1905 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 6 - Idris Davies, Anglo-Welsh poet (died 1953)
• January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (died 1970)
• February 2 - Ayn Rand, Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1982)
• February 7 - Paul Nizan, author (died 1940)
• March 31 - Kulap Saipradit (pen name Siburapha), Thai novelist (died 1974)
• May 16 - H. E. Bates, novelist (died 1974)
• May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (died 1962)
• May 24 - Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet/Russian novelist (died 1984)
• June 20 - Lillian Hellman, dramatist (died 1984)
• June 21 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, novelist and playwright (died 1980)
• July 25 - Elias Canetti, novelist (died 1994)
• September 5 - Arthur Koestler, novelist and social philosopher (died 1983)
• October 15 - C. P. Snow, novelist (died 1980)
• December 4 - Munro Leaf, children's author (died 1974)
• December 21 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (died 2000)
• December 22 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and critic (died 1982)