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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in '''1943'''.
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==Events==
==Events==
*[[January 4]] – [[Thomas Mann]] completes ''Joseph der Ernährer'' (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his ''[[Joseph and His Brothers]] (Joseph und seine Brüder)'' [[tetralogy]], on which he began in December [[1926 in literature|1926]].
*[[January 4]] – [[Thomas Mann]] completes ''Joseph der Ernährer'' (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his ''[[Joseph and His Brothers]] (Joseph und seine Brüder)'' [[tetralogy]], on which he began in December [[1926 in literature|1926]].
*[[February 4]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Good Person of Szechwan]] (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)'' takes place at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willett |first=John |authorlink=John Willett |orig-year=1967 |title=The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects |edition=3rd rev. |location=London |publisher=Methuen |year=1977 |isbn=0-413-34360-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 51] |url=https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 }}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Good Person of Szechwan]] (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)'' takes place at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willett |first=John |author-link=John Willett |orig-year=1967 |title=The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects |edition=3rd rev. |location=London |publisher=Methuen |year=1977 |isbn=0-413-34360-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 51] |url=https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 }}</ref>
*March – The self-illustrated children's [[novella]] ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by the exiled French aviator [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], the all-time [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book]] originated in French, is published in New York.
*March – The self-illustrated children's [[novella]] ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by the exiled French aviator [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], the all-time [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book]] originated in French, is published in New York.
*May – A strongly [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] production of Shakespeare's ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is staged at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]], with [[Werner Krauss]] as [[Shylock]].
*May – A strongly [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] production of Shakespeare's ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is staged at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]], with [[Werner Krauss]] as [[Shylock]].
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*[[June 30]] – Having transferred from the [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]] to the [[United States Navy]] and served eight days of active duty [[Jack Kerouac]] is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJUVIHPlgMkC&pg=RA11-PA19|year=2009|publisher=National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=11}}</ref> In [[New York City]], he, [[William S. Burroughs]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]] become friends.
*September
*September
**[[George Orwell]] resigns from the [[BBC]] to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]''.
**[[George Orwell]] resigns from the [[BBC]] to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]''.
**Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable [[State Archives of Naples]].<ref name=OBB>{{Cite book |authorlink=Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking |first=Kenneth |last=Baker |title=On the Burning of Books |location=London |publisher=Unicorn |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-910787-11-3 |pages=138-40}}</ref>
**Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable [[State Archives of Naples]].<ref name=OBB>{{Cite book |author-link=Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking |first=Kenneth |last=Baker |title=On the Burning of Books |location=London |publisher=Unicorn |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-910787-11-3 |pages=138–40}}</ref>
*[[September 9]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo]]'' (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing and playing the title role.
*[[September 9]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo]]'' (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing and playing the title role.
*October – [[Tristan Bernard]] is arrested, but subsequently released from the [[Drancy internment camp]] in France after public protests.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leslie A. Sprout|title=The Musical Legacy of Wartime France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTUlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA214|date=25 May 2013|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-27530-0|pages=214}}</ref>
*[[October 14]] – The contents of [[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]] in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops.
*[[October 14]] – The contents of [[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]] in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops.
*December
*December
**[[Philip Larkin]], with a degree from the [[University of Oxford]], takes his first post as a librarian in [[Wellington, Shropshire]].
**[[Philip Larkin]], with a degree from the [[University of Oxford]], takes his first post as a librarian in [[Wellington, Shropshire]].
**[[Philip Van Doren Stern]] sends copies of his story "[[The Greatest Gift (story)|The Greatest Gift]]" to friends as a Christmas card.
**[[Philip Van Doren Stern]] sends copies of his story "[[The Greatest Gift (story)|The Greatest Gift]]" to friends as a Christmas card.
*[[December 22]] – The children's writer and illustrator [[Beatrix Potter]] dies at [[Near Sawrey]], bequeathing in her will over 4,000 acres (1620 ha) of land in the English [[Lake District]] to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]].
*[[December 22]] – On the death of children's writer and illustrator [[Beatrix Potter]] at [[Near Sawrey]], over {{convert|4,000|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land in the English [[Lake District]] are bequeathed to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]] (the Heelis Bequest).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Judy Taylor|author2=Elizabeth M. Battrick|author3=Anne Stevenson Hobbs|author4=Joyce Irene Whalley|author5=Beatrix Potter|title=Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: The Artist and Her World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjFbAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=F. Warne|isbn=978-0-7232-3561-3|pages=203–4}}</ref>
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**[[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.<ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Harry Schneiderman]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyYOAQAAMAAJ|title=Who's who in World Jewry|author2=Itzhak J. Carmin|year=1987|isbn=978-0-9618272-0-5|page=309}}</ref>
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''Uncertain dates''
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**Publication begins of a new comprehensive edition of [[Friedrich Hölderlin]]'s complete works (the ''Sämtliche Werke'', or ''Große Stuttgarter Ausgabe'').
*[[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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**The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in the United States places [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]] under surveillance.
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*Publication begins of a new comprehensive edition of [[Friedrich Hölderlin]]'s complete works (the ''Sämtliche Werke'', or ''Große Stuttgarter Ausgabe'').
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*[[Jack Kerouac]] transfers from the [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]] to the [[United States Navy]], where he serves eight days of active duty and is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds. In [[New York City]], he, [[William S. Burroughs]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]] become friends.
*[[Tristan Bernard]] is released from the [[Drancy internment camp]] in France after public protests.
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*The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in the United States places [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]] under surveillance.


==New books==
==New books==
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===Fiction===
===Fiction===
*[[Lars Ahlin]] – ''Tåbb with the Manifesto ([[:sv:Tåbb med manifestet|Tåbb med manifestet]])''
*[[Lars Ahlin]] – ''Tåbb with the Manifesto ([[:sv:Tåbb med manifestet|Tåbb med manifestet]])''
*[[Sabahattin Ali]] – ''Madonna in a Fur Coat ([[:tr:Kürk Mantolu Madonna|Kürk Mantolu Madonna]])''
*[[Sabahattin Ali]] – ''Madonna in a Fur Coat ([[:tr:Kürk Mantolu Madonna|Kürk Mantolu Madonna]])''
*[[Charlotte Armstrong]] – ''[[The Case of the Weird Sisters]]''
*[[Sholem Asch]] – ''The Apostle''
*[[Sholem Asch]] – ''The Apostle''
*[[Marcel Aymé]] – ''The Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)''
*[[Marcel Aymé]] – ''The Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)''
*[[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Small Back Room (novel)|The Small Back Room]]''
*[[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Small Back Room (novel)|The Small Back Room]]''
*[[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]] – ''[[Premalekhanam]]''
*[[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]] – ''[[Premalekhanam]]''
*[[Vicki Baum]] – ''[[Hotel Berlin (novel)|Hotel Berlin]]''
*[[Henry Bellamann]] – ''Victoria Grandolet''
*[[Henry Bellamann]] – ''Victoria Grandolet''
*[[Georges Bernanos]] – ''[[Monsieur Ouine]]''
*[[Georges Bernanos]] – ''[[Monsieur Ouine]]''
*[[Marjorie Bowen]] – ''[[Airing in a Closed Carriage]]''
*[[Marjorie Bowen]] – ''[[Airing in a Closed Carriage]]''
*[[Ivan Bunin]] – ''[[Dark Avenues]]'' («Тёмные аллеи», ''Tyomnyye allei'', short stories, first edition)
*[[Ivan Bunin]] – ''[[Dark Avenues]]'' («Тёмные аллеи», ''Tyomnyye allei'', short stories, first edition)
*[[Gerald Butler (writer)|Gerald Butler]] – ''[[Their Rainbow Had Black Edges]]''
*[[Victor Canning]] – ''[[Green Battlefield]]''
*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[She Died A Lady]]''
*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[She Died A Lady]]''
*[[Raymond Chandler]] – ''[[The Lady in the Lake]]''
*[[Raymond Chandler]] – ''[[The Lady in the Lake]]''
*[[Peter Cheyney]] – ''[[You Can Always Duck]]''
*[[Colette]] – ''Le Képi''
*[[Colette]] – ''Le Képi''
*[[Simone de Beauvoir]] – ''[[She Came to Stay]]'' (''L'Invitée'')
*[[Freeman Wills Crofts]] – ''[[The Affair at Little Wokeham]]''
*[[Simone de Beauvoir]] – ''[[She Came to Stay]] (L'Invitée)''
*[[Pierre Drieu La Rochelle]] – ''[[The Man on Horseback]] (L'Homme à cheval)''
*[[Pierre Drieu La Rochelle]] – ''[[The Man on Horseback]] (L'Homme à cheval)''
*[[Howard Fast]] – ''Citizen [[Tom Paine]]''
*[[Howard Fast]] – ''Citizen [[Tom Paine]]''
*[[Carlo Emilio Gadda]] – ''Gli anni''
*[[Carlo Emilio Gadda]] – ''Gli anni''
*[[Jean Genet]] (anonymously) – ''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]] (Notre Dame des Fleurs)''
*[[Jean Genet]] (anonymously) – ''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]] (Notre Dame des Fleurs)''
*[[Anthony Gilbert (author)|Anthony Gilbert]] – ''[[The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball]]''
*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]''
*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]''
*[[Elizabeth Janet Gray]] – ''[[Adam of the Road]]''
*[[Elizabeth Janet Gray]] – ''[[Adam of the Road]]''
*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Ministry of Fear]]''
*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Ministry of Fear]]''
*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[The Glass Bead Game]] (Das Glasperlenspiel)''
*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[The Glass Bead Game]] (Das Glasperlenspiel)''
*[[Anne Hocking]] – ''[[Nile Green (novel)|Nile Green]]''
*[[Dorothy B. Hughes]] – ''[[The Blackbirder]]''
*[[Michael Innes]] – ''[[The Weight of the Evidence]]''
*[[Aleksander Kamiński]] (as Juliusz Górecki) – ''[[Kamienie na szaniec]]'' (Stones for the Rampart)
*[[Aleksander Kamiński]] (as Juliusz Górecki) – ''[[Kamienie na szaniec]]'' (Stones for the Rampart)
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[Perelandra]]''
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[Perelandra]]''
*[[Clarice Lispector]] – ''[[Near to the Wild Heart]] (Perto do coração selvagem)''
*[[Clarice Lispector]] – ''[[Near to the Wild Heart]] (Perto do coração selvagem)''
*[[Richard Llewellyn]] – ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (novel)|None but the Lonely Heart]]''
*[[E. C. R. Lorac]] – ''[[Death Came Softly]]''
*[[H. P. Lovecraft]] – ''[[Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection)|Beyond the Wall of Sleep]]'' (collection)
*[[H. P. Lovecraft]] – ''[[Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection)|Beyond the Wall of Sleep]]'' (collection)
*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[Keep the Home Guard Turning]]''
*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[Keep the Home Guard Turning]]''
*[[Naguib Mahfouz]] – ''[[Rhadopis of Nubia]]''
*[[Naguib Mahfouz]] – ''[[Rhadopis of Nubia]]''
*[[Bruce Marshall]] – ''[[Yellow Tapers for Paris]]''
*[[Ngaio Marsh]] – ''[[Colour Scheme]]''
*[[Bruce Marshall (writer)|Bruce Marshall]] – ''[[Yellow Tapers for Paris]]''
*[[Gladys Mitchell]]
**''[[Sunset Over Soho]]''
**''[[The Worsted Viper]]''
*[[C. L. Moore]] – ''[[Earth's Last Citadel]]''
*[[C. L. Moore]] – ''[[Earth's Last Citadel]]''
*[[Robert Musil]] (died 1942) – ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]'' (''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'', publication concludes, uncompleted)
*[[Robert Musil]] (died 1942) – ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]'' (''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'', publication concludes, uncompleted)
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*[[E. Phillips Oppenheim]] – ''Mr. Mirakel''
*[[E. Phillips Oppenheim]] – ''Mr. Mirakel''
*[[Roger Peyrefitte]] – ''[[Les Amitiés particulières]]'' (Special Friendships)
*[[Roger Peyrefitte]] – ''[[Les Amitiés particulières]]'' (Special Friendships)
*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[Daylight on Saturday]]''
*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[There Was an Old Woman (novel)|There Was an Old Woman]]''
*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[There Was an Old Woman (novel)|There Was an Old Woman]]''
*[[Ayn Rand]] – ''[[The Fountainhead]]''
*[[Ayn Rand]] – ''[[The Fountainhead]]''
*[[Mary Renault]] – ''The Friendly Young Ladies''
*[[Betty Smith]] – ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]''
*[[Betty Smith]] – ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]''
* ''[[Margit Söderholm]]'' – ''[[Sunshine Follows Rain (novel)|Sunshine Follows Rain]]''
*[[Margit Söderholm]] – ''[[Sunshine Follows Rain (novel)|Sunshine Follows Rain]] (Driver dagg faller regn)''
* [[Cecil Street]]
** ''[[Dead on the Track]]''
** ''[[Men Die at Cyprus Lodge]]''
*[[Antal Szerb]] – ''The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)''
*[[Antal Szerb]] – ''The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)''
*[[Phoebe Atwood Taylor]]
*[[Phoebe Atwood Taylor]]
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**''[[File for Record]]'' (as Alice Tilton)
**''[[File for Record]]'' (as Alice Tilton)
*[[Kylie Tennant]] – ''Ride on Stranger''
*[[Kylie Tennant]] – ''Ride on Stranger''
*[[Denton Welch]] – ''[[Maiden Voyage (novel)|Maiden Voyage]]''
*[[H. G. Wells]] – ''[[Crux Ansata]]''
*[[H. G. Wells]] – ''[[Crux Ansata]]''
*[[Dorothy Whipple]] – ''They Were Sisters''
*[[Dorothy Whipple]] – ''[[They Were Sisters (novel)|They Were Sisters]]''
*[[Chancellor Williams]] – ''The Raven''
*[[Chancellor Williams]] – ''The Raven''
*[[Virginia Woolf]] (suicide 1941) – ''[[A Haunted House and Other Short Stories]]''
*[[Virginia Woolf]] (suicide 1941) – ''[[A Haunted House and Other Short Stories]]''
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*[[M. J. Molloy]] – ''Old Road''
*[[M. J. Molloy]] – ''Old Road''
*[[Armijn Pane]] – ''[[Kami, Perempuan]]'' (We, the Women)
*[[Armijn Pane]] – ''[[Kami, Perempuan]]'' (We, the Women)
* [[J.B. Priestley]] – ''[[They Came to a City (play)|They Came to a City]]''
*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[They Came to a City (play)|They Came to a City]]''
*[[Terence Rattigan]] - ''[[While the Sun Shines (play)|While the Sun Shines]]''
*[[Terence Rattigan]] - ''[[While the Sun Shines (play)|While the Sun Shines]]''
*[[Nelson Rodrigues]] – ''Vestido de Noiva'' (The Wedding Dress)
*[[Nelson Rodrigues]] – ''Vestido de Noiva'' (The Wedding Dress)
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*[[Louis Hjelmslev]] – ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)''
*[[Louis Hjelmslev]] – ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)''
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[The Abolition of Man]]''
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[The Abolition of Man]]''
*[[John Neal (writer)|John Neal]] – ''Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793-1876)'' (edited by Harold Edward Dickson)<ref>{{cite book | last = Sears | first = Donald A. | title = John Neal | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1978 | isbn = 9780805772302 | page = 147}}</ref>
*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – ''[[The Nature and Destiny of Man]]''
*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – ''[[The Nature and Destiny of Man]]''
*[[Martin Noth]] – ''Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament''
*[[Martin Noth]] – ''Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament''
*[[N. Porsenna]] – ''Visul Profetic'' (On the Prophetic Dream)
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Being and Nothingness]] (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)''
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Being and Nothingness]] (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)''
*[[Joseph Schumpeter|J. A. Schumpeter]] – ''Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy''
*[[Joseph Schumpeter|J. A. Schumpeter]] – ''Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy''
*[[I. C. Vissarion]] – ''Energie mecanică în lumea în care ne găsim'' (Mechanic Energy for This World We Now Inhabit)
*[[Edna Walling]] – ''Gardens in Australia''
*[[Edna Walling]] – ''Gardens in Australia''
*[[William Foote Whyte]] – ''[[Street Corner Society]]''
*[[William Foote Whyte]] – ''[[Street Corner Society]]''
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**[[Jesús Torbado]], Spanish novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])
**[[Jesús Torbado]], Spanish novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])
**[[Priit Vesilind]], Estonian-American author and photographer
**[[Priit Vesilind]], Estonian-American author and photographer
*[[January 6]] – [[Francis M. Nevins]], American mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/isbn_1561602671_17/page/160/mode/2up?q=%22January+6%2C+1943%22+%22Francis+Michael+Nevins%22 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Vol. 97]''. New Providence, NJ: Martindale-Hubbell. 1997. p.&nbsp;LS160B. {{ISBN|1561602671}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/francis-m-nevins "Francis M. Nevins"]. [[Poetry Foundation]]. Retrieved March 18, 2024.</ref>
*[[January 8]] – [[Charles Murray (political scientist)|Charles Murray]], American political science writer (''[[The Bell Curve]]'')
*[[January 8]] – [[Charles Murray (political scientist)|Charles Murray]], American political science writer (''[[The Bell Curve]]'')
*[[January 11]] – [[Jim Hightower]], American radio host and author
*[[January 11]] – [[Jim Hightower]], American radio host and author
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*[[April 6]] – [[Max Clifford]], English publicist
*[[April 6]] – [[Max Clifford]], English publicist
*[[April 17]] – [[Gwynne Dyer]], Canadian journalist
*[[April 17]] – [[Gwynne Dyer]], Canadian journalist
*[[April 22]] – [[Louise Glück]], American poet, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
*[[April 22]] – [[Louise Glück]], American poet, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (died [[2023 in literature|2023]])
*[[April 30]] – [[Paul Jennings (Australian author)|Paul Jennings]], English-born Australian children's author
*[[April 30]] – [[Paul Jennings (Australian author)|Paul Jennings]], English-born Australian children's author
*[[May 5]] – [[Michael Palin]], English comedy writer and television broadcaster
*[[May 5]] – [[Michael Palin]], English comedy writer and television broadcaster
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*[[November 5]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, writer and actor
*[[November 5]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, writer and actor
*[[November 6]] – [[Berlie Doherty]] (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer
*[[November 6]] – [[Berlie Doherty]] (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer
*[[November 7]] – [[Stephen Greenblatt]], Anerican Shakespeare scholar
*[[November 7]] – [[Stephen Greenblatt]], American Shakespeare scholar
*[[November 12]] – [[Wallace Shawn]], American actor and dramatist
*[[November 12]] – [[Wallace Shawn]], American actor and dramatist
*[[December 9]] – [[Joanna Trollope]], English novelist
*[[December 9]] – [[Joanna Trollope]], English novelist
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*''unknown dates''

**[[Christine Evans (poet)|Christine Evans]], Welsh poet in English<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/130004/ |title=List Of Writers: EVANS, CHRISTINE |publisher=Academi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515214922/http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/130004/ |archive-date=15 May 2008 |df=dmy}}</ref>
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''Uncertain dates''
**[[Vicki Feaver]], English poet and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Carol Ann Duffy|author2=Vicki Feaver|author3=Eavan Boland|title=Carol Ann Duffy, Vicki Feaver, Eavan Boland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QW6mAAAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-058740-1}}</ref>
*[[Christine Evans (poet)|Christine Evans]], Welsh poet in English
**[[Hadrawi]] (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Henry Louis Gates|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA535|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|pages=535}}</ref>
*[[Vicki Feaver]], English poet and academic
**[[Ebrahim Hussein]], Tanzanian playwright in Swahili<ref>{{cite book|author1=B. W. Andrzejewski|author2=S. Pilaszewicz|author3=W. Tyloch|title=Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfH2A6AhZ7wC&pg=PA477|date=21 November 1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-25646-9|pages=477}}</ref>
*[[Hadrawi]] (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet
*[[Ebrahim Hussein]], Tanzanian playwright in Swahili


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 3]] – [[F. M. Cornford]], English [[Classics|classicist]] and poet (born [[1874 in literature|1874]])
*[[January 3]] – [[F. M. Cornford]], English [[Classics|classicist]] and poet (born [[1874 in literature|1874]])
*[[January 9]] – [[R. G. Collingwood]], English philosopher and historian (born [[1889 in literature|1889]])
*[[January 9]] – [[R. G. Collingwood]], English philosopher and historian (born [[1889 in literature|1889]])
*[[January 13]] – [[Else Ury]], German children's fiction writer (killed in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; born [[1877 in literature|1877]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Lola Szereszewska]], Polish-Jewish poet and journalist (born [[1895 in literature|1895]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Laurence Binyon]], English poet and scholar (born [[1869 in literature|1869]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Laurence Binyon]], English poet and scholar (born [[1869 in literature|1869]])
*[[March 13]] – [[Stephen Vincent Benét]], American author (born [[1898 in literature|1898]])
*[[March 13]] – [[Stephen Vincent Benét]], American author (born [[1898 in literature|1898]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Jovan Dučić]], Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born [[1871 in literature|1871]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Jovan Dučić]], Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born [[1871 in literature|1871]])
*[[April 29]] – [[Sidney Keyes]], English poet (killed in action, born [[1922 in literature|1922]])
*[[April 29]] – [[Sidney Keyes]], English poet (killed in action; born [[1922 in literature|1922]])
*[[April 30]] – [[Beatrice Webb]], English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born [[1858 in literature|1858]])
*[[April 30]] – [[Beatrice Webb]], English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born [[1858 in literature|1858]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Arthur Mee]], English encyclopedist and writer (born [[1875 in literature|1875]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Arthur Mee]], English encyclopedist and writer (born [[1875 in literature|1875]])
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*[[June 17]] – [[Annie S. Swan]] ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born [[1859 in literature|1859]])
*[[June 17]] – [[Annie S. Swan]] ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born [[1859 in literature|1859]])
*[[June 28]] – [[Frida Uhl]], Austrian writer and translator (born [[1872 in literature|1872]])
*[[June 28]] – [[Frida Uhl]], Austrian writer and translator (born [[1872 in literature|1872]])
*c. [[August 8]] – [[Haig Acterian]] (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action, born [[1904 in literature|1904]])
*[[July 18]] – [[Miyake Kaho]], Japanese novelist, essayist and poet (born [[1868 in literature|1868]])
*[[August 12]] – [[Kurt Eggers]], Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action, born [[1905 in literature|1905]])
*c. [[August 8]] – [[Haig Acterian]] (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action; born [[1904 in literature|1904]])
*[[August 12]] – [[Kurt Eggers]], Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action; born [[1905 in literature|1905]])
*[[August 22]] – [[Virgilio Dávila]], Puerto Rican poet and politician (born [[1869 in literature|1869]])
*[[August 22]] – [[Virgilio Dávila]], Puerto Rican poet and politician (born [[1869 in literature|1869]])
*[[August 24]] – [[Simone Weil]], French philosopher (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[August 24]] – [[Simone Weil]], French philosopher (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[October 3]] – [[Ida Lee]], Australian historian and poet (born [[1865 in literature|1865]])
*[[October 3]] – [[Ida Lee]], Australian historian and poet (born [[1865 in literature|1865]])
*[[October 7]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English novelist and poet (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall, Radclyffe |year=2002 |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html |last=Glasgow |first=Joanne |periodical=[[glbtq.com]] |accessdate=2007-11-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014212345/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html|archivedate=2007-10-14}}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English novelist and poet (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall, Radclyffe |year=2002 |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html |last=Glasgow |first=Joanne |periodical=[[glbtq.com]] |access-date=2007-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014212345/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html|archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref>
*[[November 19]] – [[:de:Georg Hermann|Georg Hermann]], German fiction writer (died in concentration camp, born [[1871 in literature|1871]])
*[[November 19]] – [[:de:Georg Hermann|Georg Hermann]], German fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born [[1871 in literature|1871]])
*[[November 27]] – [[Louis Esson]], Australian poet and playwright (born [[1878 in literature|1878]])
*[[November 27]] – [[Louis Esson]], Australian poet and playwright (born [[1878 in literature|1878]])
*[[November 30]] – [[Etty Hillesum]], Dutch correspondent, diarist and Holocaust victim (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[November 30]] – [[Etty Hillesum]], Dutch correspondent and diarist (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[December 2]]
*[[December 2]]
**[[Drummond Allison]], English poet (killed in action, born [[1921 in literature|1921]])
**[[Drummond Allison]], English poet (killed in action; born [[1921 in literature|1921]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Greacen|title=The Only Emperor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fuv8lmc8ofcC&pg=PA9|year=1994|publisher=Lapwing Publications|isbn=978-1-898472-11-7|pages=9}}</ref>
**[[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian poet and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
**[[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian poet and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[December 22]] – [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's writer and illustrator (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Victoria and Albert Museum |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/biography-beatrix-potter/ |website=www.vam.ac.uk |accessdate=26 March 2019 |date=13 January 2011}}</ref>
*[[December 22]] – [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's writer and illustrator (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Victoria and Albert Museum |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/biography-beatrix-potter/ |website=www.vam.ac.uk |access-date=26 March 2019 |date=13 January 2011}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Elizabeth Janet Gray]], ''[[Adam of the Road]]''
*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Elizabeth Janet Gray]], ''[[Adam of the Road]]''
*[[Nobel Prize for literature]]: ''not awarded''
*[[Nobel Prize for literature]]: ''not awarded''
*[[Prix Goncourt]]: [[Marius Grout]], ''Passage de l'Homme''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lia Nicole Brozgal|author2=Sara Kippur|title=Being Contemporary: French Literature, Culture, and Politics Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIjADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA158|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-1-78138-263-9|pages=158}}</ref>
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Thornton Wilder]], ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Thornton Wilder]], ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Frost]]: ''A Witness Tree''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Frost]]: ''A Witness Tree''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]]: [[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Dragon's Teeth (novel)|Dragon's Teeth]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]]: [[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Dragon's Teeth (novel)|Dragon's Teeth]]''

==In literature==
*[[January 1]] – [[Karel Čapek]]'s science fiction novel ''[[The Absolute at Large]]'' (''Továrna na absolutno'', [[1922 in literature|1922]]) opens on this day.
*June 31 ''(sic.)'' – [[Len Deighton]]'s novel ''[[Bomber (novel)|Bomber]]'' ([[1970 in literature|1970]]) is set on this day.
*Autumn – [[Truman Capote]]'s novella ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' ([[1958 in literature|1958]]) opens at this time.
*[[Heinrich Böll]]'s first novel ''[[The Train Was on Time]]'' (''Der Zug war pünktlich'', [[1949 in literature|1949]]) is set during this year.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:15, 18 June 2024

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943.

Events

New books

Fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

Awards

References

  1. ^ Willett, John (1977) [1967]. The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects (3rd rev. ed.). London: Methuen. p. 51. ISBN 0-413-34360-X.
  2. ^ Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives. National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 2009. p. 11.
  3. ^ Baker, Kenneth (2016). On the Burning of Books. London: Unicorn. pp. 138–40. ISBN 978-1-910787-11-3.
  4. ^ Leslie A. Sprout (25 May 2013). The Musical Legacy of Wartime France. Univ of California Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-520-27530-0.
  5. ^ Judy Taylor; Elizabeth M. Battrick; Anne Stevenson Hobbs; Joyce Irene Whalley; Beatrix Potter (1987). Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: The Artist and Her World. F. Warne. pp. 203–4. ISBN 978-0-7232-3561-3.
  6. ^ Harry Schneiderman; Itzhak J. Carmin (1987). Who's who in World Jewry. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-9618272-0-5.
  7. ^ Sears, Donald A. (1978). John Neal. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. p. 147. ISBN 9780805772302.
  8. ^ Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Vol. 97. New Providence, NJ: Martindale-Hubbell. 1997. p. LS160B. ISBN 1561602671.
  9. ^ "Francis M. Nevins". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Pamela Kester-Shelton (1996). Feminist Writers. St. James Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-55862-217-3.
  11. ^ "List Of Writers: EVANS, CHRISTINE". Academi. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008.
  12. ^ Carol Ann Duffy; Vicki Feaver; Eavan Boland (1995). Carol Ann Duffy, Vicki Feaver, Eavan Boland. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-058740-1.
  13. ^ Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  14. ^ B. W. Andrzejewski; S. Pilaszewicz; W. Tyloch (21 November 1985). Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys. Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0-521-25646-9.
  15. ^ Glasgow, Joanne (2002). "Hall, Radclyffe". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  16. ^ Robert Greacen (1994). The Only Emperor. Lapwing Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-898472-11-7.
  17. ^ "Biography – Victoria and Albert Museum". www.vam.ac.uk. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  18. ^ Lia Nicole Brozgal; Sara Kippur (2016). Being Contemporary: French Literature, Culture, and Politics Today. Oxford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-78138-263-9.


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