•
January 4 –
José Triana, Cuban poet (d.
2018) •
January 6 •
E. L. Doctorow, American author (died
2015) •
P. J. Kavanagh,
English poet, novelist, and broadcaster (died 2015) •
January 9 –
Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American science fiction author (died
2008) •
January 10 –
Peter Barnes, English playwright (died
2004) •
January 17 –
Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), German journalist and science fiction author (died
2000) •
January 20 –
Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese novelist (died
1984) •
January 24 –
Leonard Baker, American historian and Pulitzer-winning author (died
1984) •
January 27 •
Allan W. Eckert, American historian and novelist (died
2011) •
Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (died
2016) •
John Hopkins, English screenwriter (died
1998) •
Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (died
2001) •
February 2 –
Walter Burkert, German writer (died
2015) •
February 6 –
Mamie Van Doren, American actress and writer •
February 9 –
Thomas Bernhard, Dutch-born Austrian author (died
1989) •
February 11 –
Larry Merchant, American author and boxing commentator •
February 12 –
Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American crime writer (died
2008) •
February 18 •
Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (died
2007) •
Toni Morrison, American writer and Nobel Prize winner (died
2019) •
February 19 –
Robert Sobel, American business writer (died
1999) •
February 24 –
Barry Oakley, Australian writer. •
March 11 •
Janosch, German children's author and illustrator •
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born publisher •
March 16 –
Augusto Boal, Brazilian theater director and writer (died
2009) •
March 22 –
Leslie Thomas, Welsh novelist (died
2014) •
March 26 –
Alison Prince, English-born Scottish children's writer and biographer (died
2019) •
April 1 –
Rolf Hochhuth, German dramatist (died
2020) •
April 2 –
Joseph Joffo, French author (died
2018) •
April 12 –
Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer (died
2012) •
April 15 –
Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet and translator (died
2015) •
April 21 –
Gabriel de Broglie, French historian •
April 29 –
Robert Gottlieb, American editor (died
2023) •
May 2 –
Ruth Fainlight, American-born poet, short story writer, translator and librettist •
May 7 –
Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (died
2019) •
May 23 –
Barbara Barrie, American actress and writer •
June 12 –
Robin Cook (Derek Raymond), English crime novelist (died
1994) •
June 21 –
Patricia Goedicke, American poet (died
2006) •
June 26 –
Colin Wilson, British novelist and philosopher (died
2013) •
June 28 –
Hans Alfredson, Swedish actor and writer and comedian (d.
2017) •
July 4 –
Sébastien Japrisot, French novelist and screenwriter (died
2003) •
July 6 –
Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (died
2018) •
July 7 –
David Eddings, American novelist (died 2009) •
July 10 •
Nick Adams, American screenwriter (died
1968) •
Julian May, American science fiction author (died
2017) •
Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer (died
2024) •
July 14 –
E. V. Thompson, English novelist (died
2012) •
July 15 –
Clive Cussler, American thriller writer and underwater explorer (died
2020) •
July 17 –
Caroline Graham, English playwright, screenwriter and novelist •
August 2 –
Karl Miller, British writer and literary editor (died
2014) •
August 12 –
William Goldman, American novelist and screenwriter (died
2018) •
August 14 –
Frederic Raphael, American-born English screenwriter, novelist and non-fiction author •
August 16 –
Marion Patrick Jones, Trinidadian writer (died
2016) •
August 22 –
Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist •
September 14 –
Ivan Klíma, Czech novelist and dramatist (died
2025) •
September 15 –
Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-born British writer and Islamic activist (died
1996) •
September 22 •
Ashokamitran (Jagadisa Thyagarajan), Indian fiction writer (died
2017) •
Fay Weldon, English novelist (died 2023) •
October 8 –
Dennis Silk, American-born English writer on literature and cricket, and first-class cricketer (died
2019) •
October 13 –
Janice Elliott, English novelist and children's writer (died
1995) •
October 19 –
John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell), English spy novelist (died
2020) •
October 22 –
Ann Rule, American true-crime writer (died
2015) •
October 23 –
James McNeish, New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer (died
2016) •
November 3 –
Arun Sarma, Assamese playwright and novelist (died
2017) •
November 15 –
Kulanthai Shanmugalingam, Sri Lankan playwright (died
2025) •
November 18 –
Nikoloz Janashia, Georgian historian (died
1982) •
November 28 •
Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author (died
2022) •
Tomi Ungerer, Alsatian illustrator and writer (died
2019) •
December 2 –
Nigel Calder, British science writer (died
2014) •
December 15 –
Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish writer (died
2015) •
December 17 –
Krystyna Boglar, Polish writer known mostly for her work for children and young adults (died
2019) •
December 24 –
Walter Abish, Austrian-born American writer (died
2022) •
December 31 –
Bob Shaw, Irish science-fiction writer (died
1996) ==Deaths==