Births
- January 30 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (died 2007)
- February 3 - Andrzej Szczypiorski, writer (died 2000)
- February 17 - Margaret Truman, novelist, daughter of President Harry S. Truman (died 2008)
- May 1 - Terry Southern, American writer (died 1995)
- August 3 - Leon Uris, American author (died 2003)
- August 6 - James Baldwin, American writer (died 1987)
- August 17 - Evan S. Connell, American author
- September 4 - Joan Aiken, English novelist (died 2004)
- September 30 - Truman Capote, American writer (died 1984)
- October 5 - José Donoso, Chilean writer (died 1996)
- October 29 - Zbigniew Herbert, Polish writer (died 1998)
- date missing
- Mengistu Lemma, Ethiopian playwright (died 1988)
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