1914 in Literature - Births

Births

• January 8 - Norman Nicholson, poet (died 1987)
• February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (died 1997)
• February 25 - Frank Bonham, American writer of westerns and young adult novels (died 1988)
• March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (d. 1994)
• March 28 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech poet and controversialist (died 1997)
• March 31 - Octavio Paz, 1990 Nobel Prize-winning Mexican author (died 1998)
• April 4 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (died 1996)
• April 26 - Bernard Malamud, novelist (died 1986)
• May 6 - Randall Jarrell, poet (died 1965)
• May 8 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French novelist (died 1980)
• June 15 - Lena Kennedy, novelist (died 1986)
• June 17 - Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (died 2005)
• June 26 - Laurie Lee, poet and novelist (died 1997)
• July 15
  • Hammond Innes, adventure novelist (died 1998)
  • Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author (died 1969)
• August 9 - Tove Jansson, children's author (died 2001)
• August 26 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine author (died 1984)
• October 26 - John Masters, novelist (died 1983)
• October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (died 1953)
• November 22 - Leah Bodine Drake, poet (died 1964)
• December 12 - Patrick O'Brian, historical novelist (died 2000)