1912 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 7 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (died 1988)
• January 30 - Barbara Tuchman, historian (died 1989)
• February 2 - Millvina Dean youngest survivor of the Titanic, at 2 months old (died 31 May 2009)
• February 11 - Roy Fuller English poet/novelist (died 1991)
• February 12 - R. F. Delderfield, novelist and historian (died 1972)
• February 15 - George Mikes, humorist (died 1987)
• February 17 - Andre Norton, sci-fi and fantasy author (died 2005)
• February 20 - Pierre Boulle, novelist (died 1994)
• February 27 - Lawrence Durrell, poet and novelist (died 1990)
• March 12 - Kylie Tennant, novelist, dramatist and historian (died 1988)
• May 3 - May Sarton, American writer (died 1995)
• May 16 - Studs Terkel, writer and broadcaster (died 2008)
• May 20 - J. L. Carr, novelist and publisher (died 1994)
• May 27 - John Cheever, writer (died 1982)
• May 29 - Pamela Hansford Johnson, poet, novelist and critic, and wife of C. P. Snow (died 1981)
• June 20 - Anthony Buckeridge, children's author (died 2004)
• June 24 - Mary Wesley, novelist (died 2002)
• June 29 - John Toland, Pulitzer-winning historian and biographer (died 2004)
• July 3 - Elizabeth Taylor, novelist (died 1975)
• July 6 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian explorer and author (Seven Years in Tibet) (died 2006)
• July 14 - Northrop Frye, critic (died 1991)
• August 4 - Virgilio Piñera, poet and short-story writer (died 1979)
• August 10 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (died 2001)
• August 18 - Elsa Morante, Italian author (died 1985)
• August 23 - Nelson Rodrigues, Brazilian author (died 1980)
• September 12 - J. F. Hendry, poet (died 1986)
• November 8 - Monica Edwards, children's author (died 1998)
• November 24 - Garson Kanin, dramatist and screenwriter (died 1999)
• November 25 - Francis Durbridge, dramatist (died 1998)
• November 26 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian Absurdist playwright (died 1994)
• December 4 - Ian Wallace (died 1998), science fiction author