The year 1923 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events [edit] New fiction [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry Main article: 1923 in poetry[edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births - January 6 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
- January 10 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer (d. 1986)
- January 16 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
- January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981)
- January 31 - Norman Mailer, American writer & journalist (d. 2007)
- February 2 - James Dickey, American poet & author (d. 1997)
- February 9 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
- March 27 - Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born American poet
- March 30 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, & playwright (d. 1986)
- May 1 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
- May 21 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian poet, playwright & novelist (d. 2002)
- June 24 - Yves Bonnefoy, French poet & essayist
- July 2 - Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet & essayist
- July 17 - James Purdy, American writer
- September 13 - Miroslav Holub, Czech poet (d. 1998)
- October 5 - Stig Dagerman, Swedish author & journalist (d. 1954)
- October 15 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (d. 1985)
- October 24 - Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
- November 20 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer
[edit] Deaths - January 3 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
- January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
- February 1 - Ernst Troeltsch, German theologian (b. 1865)
- February 8 - Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher & political theorist (b. 1848)
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- June 22 - Morris Rosenfeld, Yiddish poet (b. 1862)
- June 24 - Edith Södergran, Finnish-Swedish poet (b. 1892)
- August 24 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (b. 1856)
- October 6 - Oscar Browning, English historian (b. 1837)
- December 1 - Virginie Loveling, Flemish poet & novelist (b. 1836)
- December 4 - Maurice Barrès, French novelist & journalist (b. 1862)
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