Editing 1919 in literature (section)

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[J. D. Salinger]], American novelist (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA778|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=778}}</ref>
*[[January 7]] – [[Robert Duncan (poet)|Robert Duncan]], American poet (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wayne R. Dynes|author2=Barbara Grier|title=Gay & Lesbian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KI8YAAAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-174-9|page=114}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[Ugo Sansonetti]], Italian writer and [[Masters athletics|masters athlete]] (died [[2019]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Silva Kaputikyan]], Armenian poet (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
*[[January 24]] – [[Juan Eduardo Zúñiga]], Spanish fiction writer, literary scholar and translator (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/12/28/babelia/1546002970_525898.html|title=La voz de los vencidos|language=es|website=El Pais|date=December 29, 2020|author=Juan Cruz|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
*[[January 25]] – [[Edwin Newman]], American writer and journalist (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])
*[[January 29]] – [[N. F. Simpson]], English absurdist playwright (died [[2011 in literature|2011]])
*[[February 14]] – [[Miroslav Zikmund]], Czech adventurer, travel writer and film director (died [[2021 in literature|2021]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Zemřel Miroslav Zikmund. Slavnému českému cestovateli bylo 102 let|trans-title=Miroslav Zigmund has died. The famous Czech traveller was 102 years old|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/umrti-cestovatel-miroslav-zikmund_2112021117_voj|language=Czech|work=iRozhlas|location=Prague|date=2 December 2021|accessdate=9 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[March 18]] – [[G. E. M. Anscombe]], Irish-born English [[analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]] (died [[2001 in literature|2001]])
*[[March 24]]
**[[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], American beat poet, writer, publisher, painter, socialist activist and bookseller (died [[2021 in literature|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary|author2=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC|year=1993|publisher=Contemporary books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=139}}</ref>
**[[Robert Heilbroner]], American economic philosopher (died [[2005 in literature|2005]])
**[[Graciela Palau de Nemes]], Cuban-born literary critic (died 2019)
*[[April 15]] – [[Emyr Humphreys]], Welsh novelist and poet (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/emyr-humphreys-obituary-novelists-wales-christian-protestant-conscience-b1204235.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/emyr-humphreys-obituary-novelists-wales-christian-protestant-conscience-b1204235.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Emyr Humphreys: One of the most courageous novelists of post-war Wales|date=21 October 2020|author=[[Meic Stephens]]|website=The Independent|access-date=2 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[April 24]] – [[Mihu Dragomir]], Romanian poet, journalist and short story writer (died [[1964 in literature|1964]])
*[[May 7]] – [[Robert H. Adleman]], American novelist and historian (died [[1995 in literature|1995]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathleen Edgar|title=Contemporary Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MjiAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9349-3|page=5}}</ref>
*[[May 16]] – [[John Robinson (bishop of Woolwich)|John Robinson]], English Bible scholar, religious writer and bishop (died [[1983 in literature|1983]])
*[[May 17]] – [[Merle Miller]], American biographer and screenwriter (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=397}}</ref>
*[[June 6]] – [[Helen Forrester]] (June Bhatia), English memoirist and novelist (died [[2011 in literature|2011]])
*[[June 8]] – [[Władysław Siemaszko]], Polish publicist, lawyer and writer<ref>''Who is Who w Polsce''. Wydanie II, 2003 r., page 3861. Hübners blaues Who is who. {{ISBN|3-7290-0040-3}}</ref>
*[[June 27]] – [[Jaswant Singh Kanwal]], Punjabi novelist (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])
*[[June 28]] – [[Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu]], Romanian philosopher, novelist and dramatist (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[July 9]] – [[Denys Rhodes]], Irish-born novelist (died [[1981 in literature|1981]])
*[[July 15]] – [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish-born novelist (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter J. Conradi|title=Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PapgQvjabFUC&pg=PT7|date=23 April 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983194-4|pages=7}}</ref>
*[[July 23]]
**[[Davis Grubb]], American novelist and short story writer (died [[1980 in literature|1980]])
**[[Héctor Germán Oesterheld]], Argentine comic book writer ([[forced disappearance]] c.[[1977 in literature|1977]])
*[[July 31]] – [[Primo Levi]], Italian novelist and memoirist (died [[1987 in literature|1987]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Mirna Cicioni|title=Primo Levi: Bridges of Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ttUz2oMLNkC&pg=PA1|date=1 December 1995|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-85973-058-4|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[August 1]] – [[Stanley Middleton]], English novelist (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])
*[[August 4]] – [[Michel Déon]], French writer (died [[2016 in literature|2016]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Authors|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|year=1979|page=128}}</ref>
*[[August 31]] – [[Amrita Pritam]], Punjabi poet and novelist (died [[2005 in literature|2005]])
*[[September 13]] 
** [[Mary Midgley]], English philosopher (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Motyka |first1=John |title=Mary Midgley, 99, Moral Philosopher for the General Reader, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/mary-midgley-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 October 2018 |date=15 October 2018}}</ref>
** [[George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld|George Weidenfeld]], Viennese-born English publisher (died [[2016 in literature|2016]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Tōta Kaneko]], Japanese writer (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehaikufoundation.org/envoy-1-part-1/|title=Envoy 1 (part 1)|website=The Haiku Foundation|author=Scott Metz|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[September 26]] – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet (died [[2012 in literature|2012]])
*[[October 22]] – [[Doris Lessing]], Persian-born English novelist (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Stanford |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Stanford |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10467963/Doris-Lessing-A-mother-much-misunderstood.html |title=Doris Lessing: A mother much misunderstood |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=22 November 2013 |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[November 18]] – [[Jocelyn Brando]], American actress and writer (died [[2005 in literature|2005]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Myrna |title=Jocelyn Brando, 86, actress on film, TV, Marlon's sister |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31563799/jocelyn-brando-obit-2005-lat/ |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=The Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2005 |page=49|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[November 23]] – [[P. F. Strawson]], English philosopher (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Frederik Pohl]], American science fiction author (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Barnett |first=David |title=Frederik Pohl, grandmaster of science fiction, dies aged 93 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/03/frederick-pohl-dies-science-fiction |date=September 3, 2013 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=September 3, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[November 29]] – [[Frank Kermode]], Manx-born literary critic (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Frank Kermode obituary: Pre-eminent critic who with easy erudition explored how ideas work in literature |last=Mullan |first=John |date=18 August 2010 |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/18/sir-frank-kermode-obituary}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born literary critic (died [[1983 in literature|1983]])<ref>{{cite book | last = McQuillan | first = Martin | title = Paul de Man | publisher = Routledge | location = London New York | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780415215138 | page=3}}</ref>
*[[December 17]]
**[[Charlotte Jay]], Australian suspense writer (died [[1996 in literature|1996]])
**[[Es'kia Mphahlele]], South African writer (died [[2008 in literature|2008]])