1926 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 5 - W. D. Snodgrass, American poet
• January 14 - Tom Tryon, American actor & novelist (died 1991)
• February 3 - Richard Yates, American writer (died 1992)
• February 15 - Dieter Lattmann, writer & politician
• February 20 - Richard Matheson, American author
• March 3 - James Merrill, American poet (died 1995)
• March 24 - Dario Fo, Italian dramatist & actor
• March 27 - Frank O'Hara, American poet (died 1966)
• March 31 - John Fowles, English writer (died 2005)
• April 28 - Harper Lee, American novelist
• May 21 - Robert Creeley, American author (died 2005)
• June 3 - Allen Ginsberg, American Beat Generation poet (died 1997)
• July 11 - Frederick Buechner, American author & minister
• July 18 - Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (died 2001)
• August 14 - René Goscinny, French writer & co-creator of Asterix (died 1977)
• August 14 - Alice Adams, American short story writer (died 1999)
• September 14 - Michel Butor, French writer
• October 15 - Evan Hunter, American author & screenwriter (died 2005)
• November 20 - John Gardner, British novelist (died 2007)
• December 1 - Elena Harlow, horror author
• December 23 - Robert Bly, American writer
• date unknown - Spencer Holst, American writer & storyteller (died 2001)