1928 in literature
The year 1928 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
New books
New drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 7 - William Peter Blatty, screenwriter
- January 8 - Sander Vanocur, journalist
- January 16 - William Kennedy, journalist
- January 24 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist, writer
- February 5 - Andrew Greeley, priest, novelist
- February 9 - Frank Frazetta, illustrator
- February 9 - Roger Mudd, journalist
- March 4 - Alan Sillitoe, novelist
- March 12 - Edward Albee, dramatist
- March 30 - Tom Sharpe, satirical novelist
- April 7 - Alan J. Pakula, screenwriter
- June 10 - Maurice Sendak, children's author and illustrator
- July 16 - Anita Brookner, novelist
- July 26 - Bernice Rubens, novelist
- October 3 - Alvin Toffler, futurist writer
- November 2 - Paul Johnson, historian and journalist
- November 9 - Anne Sexton, poet
- December 16 - Philip K. Dick, novelist
- unknown date
Deaths
- January 8 - Juan B. Justo, journalist
- January 11 - Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
- January 19 - Hans Hinrich Wendt, theologian
- February 19 - Mildred Aldrich, journalist
- March 4 - Paul Sabatier, religious writer
- March 18 - Paul van Ostaijen, poet
- March 24 - Charlotte Mew, poet (suicide)
- April 19 - Ladislav Klíma, novelist and philosopher
- May 16 - Edmund Gosse, poet and critic
- July 8 - Crystal Eastman, journalist
- August 16 - Antonín Sova, poet
- October 20 - Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder and an inspiration for Little House on the Prairie
- December 16 - Elinor Wylie, poet and novelist
- date unknown
Awards
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