1923 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 6 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (died 1999)
• January 10 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer (died 1986)
• January 16 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (died 2004)
• January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (died 1981)
• January 31 - Norman Mailer, American writer & journalist (died 2007)
• February 2 - James Dickey, American poet & author (died 1997)
• February 9 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (died 1964)
• March 27 - Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born American poet
• March 30 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, & playwright (died 1986)
• May 1 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (died 1999)
• May 21 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian poet, playwright & novelist (died 2002)
• June 24 - Yves Bonnefoy, French poet & essayist
• July 2 - Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet & essayist (died 2012)
• July 17 - James Purdy, American writer
• September 13 - Miroslav Holub, Czech poet (died 1998)
• October 5 - Stig Dagerman, Swedish author & journalist (died 1954)
• October 15 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (died 1985)
• October 24 - Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
• November 20 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer