1897 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 11 - Bernard DeVoto, historian (died 1955)
• January 19 - Natacha Rambova, dramatist and wife of Rudolph Valentino (died 1966)
• January 27 - Iris Tree, poet (died 1968)
• March 23 - Béla Hamvas, philosopher (died 1968)
• July 1 - Edward Wyndham Tennant, poet (died 1916)
• July 15 - R. J. Yeatman, humorous author (died 1968)
• August 11
  • Enid Blyton, children's author (died 1968)
  • Louise Bogan, poet (died 1970)
• September 25 - William Faulkner, novelist (died 1962)
• October 22 - Marjorie Flack, children's author (died 1958)
• November 1 - Naomi Mitchison, novelist and poet (died 1999)
• November 7 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, screenwriter (died 1953)
• November 8 - Dorothy Day, journalist (died 1980)
• December 3 - Kate O'Brien, novelist and dramatist (died 1974)
• October 23 - Arab Shamilov, Kurdish novelist (died 1978)