1938 in literature
Overview of the events of 1938 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1938 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 2 – Hans Herbjørnsrud , Norwegian short story writer (died 2023 )[ 7] January 5 – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (also known as James Ngigi), Kenyan novelistJanuary 6 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos ("Silo"), Argentine author and spiritualist (died 2010 )January 20 – Liz Calder , English publisher and editorFebruary 7 – Andrea Newman , English novelist and screenwriter (died 2019 )[ 8] February 9 – Jovette Marchessault , French Canadian writer and artist (died 2012 )February 12
February 22 – Ishmael Reed , American poet, essayist and novelistMarch 1 – Michael Kurland , American author of sci-fi and detective fictionMarch 14 – Eleanor Bron , English humorous writer and actressMarch 24 – Ian Hamilton , English critic, biographer and poet (died 2001 )March 27 – Hansjörg Schneider , Swiss novelist (died 2016 )April 20 – Chiung Yao , Taiwanese romance novelistApril 25 – John Nagenda , Ugandan writer and sportsman (died 2023 )April 30 – Larry Niven , American sci-fi authorMay 13 – Norma Klein , American author (died 1989 )May 15 – Nancy Garden , American author (died 2014 )[ 10] May 16 – Marco Aurelio Denegri , Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist (died 2018 )[ 11] May 25
May 26 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya , Russian novelist and playwrightJune 5 – M. K. Wren (Martha Kay Renfroe), American novelist (died 2016 )June 16 – Joyce Carol Oates , American novelistJune 24 – Lawrence Block , American crime fiction writerJune 26 – Maria Velho da Costa , Portuguese writer (died 2020 )July 15 – Josephine Cox , English novelist (died 2020 )July 19
July 28 – Robert Hughes , Australian critic and historian (died 2012 )[ 13] August 15 – Janusz Zajdel , Polish writer (died 1985 )August 21 – Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson), Australian novelist (died 2019 )August 30 – Dorota Terakowska , Polish writer and journalist, author of fantasy books for children and young adults (died 2004 )September 3 – Caryl Churchill , English dramatistSeptember 12 – Richard Booth , Welsh bookseller (died 2019 )September 15 – Charles L. Mee , American dramatistSeptember 18 – Poornachandra Tejaswi , Kannada writer (died 2007 )September 19 – Keorapetse Kgositsile , South African Poet Laureate (died 2018 )October 12 – Anne Perry (Juliet Marion Hulme), English historical novelist (died 2023 )October 13 – Hugo Young , English journalist (died 2003 )October 17 – Les Murray , Australian poet (died 2019 )October 19 – Allan Massie , Singapore-born Scottish writer[ 14] November 3 – Terrence McNally , American playwright (died 2020 )November 4 – Daniel Snowman , English non-fiction writer and historianDecember 14 – Leonardo Boff (Genézio Darci Boff), Brazilian philosopher and theologianDecember 21 – Frank Moorhouse , Australian journalist, author and screenwriter (died 2022 )December 31 – Basudeb Dasgupta , Bengali novelist (died 2005 )unknown date – Gabriel Ruhumbika , Tanzanian novelist[ 15]
Deaths
January 4 – Paola Drigo , Italian writer (born 1876 )January 16 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Sarat Chandra Chattergee), Bengali novelist (born 1876 )January 19 – Branislav Nušić , Serbian novelist and dramatist (born 1864 )January 29 – Armando Palacio Valdés , Spanish novelist and critic (born 1853 )February 13 – Momčilo Nastasijević , Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist (born 1894 )March 6 – Eva Allen Alberti , American dramatics teacher (born 1856 )March 27 – Helen M. Winslow , American editor, author and publisher (born 1851 )March 31 – Willem Kloos , Dutch poet and critic (born 1859 )April 19 – Sir Henry Newbolt , English poet (born 1862 )April 21 – Lady Ottoline Morrell , English literary hostess (born 1873 )May 26 – James Forbes , Canadian American dramatist and screenwriter (born 1871 )June 9 – Ovid Densusianu , Romanian poet, philologist, and literary historian (born 1873 )June 26
July 21 – Owen Wister , American Western fiction writer and historian (born 1860 )August 7 – Konstantin Stanislavski , Russian theatre director (born 1863 )August 26 – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla , Albanian poet and writer (tuberculosis, born 1911 )September 15 – Thomas Wolfe , American novelist (tuberculosis, born 1900 )October 3 – Olivia Shakespear , British novelist, playwright and patron of the arts (born 1863)October 27 – Lascelles Abercrombie , English poet and literary critic (born 1881 )December 13 – Virginia Frazer Boyle , American author and poet (born 1863 )December 23 – Robert Herrick , American realist novelist (born 1868 )December 25 – Karel Čapek , Czech science fiction author and dramatist (pneumonia, born 1890 )December 27 – Osip Mandelstam , Russian poet and essayist (in detention, born 1891 )
Awards
References
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