Editing 1920 in literature (section)

==Births==
[[File:Isaac.Asimov01.jpg|thumb|Isaac Asimov.]]
*[[January 2]] (probable date) – [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born American science-fiction author and biochemist (died [[1992 in literature|1992]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Analog Science Fiction & Fact|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coMnAQAAIAAJ|date=July 2002|publisher=Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact|page=112}}</ref>
*[[January 7]] – [[Dorothy Maclean]], Canadian writer and educator, co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation (died [[2020]])
*[[January 14]]
**[[Jean Dutourd]], French novelist (died [[2011 in literature|2011]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Réalités|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOLeqBrFzpkC|year=1957|publisher=Réalités Monthly Magazine|page=54}}</ref>
**[[Che Lan Vien]], Vietnamese poet (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[January 22]] – [[Philippa Pearce]], English children's writer (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
*[[January 24]] – [[Keith Douglas]], English poet (died [[1944 in literature|1944]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Colin Watson (writer)|Colin Watson]], English crime fiction writer (died [[1983 in literature|1983]])
*[[February 11]] – [[Daniel F. Galouye]], American science-fiction author (died [[1976 in literature|1976]])
*[[February 12]] – [[William Roscoe Estep]], American historian and educator (died [[2000 in literature|2000]])
*[[February 19]] – [[Jaan Kross]], Estonian writer (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
*[[February 21]] – [[Ishigaki Rin]] (石垣 りん), Japanese poet (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
*[[February 28]] – [[Zaim Topčić]], Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (died [[1990 in literature|1990]])
*[[February 29]] – [[Howard Nemerov]], American poet (died [[1991 in literature|1991]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Boris Vian]], French novelist (died [[1959 in literature|1959]])
*[[March 11]] – [[D. J. Enright]], English writer (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Kjell Aukrust]], Norwegian author, poet and artist (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[March 20]] – [[Rosemary Timperley]], British novelist (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])
*[[March 25]] – [[Paul Scott (novelist)|Paul Scott]], English novelist, playwright and poet (died [[1978 in literature|1978]])
*[[March 31]] – [[Marga Minco]] (Sara Menco), Dutch novelist and journalist (died [[2023 in literature|2023]])
*[[April 5]] – [[Arthur Hailey]], English-born Canadian novelist (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
*[[April 11]] – [[Marlen Haushofer]], Austrian novelist (died [[1970 in literature|1970]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Bengt Anderberg]], Swedish poet, novelist, children's writer (died [[2008 in literature|2008]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Sloan Wilson]], American author and poet (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])
*[[May 9]] – [[Richard Adams]], English novelist, author of ''[[Watership Down]]'' (died [[2016 in literature|2016]])
*[[May 12]] – [[Satya Mohan Joshi]], Nepalese writer (died [[2022 in literature|2022]])
*[[May 30]] – [[Shōtarō Yasuoka]], Japanese writer (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])
*[[June 2]] – [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]], Polish-born German literary critic (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])
*[[June 8]] – [[Gwen Harwood]], Australian poet (died [[1995 in literature|1995]])
*[[June 9]] – [[Isobel English]] (Guesdon Jolliffe), English novelist (died [[1994 in literature|1994]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Ruth Guimarães]], Afro-Brazilian classicist, fiction writer and poet (died [[2014 in literature|2014]])
*[[June 18]]
**[[Aster Berkhof]], Belgian novelist (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])
**[[Rosemary Dobson]], Australian poet (died [[2012 in literature|2012]])
*[[June 20]] – [[Amos Tutuola]], Nigerian writer (died [[1997 in literature|1997]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Max Wilk]], American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction (died 2011)
*[[July 12]] – [[Pierre Berton]], Canadian author (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
*[[August 3]] – [[P. D. James]], English crime novelist (died [[2014 in literature|2014]])<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/27/pd-james | title=PD James obituary | newspaper=The Guardian | date=27 November 2014 | access-date=27 November 2014 | author=Reynolds, Stanley}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[John Figueroa]], Jamaican poet (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Tormod Skagestad]], Norwegian poet, novelist and playwright (died [[1997 in literature|1997]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Charles Bukowski]], American writer (died [[1994 in literature|1994]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Harbhajan Singh (poet)|Harbhajan Singh]], Punjabi poet and critic (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[August 21]] – [[Christopher Robin Milne]], English writer and bookseller (died [[1996 in literature|1996]])
*[[August 22]] – [[Ray Bradbury]], American science-fiction writer (died [[2012 in literature|2012]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Martin Harry Greenberg|author2=Joseph D. Olander|title=Ray Bradbury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DssfAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Taplinger Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-8008-6638-9|page=214}}</ref>
*[[September 19]] – [[Roger Angell]], American fiction writer, editor, and essayist with ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (died [[2022 in literature|2022]])
*[[October 7]] – [[Daniel Vidart]], Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])
*[[October 8]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American science-fiction writer (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William F. Touponce|title=Frank Herbert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AO1aAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-7514-3|page=4}}</ref>
*[[October 15]] – [[Mario Puzo]], American author of ''[[The Godfather (novel)|The Godfather]]'' (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=413}}</ref>
*[[October 17]] – [[Miguel Delibes]], Spanish novelist (died [[2010 in literature|2010]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eaude |first1=Michael |title=Miguel Delibes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/mar/14/miguel-delibes-obituary |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[November 7]] – [[Elaine Morgan (writer)|Elaine Morgan]], Welsh writer on anthropology (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/29/elaine-morgan |author=Erika Lorraine Milam |title=Elaine Morgan obituary|work=The Guardian |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[November 16]]
**[[Colin Thiele]], Australian author (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
**[[Peter Viertel]], American author (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Paul Celan]], Romanian poet (died [[1970 in literature|1970]])
*[[December 3]] – [[Sheila K. McCullagh]], English children's writer (died [[2014 in literature|2014]])
*[[December 10]] – [[Clarice Lispector]], Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist (died [[1977 in literature|1977]])
*[[December 15]] – [[Albert Memmi]], Tunisian writer in French (died [[2020 in literature|2020]])
*[[December 20]] – [[Väinö Linna]], Finnish novelist (died [[1992 in literature|1992]])