The year 1949 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events [edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry [edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births - January 12 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
- January 26 - Jonathan Carroll, American author of fantasy fiction
- February 4 - Mark D. Devlin, memoirist (d. 2005)
- March 26 - Patrick Süskind, German novelist
- April 11 - Dorothy Allison, novelist and campaigner
- June 5 - Ken Follett, novelist
- July 15 - Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- August 3 - Peter Gutmann, journalist
- August 25 - Martin Amis, UK novelist and critic
- November 2 - Lois McMaster Bujold, American author of science fiction and fantasy
- October 5 - Peter Ackroyd, English author
- December 24 - Alberto Pérez-Gómez, architectural historian
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