1900 in Literature - Births

Births

Among the most important literary births during the turn of the 18th to 19th century were those of Margaret Mitchell and Zelda Fitzgerald, the former of which would go on to pen one of the most successful novels of all time, Gone With the Wind, published in 1936. The work sparked various highly acclaimed adaptations.

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1900 of literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including nationality and year of birth. More prominent figures are bolded:

• January 9 — Emmanuel D'Astier, French journalist (died 1969)
• January 15 — William Heinesen, Faroese writer (died 1991)
• February 4 — Jacques Prévert, French poet (died 1977)
• February 19 — Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet (died 1971)
• February 22 — Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish short story writer (died 1991)
• March 15 — Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian author (died 1987)
• April 19 — Richard Hughes, English novelist (died 1976)
• April 22 — Vyvyan Adams, British author and politician (died 1951)
• April 24 — Elizabeth Goudge, English novelist and children's author (died 1984)
• May 1 — Ignazio Silone, Italian author and politician (died 1978)
• May 24 — Eduardo De Filippo, Italian author (died 1984)
• June 11 — Leopoldo Marechal, Argentine writer (died 1970)
• June 25 — Gerald Drayson Adams, English film writer (died 1988)
• June 29 — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French novelist (died 1944)
• July 18 — Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born Francophone lawyer and writer (died 1999)
• July 24 — Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (died 1948)
• September 7 — Taylor Caldwell, Anglo-American novelist (died 1985)
• September 9 — James Hilton, English novelist (died 1954)
• October 16 — Edward Ardizzone, English children's writer and illustrator (died 1979)
• November 8 — Margaret Mitchell, American Gone with the Wind author (died 1949)
• November 19 — Anna Seghers, German writer (died 1983)
• December 16 — V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer (died 1997)