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Overview of the events of 1943 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943 .
January 4 –
Thomas Mann completes Joseph der Ernährer (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his
Joseph and His Brothers (Joseph und seine Brüder)
tetralogy , on which he began in December
1926 .
February 4 – The première of
Bertolt Brecht 's
The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan) takes place at the
Schauspielhaus Zürich in
Switzerland , with
Leonard Steckel directing.
[1]
March – The self-illustrated children's
novella
The Little Prince by the exiled French aviator
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , the all-time
best-selling book originated in French, is published in New York.
May – A strongly
antisemitic production of Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice is staged at the
Burgtheater in
Vienna , with
Werner Krauss as
Shylock .
June 30 – Having transferred from the
Merchant Marine to the
United States Navy and served eight days of active duty
Jack Kerouac is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds.
[2] In
New York City , he,
William S. Burroughs and
Allen Ginsberg become friends.
September
George Orwell resigns from the
BBC to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper
Tribune .
Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable
State Archives of Naples .
[3]
September 9 – The première of
Bertolt Brecht 's
Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the
Schauspielhaus Zürich in
Switzerland , with
Leonard Steckel directing and playing the title role.
October –
Tristan Bernard is arrested, but subsequently released from the
Drancy internment camp in France after public protests.
[4]
October 14 – The contents of
Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops.
December
December 22 – On the death of children's writer and illustrator
Beatrix Potter at
Near Sawrey , over 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares) of land in the English
Lake District are bequeathed to the
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (the Heelis Bequest).
[5]
unknown dates
Children and young people
January 4
January 6 –
Francis M. Nevins , American mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor
[8]
[9]
January 8 –
Charles Murray , American political science writer (
The Bell Curve )
January 11 –
Jim Hightower , American radio host and author
January 13 –
Lorna Sage , English scholar and biographer (died
2001 )
February 8 –
Pirzada Qasim , Pakistani poet and academic
February 15 –
Elke Heidenreich , German journalist and writer
February 16 –
Graham Lord , Rhodesian-born English
literary biographer and novelist (died
2015 )
February 18 –
Graeme Garden , Scottish-born writer, comedian and actor
February 21 –
Lyudmila Ulitskaya , Russian fiction writer
February 22 –
Terry Eagleton , English scholar and publicist
February 27 –
Sheila Rowbotham , English feminist author
[10]
March 26 –
Bob Woodward , American journalist
April 6 –
Max Clifford , English publicist
April 17 –
Gwynne Dyer , Canadian journalist
April 22 –
Louise Glück , American poet, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature (died
2023 )
April 30 –
Paul Jennings , English-born Australian children's author
May 5 –
Michael Palin , English comedy writer and television broadcaster
May 7 –
Peter Carey , Australian novelist
May 8 –
Pat Barker , English novelist
May 20 –
Justin Cartwright , South African-born novelist (died
2018 )
June 7
June 10 –
Simon Jenkins , English journalist
June 15 –
Xaviera Hollander , Dutch East Indies-born writer
July 14 –
Christopher Priest , English novelist
July 16 –
Reinaldo Arenas , Cuban writer (died
1990 )
August 2 –
Rose Tremain (Rosemary Thomson), English novelist
August 30 –
Robert Crumb , American cartoonist
September 12 –
Michael Ondaatje , Ceylonese-born Canadian novelist and poet
September 24 –
Antonio Tabucchi , Italian writer, academic and translator (died
2012 )
October 5 –
Michael Morpurgo , English children's writer
October 8 -
R. L. Stine , American novelist
October 9 –
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. , American fantasy and science fiction writer
October 17 –
Laila al-Othman , Kuwaiti writer
November 5 –
Sam Shepard , American playwright, writer and actor
November 6 –
Berlie Doherty (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer
November 7 –
Stephen Greenblatt , American Shakespeare scholar
November 12 –
Wallace Shawn , American actor and dramatist
December 9 –
Joanna Trollope , English novelist
unknown dates
January 3 –
F. M. Cornford , English
classicist and poet (born
1874 )
January 9 –
R. G. Collingwood , English philosopher and historian (born
1889 )
January 13 –
Else Ury , German children's fiction writer (killed in
Auschwitz concentration camp ; born
1877 )
February 1 –
Lola Szereszewska , Polish-Jewish poet and journalist (born
1895 )
March 10 –
Laurence Binyon , English poet and scholar (born
1869 )
March 13 –
Stephen Vincent Benét , American author (born
1898 )
April 7 –
Jovan Dučić , Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born
1871 )
April 29 –
Sidney Keyes , English poet (killed in action; born
1922 )
April 30 –
Beatrice Webb , English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born
1858 )
May 27 –
Arthur Mee , English encyclopedist and writer (born
1875 )
May 29 –
Guido Mazzoni , Italian poet (born
1859 )
June 17 –
Annie S. Swan ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born
1859 )
June 28 –
Frida Uhl , Austrian writer and translator (born
1872 )
July 18 –
Miyake Kaho , Japanese novelist, essayist and poet (born
1868 )
c.
August 8 –
Haig Acterian (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action; born
1904 )
August 12 –
Kurt Eggers , Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action; born
1905 )
August 22 –
Virgilio Dávila , Puerto Rican poet and politician (born
1869 )
August 24 –
Simone Weil , French philosopher (born
1909 )
October 3 –
Ida Lee , Australian historian and poet (born
1865 )
October 7 –
Radclyffe Hall , English novelist and poet (born
1880 )
[15]
November 19 –
Georg Hermann , German fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born
1871 )
November 27 –
Louis Esson , Australian poet and playwright (born
1878 )
November 30 –
Etty Hillesum , Dutch correspondent and diarist (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born
1914 )
December 2
December 22 –
Beatrix Potter , English children's writer and illustrator (born
1866 )
[17]
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