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Literature-related events during 1938
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
January 5 –
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (also known as James Ngigi), Kenyan novelist
January 6 –
Mario Rodríguez Cobos ("Silo"), Argentine author and spiritualist (died
2010 )
January 20 –
Liz Calder , English publisher and editor
February 7 –
Andrea Newman , English novelist and screenwriter (died
2019 )
February 9 –
Jovette Marchessault , French Canadian writer and artist (died
2012 )
February 12
February 22 –
Ishmael Reed , American poet, essayist and novelist
March 1 –
Michael Kurland , American author of sci-fi and detective fiction
March 14 –
Eleanor Bron , English humorous writer and actress
March 24 –
Ian Hamilton , English critic, biographer and poet (died
2001 )
March 27 –
Hansjörg Schneider , Swiss novelist (died
2016 )
April 20 –
Chiung Yao , Taiwanese romance novelist
April 25 –
John Nagenda , Ugandan writer and sportsman (died
2023 )
April 30 –
Larry Niven , American sci-fi author
May 13 –
Norma Klein , American author (died
1989 )
May 15 –
Nancy Garden , American author (died
2014 )
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May 16 –
Marco Aurelio Denegri , Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist (died
2018 )
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May 25
May 26 –
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya , Russian novelist and playwright
June 5 –
M. K. Wren (Martha Kay Renfroe), American novelist (died
2016 )
June 16 –
Joyce Carol Oates , American novelist
June 24 –
Lawrence Block , American crime fiction writer
June 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 )
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 dramatist
September 12 –
Richard Booth , Welsh bookseller (died
2019 )
September 15 –
Charles L. Mee , American dramatist
September 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
November 3 –
Terrence McNally , American playwright (died
2020 )
November 4 –
Daniel Snowman , English non-fiction writer and historian
December 9 –
Willi Glasauer , German artist and illustrator
December 14 –
Leonardo Boff (Genézio Darci Boff), Brazilian philosopher and theologian
December 21 –
Frank Moorhouse , Australian journalist, author and screenwriter (died
2022 )
December 31 –
Basudeb Dasgupta , Bengali novelist (died
2005 )
unknown date –
Gabriel Ruhumbika , Tanzanian novelist
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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
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