children in Uniform'') |
*[[Christa Winsloe]] – ''Ritter Nérestan'' (written as ''Gestern und heute'', translated as ''Children in Uniform'') |
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*[[W. H. Auden]] – ''Poems'' |
*[[W. H. Auden]] – ''Poems'' |
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*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''Whoroscope'' |
*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''Whoroscope'' |
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*[[Hart Crane]] – ''[[The Bridge (long poem)|The Bridge]]''<ref name=rmlaal>{{Cite book |last1=Ludwig |first1=Richard M. |first2=Clifford A. |
*[[Hart Crane]] – ''[[The Bridge (long poem)|The Bridge]]''<ref name=rmlaal>{{Cite book |last1=Ludwig |first1=Richard M. |first2=Clifford A. Jr |last2=Nault |title=Annals of American Literature 1602–1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofamerican00ludw |url-access=registration |year=1986 |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> |
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*[[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]] – ''[[Muna Madan]]'' (मुनामदन) |
*[[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]] – ''[[Muna Madan]]'' (मुनामदन) |
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*[[T. S. Eliot]] – ''[[Ash Wednesday (poem)|Ash Wednesday]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Stearns Eliot|title=Ash-Wednesday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtdaAAAAMAAJ|year=1930|publisher=Faber & Faber}}</ref> |
*[[T. S. Eliot]] – ''[[Ash Wednesday (poem)|Ash Wednesday]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Stearns Eliot|title=Ash-Wednesday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtdaAAAAMAAJ|year=1930|publisher=Faber & Faber}}</ref> |
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*[[James Hopwood Jeans|James Jeans]] – ''[[The Mysterious Universe]]'' |
*[[James Hopwood Jeans|James Jeans]] – ''[[The Mysterious Universe]]'' |
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*[[G. Wilson Knight]] – ''The Wheel of Fire: interpretations of Shakespearian tragedy'' |
*[[G. Wilson Knight]] – ''The Wheel of Fire: interpretations of Shakespearian tragedy'' |
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*[[Samuil Lehtțir]] and Iosif Vainberg – ''Întrebări literari'' (Literary Questions) |
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*[[Bata LoBagola]] (Joseph Howard Lee) – ''LoBagola: An African Savage's Own Story'' ( |
*[[Bata LoBagola]] (Joseph Howard Lee) – ''LoBagola: An African Savage's Own Story'' (fictional autobiography) |
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*[[Paul Morand]] – ''[[New York (Morand book)|New York]]'' |
*[[Paul Morand]] – ''[[New York (Morand book)|New York]]'' |
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*[[Edouard de Pomiane]] – ''[[Cuisine en dix minutes]]'' |
*[[Edouard de Pomiane]] – ''[[Cuisine en dix minutes]]'' |
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*[[January 1]] – [[Adunis]] (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), Syrian-born poet |
*[[January 1]] – [[Adunis]] (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), Syrian-born poet |
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*[[January 20]] – [[Blair Lent]], American children's author and illustrator (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
*[[January 20]] – [[Blair Lent]], American children's author and illustrator (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
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*[[January 23]] – [[Derek Walcott]], [[Saint Lucia]]n poet and playwright (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gale, Cengage Learning|title=A Study Guide for Derek Walcott's "Midsummer, Tobago"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtoWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|year=2016|publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4103-5264-4| |
*[[January 23]] – [[Derek Walcott]], [[Saint Lucia]]n poet and playwright (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gale, Cengage Learning|title=A Study Guide for Derek Walcott's "Midsummer, Tobago"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtoWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|year=2016|publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-4103-5264-4|page=5}}</ref> |
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*[[February 15]] – [[Bruce Dawe]], Australian poet (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Barry Spurr|author2=Lloyd Cameron|title=Standard English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gRDngYDAGoC&pg=PA154|year=2000|publisher=Pascal Press|isbn=978-1-74125-068-8| |
*[[February 15]] – [[Bruce Dawe]], Australian poet (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Barry Spurr|author2=Lloyd Cameron|title=Standard English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gRDngYDAGoC&pg=PA154|year=2000|publisher=Pascal Press|isbn=978-1-74125-068-8|page=154}}</ref> |
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*[[February 17]] – [[Ruth Rendell]] (Ruth Barbara Grasemann), English detective and mystery novel writer (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ed. Mohit K. Ray|title=The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_YatfLrgnMC&pg=PA444|date=September 2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0832-5| |
*[[February 17]] – [[Ruth Rendell]] (Ruth Barbara Grasemann), English detective and mystery novel writer (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ed. Mohit K. Ray|title=The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_YatfLrgnMC&pg=PA444|date=September 2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0832-5|page=444}}</ref> |
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*[[February 18]] – [[Gahan Wilson]], American author and illustrator (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary|author2=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC|year=1993|publisher=Contemporary books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=103}}</ref> |
*[[February 18]] – [[Gahan Wilson]], American author and illustrator (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary|author2=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC|year=1993|publisher=Contemporary books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=103}}</ref> |
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*[[February 22]] – [[Edward D. Hoch]], American detective fiction writer (died [[2008 in literature|2008]]) |
*[[February 22]] – [[Edward D. Hoch]], American detective fiction writer (died [[2008 in literature|2008]]) |
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*[[February 23]] – [[Paul West (writer)|Paul West]], English-born American novelist, poet and essayist (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul West, author–obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12053992/Paul-West-author-obituary.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> |
*[[February 23]] – [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-born American novelist, poet and essayist (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul West, author–obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12053992/Paul-West-author-obituary.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[March 2]] – [[Tom Wolfe]], American author, journalist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Tracy Chevalier|title=Encyclopedia of the Essay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOwBEsoNiUMC&pg=PA903|date=12 October 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-31410-1| |
*[[March 2]] – [[Tom Wolfe]], American author, journalist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Tracy Chevalier|title=Encyclopedia of the Essay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOwBEsoNiUMC&pg=PA903|date=12 October 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-31410-1|page=903}}</ref> |
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*[[March 8]] – [[Douglas Hurd]], English politician and novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Stuart|title=Douglas Hurd: The Public Servant: An Authorised Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmVnAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited|isbn=978-1-84018-125-8|page=9}}</ref> |
*[[March 8]] – [[Douglas Hurd]], English politician and novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Stuart|title=Douglas Hurd: The Public Servant: An Authorised Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmVnAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited|isbn=978-1-84018-125-8|page=9}}</ref> |
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*[[March 26]] – [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (died [[2001 in literature|2001]]) |
*[[March 26]] – [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (died [[2001 in literature|2001]]) |
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*[[April 16]] – [[Carol Bly]], American teacher, author of short stories, essays and nonfiction (died [[2007 in literature|2007]]) |
*[[April 16]] – [[Carol Bly]], American teacher, author of short stories, essays and nonfiction (died [[2007 in literature|2007]]) |
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*[[May 3]] – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentine poet (died [[2014 in literature|2014]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Verity Smith|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcjFBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA365|date=26 March 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-31424-1| |
*[[May 3]] – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentine poet (died [[2014 in literature|2014]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Verity Smith|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcjFBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA365|date=26 March 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-31424-1|page=365}}</ref> |
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*[[May 13]] – [[José Jiménez Lozano]], Spanish novelist (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{Cite news|author=Enrique Berzal|title=Muere a los 89 años José Jiménez Lozano, Premio Cervantes y exdirector de El Norte de Castilla|url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/culturas/libros/muere-escritor-jose-20200309093710-nt.html|date=9 March 2020|access-date=21 July 2021|newspaper=El Norte de Castilla|language=es}}</ref> |
*[[May 13]] – [[José Jiménez Lozano]], Spanish novelist (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{Cite news|author=Enrique Berzal|title=Muere a los 89 años José Jiménez Lozano, Premio Cervantes y exdirector de El Norte de Castilla|url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/culturas/libros/muere-escritor-jose-20200309093710-nt.html|date=9 March 2020|access-date=21 July 2021|newspaper=El Norte de Castilla|language=es}}</ref> |
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*[[May 14]] – [[María Irene Fornés]], Cuban-American playwright (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Scott T. Cummings|title=Maria Irene Fornes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VeZxtVkLx7IC&pg=PA5|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-45434-6| |
*[[May 14]] – [[María Irene Fornés]], Cuban-American playwright (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Scott T. Cummings|title=Maria Irene Fornes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VeZxtVkLx7IC&pg=PA5|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-45434-6|page=5}}</ref> |
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*[[May 15]] – [[Grace Ogot]], Kenyan author (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA8|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5| |
*[[May 15]] – [[Grace Ogot]], Kenyan author (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA8|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|page=4}}</ref> |
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*[[May 19]] – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], African-American playwright (died [[1965 in literature|1965]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry Louis Gates Jr.|author2=Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham|title=African American Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dXw6gR2GgkC&pg=PA373|date=29 April 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-988286-1| |
*[[May 19]] – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], African-American playwright (died [[1965 in literature|1965]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry Louis Gates Jr.|author2=Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham|title=African American Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dXw6gR2GgkC&pg=PA373|date=29 April 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-988286-1|page=373}}</ref> |
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*[[May 21]] – [[Stanley Wells]], English Shakespearean scholar |
*[[May 21]] – [[Stanley Wells]], English Shakespearean scholar |
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*[[May 27]] – [[John Barth]], American writer<ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9| |
*[[May 25]] – [[Jón frá Pálmholti]] (Jón Kjartansson), Icelandic writer and journalist (died [[2004 in literature|2004]]) |
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*[[May 27]] – [[John Barth]], American fiction writer (died [[2024 in literature|2024]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9|page=135}}</ref> |
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*[[June 3]] – [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], American writer (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-marion-zimmer-bradley-1123162.html|title=Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley|date=30 September 1999|author=Jack Adrian|website=The Independent|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> |
*[[June 3]] – [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], American writer (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-marion-zimmer-bradley-1123162.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-marion-zimmer-bradley-1123162.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley|date=30 September 1999|author=Jack Adrian|website=The Independent|access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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*[[June 10]] – [[Grace Mirabella]], American journalist, editor of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' 1971-88<ref name="Moritz1992">{{cite book|author=Charles Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWftWR1VGIEC|year=1992|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=399}}</ref> |
*[[June 10]] – [[Grace Mirabella]], American journalist, editor of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' 1971-88<ref name="Moritz1992">{{cite book|author=Charles Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWftWR1VGIEC|year=1992|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=399}}</ref> |
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*[[June 14]] – [[Charles McCarry]], American spy and novelist (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/05/charles-mccarry-obituary |title=Charles McCarry obituary |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |date=2019-03-05 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> |
*[[June 14]] – [[Charles McCarry]], American spy and novelist (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/05/charles-mccarry-obituary |title=Charles McCarry obituary |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |date=2019-03-05 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> |
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*[[June 23]] – [[Anthony Thwaite]], English poet (died [[2021 in literature|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA544|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-179-7| |
*[[June 23]] – [[Anthony Thwaite]], English poet (died [[2021 in literature|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA544|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-179-7|page=544}}</ref> |
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*[[June 28]] – [[Maureen Howard]], American writer, editor and lecturer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Daniel J. Casey|author2=Robert E. Rhodes|title=Modern Irish-American Fiction: A Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1D2KCS8gfoC&pg=PA182|date=1 July 1989|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0234-7| |
*[[June 28]] – [[Maureen Howard]], American writer, editor and lecturer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Daniel J. Casey|author2=Robert E. Rhodes|title=Modern Irish-American Fiction: A Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1D2KCS8gfoC&pg=PA182|date=1 July 1989|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0234-7|page=182}}</ref> |
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*[[July 6]] – [[Gloria Skurzynski]], American author<ref>{{cite book|author=Sharron L. McElmeel|title=Educator's Companion to Children's Literature: Folklore, contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, biographies, and tales from here and there|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5is7oxA1MjgC&pg=PA135|year=1995|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-56308-330-3| |
*[[July 6]] – [[Gloria Skurzynski]], American author<ref>{{cite book|author=Sharron L. McElmeel|title=Educator's Companion to Children's Literature: Folklore, contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, biographies, and tales from here and there|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5is7oxA1MjgC&pg=PA135|year=1995|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-56308-330-3|page=135}}</ref> |
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*[[July 11]] – [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/books/harold-bloom-dead.html |title=Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=October 14, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 14, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
*[[July 11]] – [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/books/harold-bloom-dead.html |title=Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=October 14, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 14, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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*[[July 13]] – [[Sam Greenlee]], African American author (died [[2014 in literature|2014]]) |
*[[July 13]] – [[Sam Greenlee]], African American author (died [[2014 in literature|2014]]) |
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*[[July 15]] – [[Jacques Derrida]], French Algerian literary critic (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Jacques Derrida|last=Bennington|first=Geoffrey|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=1993|page=325}}.</ref> |
*[[July 15]] – [[Jacques Derrida]], French Algerian literary critic (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Jacques Derrida|last=Bennington|first=Geoffrey|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=1993|page=325}}.</ref> |
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*[[July 17]] – [[Ray Galton]], English scriptwriter (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ray Galton|author2=Alan Simpson|author3=Robert Ross|title=Steptoe and Son|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzIbAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=BBC|page=10|isbn=9780563488330}}</ref> |
*[[July 17]] – [[Ray Galton]], English scriptwriter (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ray Galton|author2=Alan Simpson|author3=Robert Ross|title=Steptoe and Son|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzIbAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=BBC|page=10|isbn=9780563488330}}</ref> |
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*[[August 8]] – [[Barry Unsworth]], English novelist (died [[2012 in literature|2012]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-62513-103-4| |
*[[August 8]] – [[Barry Unsworth]], English novelist (died [[2012 in literature|2012]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-62513-103-4|page=172}}</ref> |
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*[[August 9]] – [[Carmen Balcells]], Spanish literary agent (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Giancarlo Colombo|title=Who's Who in Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4oUAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-60-7|page=62}}</ref> |
*[[August 9]] – [[Carmen Balcells]], Spanish literary agent (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Giancarlo Colombo|title=Who's Who in Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4oUAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-60-7|page=62}}</ref> |
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*[[August 17]] – [[Ted Hughes]], English poet laureate (died [[1998 in literature|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry Gifford|title=Ted Hughes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgR_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT21|date=13 January 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-38433-4| |
*[[August 17]] – [[Ted Hughes]], English poet laureate (died [[1998 in literature|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry Gifford|title=Ted Hughes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgR_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT21|date=13 January 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-38433-4|page=21}}</ref> |
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* [[August 19]] – [[Frank McCourt]], Irish-American writer (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael D. Sharp|title=Popular Contemporary Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16esKLrdtYkC&pg=PA1013|year=2006|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7609-2| |
* [[August 19]] – [[Frank McCourt]], Irish-American writer (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael D. Sharp|title=Popular Contemporary Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16esKLrdtYkC&pg=PA1013|year=2006|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7609-2|page=1013}}</ref> |
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*[[August 25]] – [[Peter Trower]], Canadian poet and novelist (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPkrAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Reference Press|isbn=978-0-919981-46-1|page=326}}</ref> |
*[[August 25]] – [[Peter Trower]], Canadian poet and novelist (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPkrAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Reference Press|isbn=978-0-919981-46-1|page=326}}</ref> |
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*[[August 27]] – [[Erzsébet Galgóczi]], Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (died [[1989 in literature|1989]]) |
*[[August 27]] – [[Erzsébet Galgóczi]], Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (died [[1989 in literature|1989]]) |
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*[[September 3]] – [[Cherry Wilder]], New Zealand novelist (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Something about the Author|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMVkAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-2253-0|page=98}}</ref> |
*[[September 3]] – [[Cherry Wilder]], New Zealand novelist (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Something about the Author|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMVkAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-2253-0|page=98}}</ref> |
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*[[September 25]] – [[Shel Silverstein]], American poet (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author=S. Ward|title=Meet Shel Silverstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUITFQ7PvIEC&pg=PA6|year=2001|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-5709-5| |
*[[September 25]] – [[Shel Silverstein]], American poet (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author=S. Ward|title=Meet Shel Silverstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUITFQ7PvIEC&pg=PA6|year=2001|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-5709-5|page=6}}</ref> |
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*[[September 29]] – [[Colin Dexter]], English detective fiction writer (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|author=St James Press|title=Contemporary Popular Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MkUAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-216-6|page=117}}</ref> |
*[[September 29]] – [[Colin Dexter]], English detective fiction writer (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|author=St James Press|title=Contemporary Popular Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MkUAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-216-6|page=117}}</ref> |
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*[[October 2]] – [[Antonio Gala]], Spanish poet, playwright and novelist |
*[[October 2]] – [[Antonio Gala]], Spanish poet, playwright and novelist |
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*[[October 10]] – [[Harold Pinter]], English dramatist (died [[2008 in literature|2008]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Baker|title=Harold Pinter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rou2ffOSHr8C&pg=PA2|date=8 November 2008|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-9971-4| |
*[[October 10]] – [[Harold Pinter]], English dramatist (died [[2008 in literature|2008]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Baker|title=Harold Pinter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rou2ffOSHr8C&pg=PA2|date=8 November 2008|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-9971-4|page=2}}</ref> |
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*[[October 18]] – [[Esther Hautzig]], Polish-born American autobiographer (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
*[[October 18]] – [[Esther Hautzig]], Polish-born American autobiographer (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
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*[[October 24]] – [[Elaine Feinstein]], English poet, novelist and [[biography in literature|literary biographer]] (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sorrel Kerbel|title=The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SqQsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA283|date=23 November 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-45607-8| |
*[[October 24]] – [[Elaine Feinstein]], English poet, novelist and [[biography in literature|literary biographer]] (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sorrel Kerbel|title=The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SqQsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA283|date=23 November 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-45607-8|page=283}}</ref> |
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*[[October 26]] – [[Catherine Obianuju Acholonu]], Nigerian researcher and poet (died [[2014 in literature|2014]]) |
*[[October 26]] – [[Catherine Obianuju Acholonu]], Nigerian researcher and poet (died [[2014 in literature|2014]]) |
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*[[October 27]] – [[Francisca Aguirre]], Spanish poet (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisca_aguirre.html|title=Francisca Aguirre|website=España es Cultura|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> |
*[[October 27]] – [[Francisca Aguirre]], Spanish poet (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisca_aguirre.html|title=Francisca Aguirre|website=España es Cultura|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[November 5]] |
*[[November 5]] |
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** [[Clifford Irving]], American literary forger (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/obituaries/clifford-irving-author-of-a-notorious-literary-hoax-dies-at-87.html |title=Clifford Irving, Author of a Notorious Literary Hoax, Dies at 87 |last=Grimes |first=William |date=December 20, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
** [[Clifford Irving]], American literary forger (died [[2017 in literature|2017]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/obituaries/clifford-irving-author-of-a-notorious-literary-hoax-dies-at-87.html |title=Clifford Irving, Author of a Notorious Literary Hoax, Dies at 87 |last=Grimes |first=William |date=December 20, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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** [[Hans Mommsen]], German historian (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kelly Boyd|title=Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0121vD9STIMC&pg=PA826|year=1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-33-6| |
** [[Hans Mommsen]], German historian (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kelly Boyd|title=Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0121vD9STIMC&pg=PA826|year=1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-33-6|page=826}}</ref> |
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*[[November 12]] – [[Irma Chilton]], Welsh children's writer in Welsh and English (died [[1990 in literature|1990]])<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 |
*[[November 12]] – [[Irma Chilton]], Welsh children's writer in Welsh and English (died [[1990 in literature|1990]])<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974: with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-1051-3|page=852}}</ref> |
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*[[November 15]] – [[J. G. Ballard]], English novelist and essayist (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jg-ballard-writer-whose-dystopian-visions-helped-shape-our-view-of-the-modern-world-1671634.html|title=J.G. Ballard: Writer whose dystopian visions helped shape our view of the modern world|author=John Clute|date=21 April 2009|website=The Independent|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |
*[[November 15]] – [[J. G. Ballard]], English novelist and essayist (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jg-ballard-writer-whose-dystopian-visions-helped-shape-our-view-of-the-modern-world-1671634.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jg-ballard-writer-whose-dystopian-visions-helped-shape-our-view-of-the-modern-world-1671634.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=J.G. Ballard: Writer whose dystopian visions helped shape our view of the modern world|author=John Clute|date=21 April 2009|website=The Independent|access-date=8 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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*[[November 16]] – [[Chinua Achebe]], Nigerian writer, academic and literary critic (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Catherine Lynette Innes|title=Chinua Achebe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUuzRndxR_AC&pg=PA4|date=26 March 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-42897-2| |
*[[November 16]] – [[Chinua Achebe]], Nigerian writer, academic and literary critic (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Catherine Lynette Innes]]|title=Chinua Achebe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUuzRndxR_AC&pg=PA4|date=26 March 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-42897-2|page=4}}</ref> |
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*[[November 20]] – [[Bai Hua]], Chinese poet, dramatist and novelist (died [[2019 in literature|2019]]) |
*[[November 20]] – [[Bai Hua]], Chinese poet, dramatist and novelist (died [[2019 in literature|2019]]) |
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*[[November 27]] – [[Rex Shelley]], Singaporean author (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
*[[November 27]] – [[Rex Shelley]], Singaporean author (died [[2009 in literature|2009]]) |
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*[[December 2]] – [[Jon Silkin]], English poet (died [[1997 in literature|1997]]) |
*[[December 2]] – [[Jon Silkin]], English poet (died [[1997 in literature|1997]]) |
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*[[December 9]] – [[Edoardo Sanguineti]], Italian writer (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Picchione|title=The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RWKEpZ16gMC&pg=PA222|date=1 January 2004|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8994-6| |
*[[December 9]] – [[Edoardo Sanguineti]], Italian writer (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Picchione|title=The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RWKEpZ16gMC&pg=PA222|date=1 January 2004|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8994-6|page=222}}</ref> |
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*[[December 15]] – [[Edna O'Brien]], Irish fiction writer (died [[2024 in literature|2024]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicola|last=Depuis|title=Mná Na HÉireann: Women who Shaped Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heeon5xC5KwC&pg=PA202|year=2009|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|isbn=978-1-85635-645-9|page=202}}</ref> |
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*[[December 25]] – [[Salah Jahin]], Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert B. Campbell|title=Crosshatching in Global Culture: A Dictionary of Modern Arab Writers: an Updated English Version of R.B. Campbell's "Contemporary Arab Writers"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZ0YAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft|page=551|isbn=9783899134070}}</ref> |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[January 9]] – [[Edward Bok]], American author (born [[1863 in literature|1863]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hans Krabbendam|author2=Johannes Leendert Krabbendam|title=The Model Man: A Life of Edward William Bok, 1863-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnSxfB_gq1YC&pg=PA224|year=2001|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-1495-4| |
*[[January 9]] – [[Edward Bok]], American author (born [[1863 in literature|1863]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hans Krabbendam|author2=Johannes Leendert Krabbendam|title=The Model Man: A Life of Edward William Bok, 1863-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnSxfB_gq1YC&pg=PA224|year=2001|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-1495-4|page=224}}</ref> |
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*[[January 16]] – [[Johannes Gilhoff]], German writer (born [[1861 in literature|1861]]) |
*[[January 16]] – [[Johannes Gilhoff]], German writer (born [[1861 in literature|1861]]) |
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*[[January 24]] – [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]], American writer, lecturer, reformer |
*[[January 24]] – [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]], American writer, lecturer, reformer and politician (born [[1835 in literature|1835]])<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mrs. Felton Dies. Appointed for One-Day Term From Georgia, She Said She Hoped to See Women in Senate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/01/25/archives/mrs-felton-dies-former-senator-appointed-for-oneday-term-from.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 25, 1930 |access-date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref> |
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*[[February 9]] – [[Alice Williams Brotherton]], American author (born [[1848 in literature|1848]]) |
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*[[February 27]] |
*[[February 27]] |
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**[[George Haven Putnam]], American author and publisher (born [[1844 in literature|1844]]) |
**[[George Haven Putnam]], American author and publisher (born [[1844 in literature|1844]]) |
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**[[Joseph Wright (linguist)|Joseph Wright]], English philologist and lexicographer (born [[1855 in literature|1855]]) |
**[[Joseph Wright (linguist)|Joseph Wright]], English philologist and lexicographer (born [[1855 in literature|1855]]) |
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*[[February 28]] – [[Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff]], Scottish writer and translator (born [[1889 in literature|1889]]) |
*[[February 28]] – [[Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff]], Scottish writer and translator (born [[1889 in literature|1889]]) |
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*[[March 2]] – [[D. H. Lawrence]], English novelist and poet (born [[1885 in literature|1885]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ronald P. Draper|title=D. H. Lawrence: The Critical Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9tkI4HE50UC&pg=PA23|year=1997|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-15922-7| |
*[[March 2]] – [[D. H. Lawrence]], English novelist and poet (born [[1885 in literature|1885]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ronald P. Draper|title=D. H. Lawrence: The Critical Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9tkI4HE50UC&pg=PA23|year=1997|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-15922-7|page=23}}</ref> |
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*[[March 12]] – [[Alois Jirásek]], Czech novelist and dramatist (born [[1851 in literature|1851]]) |
*[[March 12]] – [[Alois Jirásek]], Czech novelist and dramatist (born [[1851 in literature|1851]]) |
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*[[March 13]] – [[Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman]], American author (born [[1852 in literature|1852]])<ref>Fishinger, Sondra. "Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, 1852–1930", in ''Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women''. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997: 139. {{ISBN|0-8156-0418-1}}</ref> |
*[[March 13]] – [[Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman]], American author (born [[1852 in literature|1852]])<ref>Fishinger, Sondra. "Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, 1852–1930", in ''Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women''. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997: 139. {{ISBN|0-8156-0418-1}}</ref> |
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*[[April 14]] |
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**[[Sigurd Ibsen]], Norwegian politician and writer (born [[1859 in literature|1859]]) |
**[[Sigurd Ibsen]], Norwegian politician and writer (born [[1859 in literature|1859]]) |
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**[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], Russian poet (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Crowley|title=Dying Words: The Last Moments of Writers and Philosophers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f3V_LVlIioC&pg=PA207|year=2000|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-1432-6| |
**[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], Russian poet, suicide (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Crowley|title=Dying Words: The Last Moments of Writers and Philosophers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f3V_LVlIioC&pg=PA207|year=2000|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-1432-6|page=207}}</ref> |
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**[[John B. Sheridan]], Irish-American sports journalist (born [[1870 in literature|1870]])<ref>{{cite book|author=George Seldes|title=Witch Hunt: The Technique and Profits of Redbaiting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNQUAAAAMAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Modern age books|page=88}}</ref> |
**[[John B. Sheridan]], Irish-American sports journalist (born [[1870 in literature|1870]])<ref>{{cite book|author=George Seldes|title=Witch Hunt: The Technique and Profits of Redbaiting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNQUAAAAMAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Modern age books|page=88}}</ref> |
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*[[April 21]] – [[Robert Bridges]], English poet and Poet Laureate (born [[1844 in literature|1844]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Templin Hamilton|title=Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography, 1873-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiOgjZY4dGMC&pg=PA132|year=1991|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=978-0-87413-364-6| |
*[[April 21]] – [[Robert Bridges]], English poet and Poet Laureate (born [[1844 in literature|1844]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Templin Hamilton|title=Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography, 1873-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiOgjZY4dGMC&pg=PA132|year=1991|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=978-0-87413-364-6|page=132}}</ref> |
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*[[April 22]] – [[Jeppe Aakjær]], Danish poet and novelist (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-last = Hoiberg | editor-first = Dale H. | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | title = Aakjaer, Jeppe | edition = 15th | year = 2010 | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. | volume = I: A-Ak - Bayes | location = Chicago, Illinois | isbn = 978-1-59339-837-8 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency }}</ref> |
*[[April 22]] – [[Jeppe Aakjær]], Danish poet and novelist (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor-last = Hoiberg | editor-first = Dale H. | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | title = Aakjaer, Jeppe | edition = 15th | year = 2010 | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. | volume = I: A-Ak - Bayes | location = Chicago, Illinois | isbn = 978-1-59339-837-8 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency }}</ref> |
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*[[April 29]] – [[Maria Polydouri]], Greek poet (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
*[[April 29]] – [[Maria Polydouri]], Greek poet (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
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**[[Thomas Herbert Warren]], English scholar and poet (born [[1853 in literature|1853]]) |
**[[Thomas Herbert Warren]], English scholar and poet (born [[1853 in literature|1853]]) |
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*[[June 23]] – [[Israel Gollancz]], English Shakespeare scholar (born [[1864 in literature|1864]]) |
*[[June 23]] – [[Israel Gollancz]], English Shakespeare scholar (born [[1864 in literature|1864]]) |
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*[[July 7]] – [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], Scottish writer of crime fiction (born [[1859 in literature|1859]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian W. Pugh|title=A Chronology of the Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Revised 2018 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnaFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|date=11 December 2018|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-78705-347-2| |
*[[July 7]] – [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], Scottish writer of crime fiction (born [[1859 in literature|1859]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian W. Pugh|title=A Chronology of the Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Revised 2018 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnaFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|date=11 December 2018|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-78705-347-2|page=84}}</ref> |
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*[[July 26]] – [[Pavlos Karolidis]], Greek historian (born [[1849 in literature|1849]])<ref>{{cite web | last = Touloumakos | first = Pantelis | title = Karolidis, Pavlos | year = 2006 | publisher = Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor | url = http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=8721 | access-date = 27 May 2011|page=3}}</ref> |
*[[July 26]] – [[Pavlos Karolidis]], Greek historian (born [[1849 in literature|1849]])<ref>{{cite web | last = Touloumakos | first = Pantelis | title = Karolidis, Pavlos | year = 2006 | publisher = Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor | url = http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=8721 | access-date = 27 May 2011|page=3}}</ref> |
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*[[August 23]] – [[Lucien Wolf]], English journalist and historian (born [[1857 in literature|1857]]) |
*[[August 23]] – [[Lucien Wolf]], English journalist and historian (born [[1857 in literature|1857]]) |
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*[[November 21]] – [[Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune]], Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (born [[1855 in literature|1855]]) |
*[[November 21]] – [[Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune]], Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (born [[1855 in literature|1855]]) |
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*[[December 8]] – [[Florbela Espanca]], Portuguese poet (born [[1894 in literature|1894]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=262}}</ref> |
*[[December 8]] – [[Florbela Espanca]], Portuguese poet (born [[1894 in literature|1894]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=262}}</ref> |
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*[[December 22]] |
*[[December 22]] |
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**[[Neil Munro (writer)|Neil Munro]] (Hugh Foulis), Scottish humorist, novelist and critic (born [[1863 in literature|1863]]) |
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**[[Marion Manville Pope]], American poet and author of juvenile literature (born [[1859 in literature|1859]]) |
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*''unknown dates'' – [[Roy Horniman]], English novelist and playwright (born [[1874 in literature|1874]]) |
*''unknown dates'' – [[Roy Horniman]], English novelist and playwright (born [[1874 in literature|1874]]) |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1930.
Events
[edit]- January 6 – An early literary character-licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, giving Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works.[1]
- February – The Censorship of Publications Board begins to function in the Irish Free State. Among the first 13 books banned (announced in May) are Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall and several on sex and marriage by Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes.[2]
- February 23 – Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues, 1929) is banned in Thuringian schools by Education Minister Wilhelm Frick.[3]
- March 19 – Paul Robeson plays the title role of Othello at the Savoy Theatre, London, with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona.[4]
- May 6 – The Collins Crime Club is launched as a crime fiction imprint by the U.K. firm William Collins.
- May 10 – John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.[5]
- July 14 – Luigi Pirandello's The Man with the Flower in His Mouth becomes the first broadcast television drama, by the BBC in England, directed by Val Gielgud.[6]
- July 19 – Georges Simenon's Detective Inspector Jules Maigret makes a first appearance in print, under Simenon's own name after he abandons pseudonyms, in the novel Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett), which begins serialization in the French weekly magazine Ric et Rac published by Fayard.[7] It will appear in book form in 1931 as the fifth of 75 novels (and 28 short stories) in which Simenon features the pipe-smoking Paris detective.
- September 11 – Agatha Christie marries archaeologist Max Mallowan in Edinburgh.
- September 24 – The first production of Noël Coward's comedy Private Lives opens at the Phoenix Theatre (London), featuring Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier in the cast.[6]
- September 29 – The English satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh joins the Catholic Church.[8]
- October 13 – Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage, the first full-length novel to feature her amateur detective Miss Marple, appears in the U.K. in the Collins Crime Club series, after serialization in the United States.
- November 5 – American novelist Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- December 10 – The first performance of Bertolt Brecht's Lehrstück The Decision (Die Maßnahme), written in collaboration with Slatan Dudow and the composer Hanns Eisler, occurs at the Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin, with Ernst Busch as lead.
- unknown dates
- John Langalibalele Dube publishes the historical novella Insila kaShaka, the first work of fiction in the Zulu language.
- Franz Kafka's novel The Castle (1926) is translated into English for the first time, by Willa and Edwin Muir.
New books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Vicki Baum – Grand Hotel
- E. F. Benson – The Inheritor
- Max Brand – Destry Rides Again (original serial version as Twelve Peers)[9]
- Lynn Brock – Q.E.D.
- Pearl S. Buck – East Wind: West Wind
- John Dickson Carr – It Walks By Night[10]
- Leslie Charteris – Enter the Saint
- Gabriel Chevallier – La Peur (Fear)
- Agatha Christie
- The Murder at the Vicarage
- The Mysterious Mr. Quin
- Giant's Bread (as Mary Westmacott)
- Albert Cohen – Solal of the Solals[11]
- Ferreira de Castro – A Selva (The Forest: A Tale of the Amazon Rubber Tappers)
- J. J. Connington – The Two Tickets Puzzle
- Freeman Wills Crofts – Sir John Magill's Last Journey
- John Dos Passos – The 42nd Parallel
- William Faulkner – As I Lay Dying
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher – The Deepening Stream
- R. Austin Freeman – Mr. Pottermack's Oversight
- Gaito Gazdanov – An Evening with Claire
- Anthony Gilbert – The Night of the Fog
- Jean Giono – Second Harvest
- Milt Gross – He Done Her Wrong: the Great American Novel (wordless novel)
- H. Rider Haggard – Belshazzar
- Dashiell Hammett – The Maltese Falcon[12]
- A. P. Herbert – The Water Gipsies
- Hermann Hesse – Narcissus and Goldmund[13]
- Georgette Heyer – Powder and Patch
- Robert Hichens – The Bracelet
- Sydney Horler – Checkmate
- Langston Hughes – Not Without Laughter
- Ianthe Jerrold – Dead Man's Quarry
- Margaret Kennedy – The Fool of the Family
- Oliver La Farge – Laughing Boy
- D. H. Lawrence
- Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories
- The Virgin and the Gypsy (novella)
- Norman Lindsay – Redheap[14]
- Benito Lynch – The Romance of a Gaucho
- Compton Mackenzie – April Fools
- André Malraux – The Royal Way (La Voie royale)
- Frederic Manning (as "Private 19022") – Her Privates We (first trade edition)
- Katherine Mansfield (died 1923) – The Aloe
- W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale[15]
- Gladys Mitchell – The Longer Bodies
- George Moore
- Aphrodite in Aulis
- A Flood
- Paul Morand – World Champions (Champions du monde)
- Robert Musil – The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften; publication begins)
- Stratis Myrivilis – Η ζωή εν τάφω (I zoí en tafo, "Life in the Tomb"; book publication)
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Irène Némirovsky – Le Bal
- E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Camil Petrescu – Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război (The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War)
- Sol Plaatje – Mhudi (written 1919–20)
- J. B. Priestley – Angel Pavement
- Ellery Queen – The French Powder Mystery
- Elizabeth Madox Roberts – The Great Meadow
- Joseph Roth – Job
- Rafael Sabatini – The King's Minion
- Ernst von Salomon – The Outlaws
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Strong Poison[16]
- The Documents in the Case (written with Robert Eustace)
- Nan Shepherd – The Weatherhouse
- Upton Sinclair – Mental Radio
- Olaf Stapledon – Last and First Men[17]
- Cecil Street
- Miguel de Unamuno – San Manuel Bueno, Mártir
- Ion Vinea – Paradisul suspinelor (A Haven for the Sighs)
- Edgar Wallace
- Hugh Walpole – Rogue Herries
- Evelyn Waugh – Vile Bodies
- Dorothy Whipple – High Wages
- Thornton Wilder – The Woman of Andros
- Charles Williams – War in Heaven
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz – Insatiability (Nienasycenie)
- Gamel Woolsey – One Way of Love (written; published 1987)
- Philip Gordon Wylie – Gladiator
- E.H. Young – Miss Mole
- Francis Brett Young – Jim Redlake
Children and young people
[edit]- William S. Gray – first in the Dick and Jane series of Elson-Gray Readers
- "Carolyn Keene" – The Secret of the Old Clock (first in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series)
- André Maurois – Fattypuffs and Thinifers (Patapoufs et Filifers; illustrated by Jean Bruller)
- Anne Parrish – Floating Island
- Watty Piper – The Little Engine That Could
- Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Little Pig Robinson[18]
- Gwynedd Rae – Mostly Mary (first in the Mary Plain series of 14 books)
- Arthur Ransome – Swallows and Amazons (first in the Swallows and Amazons series of 12 books)
- Ruth Plumly Thompson – The Yellow Knight of Oz (24th in the Oz series overall and the 10th written by her)
- Marion St John Webb – Mr Papingay's Flying Shop (first in the Papingay series of four books)
- Sadie Rose Weilerstein – The Adventures of K'tonton: a Little Jewish Tom Thumb
Drama
[edit]- Rudolf Besier – The Barretts of Wimpole Street[19]
- Antoine Bibesco – Ladies All
- Bertolt Brecht
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)[20]
- The Decision (Die Maßnahme)
- Ferdinand Bruckner – Elisabeth von England (Elizabeth of England)[21]
- Jean Cocteau – The Human Voice (La Voix humaine)
- Marc Connelly – The Green Pastures[22]
- Noël Coward – Private Lives[23]
- Ian Hay and Guy Bolton – A Song of Sixpence[24]
- Ian Hay and P. G. Wodehouse – Leave It to Psmith
- Georgia Douglas Johnson – Blue-Eyed Black Boy
- Fred Duprez – My Wife's Family
- Geoffrey Kerr – London Calling[25]
- Kwee Tek Hoay – Nonton Tjapgome (Watching the Lantern Festival)[26]
- Federico García Lorca
- The Public (El público) (written)[27]
- The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife (La zapatera prodigiosa)[28]
- Patrick MacGill – Suspense
- Will Scott – The Limping Man
- Edgar Wallace
- Emlyn Williams – A Murder Has Been Arranged
- Christa Winsloe – Ritter Nérestan (written as Gestern und heute, translated as Children in Uniform)
- W. B. Yeats – The Words Upon The Window Pane
Poetry
[edit]- W. H. Auden – Poems
- Samuel Beckett – Whoroscope
- Hart Crane – The Bridge[29]
- Laxmi Prasad Devkota – Muna Madan (मुनामदन)
- T. S. Eliot – Ash Wednesday[30]
- D. Iacobescu (died 1913) – Quasi
- P. H. B. Lyon (editor) – The Discovery of Poetry
Non-fiction
[edit]- Adrian Bell – Corduroy
- Catherine Carswell – The Life of Robert Burns
- E. K. Chambers – William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems
- Alphonse Daudet (died 1897) – In the Land of Pain (La Doulou (La Douleur): 1887–1895 et Le Trésor d'Arlatan: 1897)
- William Empson – Seven Types of Ambiguity
- Dion Fortune – Psychic Self-Defence
- Sigmund Freud – Civilization and Its Discontents
- Muhammad Iqbal – The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
- James Jeans – The Mysterious Universe
- G. Wilson Knight – The Wheel of Fire: interpretations of Shakespearian tragedy
- Samuil Lehtțir and Iosif Vainberg – Întrebări literari (Literary Questions)
- Bata LoBagola (Joseph Howard Lee) – LoBagola: An African Savage's Own Story (fictional autobiography)
- Paul Morand – New York
- Edouard de Pomiane – Cuisine en dix minutes
- Alfred Rosenberg – The Myth of the Twentieth Century (Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts)
- W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman – 1066 and All That
- David Unaipon (credited to William Ramsay Smith) – Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals
- Owen Wister – Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship
Births
[edit]- January 1 – Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), Syrian-born poet
- January 20 – Blair Lent, American children's author and illustrator (died 2009)
- January 23 – Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright (died 2017)[31]
- February 15 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet (died 2020)[32]
- February 17 – Ruth Rendell (Ruth Barbara Grasemann), English detective and mystery novel writer (died 2015)[33]
- February 18 – Gahan Wilson, American author and illustrator (died 2019)[34]
- February 22 – Edward D. Hoch, American detective fiction writer (died 2008)
- February 23 – Paul West, English-born American novelist, poet and essayist (died 2015)[35]
- March 2 – Tom Wolfe, American author, journalist (died 2018)[36]
- March 8 – Douglas Hurd, English politician and novelist[37]
- March 26 – Gregory Corso, American poet (died 2001)
- April 16 – Carol Bly, American teacher, author of short stories, essays and nonfiction (died 2007)
- May 3 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet (died 2014)[38]
- May 13 – José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish novelist (died 2020)[39]
- May 14 – María Irene Fornés, Cuban-American playwright (died 2018)[40]
- May 15 – Grace Ogot, Kenyan author (died 2015)[41]
- May 19 – Lorraine Hansberry, African-American playwright (died 1965)[42]
- May 21 – Stanley Wells, English Shakespearean scholar
- May 25 – Jón frá Pálmholti (Jón Kjartansson), Icelandic writer and journalist (died 2004)
- May 27 – John Barth, American fiction writer (died 2024)[43]
- June 3 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (died 1999)[44]
- June 10 – Grace Mirabella, American journalist, editor of Vogue 1971-88[45]
- June 14 – Charles McCarry, American spy and novelist (died 2019)[46]
- June 23 – Anthony Thwaite, English poet (died 2021)[47]
- June 28 – Maureen Howard, American writer, editor and lecturer[48]
- July 6 – Gloria Skurzynski, American author[49]
- July 11 – Harold Bloom, American literary critic (died 2019)[50]
- July 13 – Sam Greenlee, African American author (died 2014)
- July 15 – Jacques Derrida, French Algerian literary critic (died 2004)[51]
- July 17 – Ray Galton, English scriptwriter (died 2018)[52]
- August 8 – Barry Unsworth, English novelist (died 2012)[53]
- August 9 – Carmen Balcells, Spanish literary agent (died 2015)[54]
- August 17 – Ted Hughes, English poet laureate (died 1998)[55]
- August 19 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American writer (died 2009)[56]
- August 25 – Peter Trower, Canadian poet and novelist (died 2017)[57]
- August 27 – Erzsébet Galgóczi, Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (died 1989)
- September 3 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand novelist (died 2002)[58]
- September 25 – Shel Silverstein, American poet (died 1999)[59]
- September 29 – Colin Dexter, English detective fiction writer (died 2017)[60]
- October 2 – Antonio Gala, Spanish poet, playwright and novelist
- October 10 – Harold Pinter, English dramatist (died 2008)[61]
- October 18 – Esther Hautzig, Polish-born American autobiographer (died 2009)
- October 24 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, novelist and literary biographer (died 2019)[62]
- October 26 – Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian researcher and poet (died 2014)
- October 27 – Francisca Aguirre, Spanish poet (died 2019)[63]
- October 30 – Timothy Findley, Canadian author (died 2002)[64]
- November 1 – A. R. Gurney, American dramatist (died 2017)
- November 5
- Clifford Irving, American literary forger (died 2017)[65]
- Hans Mommsen, German historian (died 2015)[66]
- November 12 – Irma Chilton, Welsh children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990)[67]
- November 15 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist and essayist (died 2009)[68]
- November 16 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer, academic and literary critic (died 2013)[69]
- November 20 – Bai Hua, Chinese poet, dramatist and novelist (died 2019)
- November 27 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (died 2009)
- December 2 – Jon Silkin, English poet (died 1997)
- December 9 – Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian writer (died 2010)[70]
- December 15 – Edna O'Brien, Irish fiction writer (died 2024)[71]
- December 25 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist (died 1986)[72]
Deaths
[edit]- January 9 – Edward Bok, American author (born 1863)[73]
- January 16 – Johannes Gilhoff, German writer (born 1861)
- January 24 – Rebecca Latimer Felton, American writer, lecturer, reformer and politician (born 1835)[74]
- February 9 – Alice Williams Brotherton, American author (born 1848)
- February 27
- George Haven Putnam, American author and publisher (born 1844)
- Joseph Wright, English philologist and lexicographer (born 1855)
- February 28 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (born 1889)
- March 2 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist and poet (born 1885)[75]
- March 12 – Alois Jirásek, Czech novelist and dramatist (born 1851)
- March 13 – Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American author (born 1852)[76]
- April 10 – Alfred Williams, English poet and steam-hammer operator (born 1877)
- April 14
- Sigurd Ibsen, Norwegian politician and writer (born 1859)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet, suicide (born 1893)[77]
- John B. Sheridan, Irish-American sports journalist (born 1870)[78]
- April 21 – Robert Bridges, English poet and Poet Laureate (born 1844)[79]
- April 22 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (born 1866)[80]
- April 29 – Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (born 1902)
- May 12 – Iso Mutsu (睦磯, Gertrude Ethel Passingham), English-born Japanese travel writer (born 1867)[81]
- May 15 – William John Locke, British Guiana-born English novelist and playwright (born 1863)
- May 16 – Florence Bell, English writer and playwright (born 1851)
- May 17 – Herbert Croly, American political writer (born 1869)
- June 9
- Arthur St. John Adcock, English novelist and poet (born 1864)
- Thomas Herbert Warren, English scholar and poet (born 1853)
- June 23 – Israel Gollancz, English Shakespeare scholar (born 1864)
- July 7 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer of crime fiction (born 1859)[82]
- July 26 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (born 1849)[83]
- August 23 – Lucien Wolf, English journalist and historian (born 1857)
- August 29 – William Archibald Spooner, English academic and instigator of spoonerisms (born 1844)
- September 4 – Vladimir Arsenyev, Russian travel writer and explorer (born 1872)
- September 5 – Georges de Porto-Riche, French novelist and dramatist (born 1849)
- September 25 – Arthur Way, English-born Australian classicist and translator (born 1847)
- September
- Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (Gabriel Setoun), Scottish writer and poet (born 1861)
- Karam Singh, Sikh historian (born 1884)
- October 4 – Olena Pchilka, Ukrainian writer, translator and publisher (born 1849)[84]
- October 16 – James Surtees Phillpotts, English writer and educator (born 1839)[85]
- November 20 – William B. Hanna, American sportswriter (born 1866)[86]
- November 21 – Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune, Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (born 1855)
- December 8 – Florbela Espanca, Portuguese poet (born 1894)[87]
- December 22
- Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis), Scottish humorist, novelist and critic (born 1863)
- Marion Manville Pope, American poet and author of juvenile literature (born 1859)
- unknown dates – Roy Horniman, English novelist and playwright (born 1874)
Awards
[edit]- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: E. H. Young, Miss Mole
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Francis Yeats-Brown, Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Rachel Field, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Sinclair Lewis
- Prix Goncourt: Henri Fauconnier, Malaisie[88]
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marc Connelly, The Green Pastures
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Conrad Aiken, Selected Poems
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy
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