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1943 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943.

Events
January 4Thomas Mann completes Joseph der Ernährer (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his Joseph and His Brothers (Joseph und seine Brüder) tetralogy, on which he began in December 1926. • February 4 – The première of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan) takes place at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland, with Leonard Steckel directing. • March – The self-illustrated children's novella The Little Prince by the exiled French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the all-time best-selling book originated in French, is published in New York. • May – A strongly antisemitic production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is staged at the Burgtheater in Vienna, at the command of the city's Gauleiter, with Werner Krauss as Shylock. • June 30 – Having transferred from the Merchant Marine to the United States Navy and served eight days of active duty Jack Kerouac is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds. In New York City, he, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg become friends. • September • George Orwell resigns from the BBC to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper Tribune. • Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable State Archives of Naples. • September 9 – The première of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland, with Leonard Steckel directing and playing the title role. • October – Tristan Bernard is arrested, but subsequently released from the Drancy internment camp in France after public protests. • October 14 – The contents of Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops. • October–November – Two German officers, Viennese-born Lt. Col. Julius Schlegel (a Roman Catholic) and Captain Maximilian Becker (a Protestant), arrange the transfer of Monte Cassino Abbey's library and other treasures (and the collections of the Keats–Shelley Memorial House) to the Vatican for safe keeping. • December • Philip Larkin, with a degree from the University of Oxford, takes his first post as a librarian in Wellington, Shropshire. • Philip Van Doren Stern sends copies of his story "The Greatest Gift" to friends as a Christmas card. • December 22 – On the death of children's writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter at Near Sawrey, over of land in the English Lake District are bequeathed to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (the Heelis Bequest). • unknown datesIsaac Bashevis Singer becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen. • Publication begins of a new comprehensive edition of Friedrich Hölderlin's complete works (the Sämtliche Werke, or Große Stuttgarter Ausgabe). • The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States places Richard Wright under surveillance. ==New books==
New books
FictionLars AhlinTåbb with the Manifesto (Tåbb med manifestet)Sabahattin AliMadonna in a Fur Coat (Kürk Mantolu Madonna)Charlotte ArmstrongThe Case of the Weird SistersSholem AschThe ApostleMarcel AyméThe Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)Nigel BalchinThe Small Back RoomVaikom Muhammad BasheerPremalekhanamVicki BaumHotel BerlinHenry BellamannVictoria GrandoletGeorges BernanosMonsieur OuineMarjorie BowenAiring in a Closed CarriageIvan BuninDark Avenues («Тёмные аллеи», Tyomnyye allei, short stories, first edition) • Gerald ButlerTheir Rainbow Had Black EdgesVictor CanningGreen BattlefieldJohn Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson) – She Died A LadyRaymond ChandlerThe Lady in the LakePeter CheyneyYou Can Always DuckAgatha Christie – "The Moving Finger" (UK Publication) • ColetteLe KépiFreeman Wills CroftsThe Affair at Little WokehamSimone de Beauvoir – ''She Came to Stay (L'Invitée)'' • Pierre Drieu La Rochelle – ''The Man on Horseback (L'Homme à cheval)'' • Howard FastCitizen Tom PaineCarlo Emilio GaddaGli anniJean Genet (anonymously) – Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs)Anthony Gilbert – ''The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball'' • Robert GravesClaudius the GodElizabeth Janet GrayAdam of the RoadGraham GreeneThe Ministry of FearHermann HesseThe Glass Bead Game (Das Glasperlenspiel)Anne HockingNile GreenDorothy B. HughesThe BlackbirderMichael InnesThe Weight of the EvidenceAleksander Kamiński (as Juliusz Górecki) – Kamienie na szaniec (Stones for the Rampart) • C. S. LewisPerelandraClarice LispectorNear to the Wild Heart (Perto do coração selvagem)Richard LlewellynNone but the Lonely HeartE. C. R. LoracDeath Came SoftlyH. P. LovecraftBeyond the Wall of Sleep (collection) • Compton MackenzieKeep the Home Guard TurningNaguib MahfouzRhadopis of NubiaNgaio MarshColour SchemeBruce MarshallYellow Tapers for ParisGladys MitchellSunset Over SohoThe Worsted ViperC. L. Moore – ''Earth's Last Citadel'' • Robert Musil (died 1942) – The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, publication concludes, uncompleted) • Kate O'BrienThe Last of SummerE. Phillips OppenheimMr. MirakelRoger PeyrefitteLes Amitiés particulières (Special Friendships) • J. B. PriestleyDaylight on SaturdayFrederic ProkoschThe ConspiratorsEllery QueenThere Was an Old WomanAyn RandThe FountainheadMary RenaultThe Friendly Young LadiesBetty SmithA Tree Grows in BrooklynDorothy Evelyn SmithO, the Brave MusicMargit SöderholmSunshine Follows Rain (Driver dagg faller regn)Cecil StreetDead on the TrackMen Die at Cyprus LodgeAntal Szerb – ''The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)'' • Phoebe Atwood TaylorFile for Record (as Alice Tilton) • Kylie TennantRide on StrangerDenton WelchMaiden VoyageH. G. WellsCrux AnsataDorothy WhippleThey Were SistersVirginia Woolf (suicide 1941) – A Haunted House and Other Short Stories Children and young peopleEnid BlytonThe Mystery of the Burnt CottageThe Magic Faraway TreeVirginia Lee BurtonThe Little HouseEleanor EstesRufus M.Roald DahlThe GremlinsEsther ForbesJohnny TremaineC. S. ForesterThe ShipMary NortonThe Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy LessonsArthur RansomeThe Picts and the MartyrsAntoine de Saint-ExupéryLe Petit Prince (The Little Prince)Malcolm SavilleMystery at Witch End (first in the Lone Pine series of twenty books) • Laura Ingalls WilderThese Happy Golden Years DramaBertolt BrechtThe Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei)Albert CamusThe Misunderstanding (Le Malentendu)Moss HartWinged VictoryFrank HarveyBrighton RockFritz HochwälderDas Heilige Experiment (The Holy Experiment, The Strong Are Lonely) • Esther McCrackenLiving RoomElena MiramovaDark EyesM. J. MolloyOld RoadArmijn PaneKami, Perempuan (We, the Women) • J. B. PriestleyThey Came to a CityTerence Rattigan - While the Sun ShinesNelson RodriguesVestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress) • Jean-Paul SartreThe Flies (Les Mouches)Ben TraversShe Follows Me AboutEmlyn Williams – ''The Druid's Rest'' • Yang JiangAs You Desire (Chenxin ruyi) Non-fictionGeorges Bataille – ''L'Expérience intérieure'' • James BurnhamThe Managerial RevolutionJulius EvolaThe Doctrine of Awakening (La dottrina del risveglio) • Katharine Butler Hathaway – The Little LocksmithLouis HjelmslevProlegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)C. S. LewisThe Abolition of ManJohn NealObservations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793-1876) (edited by Harold Edward Dickson) • Reinhold NiebuhrThe Nature and Destiny of ManMartin NothUberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten TestamentN. PorsennaVisul Profetic (On the Prophetic Dream) • Jean-Paul Sartre – ''Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)'' • J. A. SchumpeterCapitalism, Socialism and DemocracyI. C. VissarionEnergie mecanică în lumea în care ne găsim (Mechanic Energy for This World We Now Inhabit) • Edna WallingGardens in AustraliaWilliam Foote WhyteStreet Corner SocietyStefan Zweig (suicide 1942) – The World of Yesterday (first English edition) ==Births==
Births
January 4Doris Kearns Goodwin, American political biographer • Hwang Sok-yong, Korean novelist • Jesús Torbado, Spanish novelist (died 2018) • Priit Vesilind, Estonian-American author and photographer • January 6Francis M. Nevins, American mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor • January 8Charles Murray, American political science writer (The Bell Curve) • January 11Jim Hightower, American radio host and author • January 13Lorna Sage, English scholar and biographer (died 2001) • January 22Wilhelm Genazino, German writer (died 2018) • February 8Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and academic • February 15Elke Heidenreich, German journalist and writer • February 16Graham Lord, Rhodesian-born English literary biographer and novelist (died 2015) • February 18Graeme Garden, Scottish-born writer, comedian and actor • February 21Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russian fiction writer • February 22Terry Eagleton, English scholar and publicist • February 27Sheila Rowbotham, English feminist author • March 2Peter Straub, American novelist and poet (died 2022) • March 26Bob Woodward, American journalist • March 28Oľga Feldeková, Slovak writer (died 2025) • April 6Max Clifford, English publicist • April 17Gwynne Dyer, Canadian journalist • April 22Louise Glück, American poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (died 2023) • April 30Paul Jennings, English-born Australian children's author • May 5Michael Palin, English comedy writer and television broadcaster • May 7Peter Carey, Australian novelist • May 8Pat Barker, English novelist • May 20Justin Cartwright, South African-born novelist (died 2018) • May 26James Carlos Blake, American writer (died 2025) • June 7Nikki Giovanni, American author, poet and educator • Michael Pennington, English writer, actor and director • June 10Simon Jenkins, English journalist • June 15Xaviera Hollander, Dutch East Indies-born writer • July 14Christopher Priest, English novelist • July 16Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban writer (died 1990) • August 2Rose Tremain (Rosemary Thomson), English novelist • August 30Robert Crumb, American cartoonist • September 12Michael Ondaatje, Ceylonese-born Canadian novelist and poet • September 24Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer, academic and translator (died 2012) • October 5Michael Morpurgo, English children's writer • October 8 - R. L. Stine, American novelist • October 9L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American fantasy and science fiction writer • October 17Laila al-Othman, Kuwaiti writer • November 5Sam Shepard, American playwright, writer and actor • November 6Berlie Doherty (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer • November 7Stephen Greenblatt, American Shakespeare scholar • November 12Wallace Shawn, American actor and dramatist • December 9Michael Krüger, German writer, publisher and translator • Joanna Trollope, English novelist (died 2025) • unknown datesChristine Evans, Welsh poet in English • Vicki Feaver, English poet and academic • Hadrawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet • Ebrahim Hussein, Tanzanian playwright in Swahili ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 3F. M. Cornford, English classicist and poet (born 1874) • January 9R. G. Collingwood, English philosopher and historian (born 1889) • January 13Else Ury, German children's fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1877) • February 1Lola Szereszewska, Polish-Jewish poet and journalist (born 1895) • March 10Laurence Binyon, English poet and scholar (born 1869) • March 13Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (born 1898) • April 7Jovan Dučić, Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born 1871) • April 29Sidney Keyes, English poet (killed in action; born 1922) • April 30Beatrice Webb, English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born 1858) • May 27Arthur Mee, English encyclopedist and writer (born 1875) • May 29Guido Mazzoni, Italian poet (born 1859) • June 17Annie S. Swan ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born 1859) • June 28Frida Uhl, Austrian writer and translator (born 1872) • July 18Miyake Kaho, Japanese novelist, essayist and poet (born 1868) • c. August 8Haig Acterian (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action; born 1904) • August 12Kurt Eggers, Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action; born 1905) • August 21Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (born 1857) • August 22Virgilio Dávila, Puerto Rican poet and politician (born 1869) • August 24Simone Weil, French philosopher (born 1909) • October 3Ida Lee, Australian historian and poet (born 1865) • October 7Radclyffe Hall, English novelist and poet (born 1880) • November 19Georg Hermann, German fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1871) • November 27Louis Esson, Australian poet and playwright (born 1878) • November 30Etty Hillesum, Dutch correspondent and diarist (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1914) • December 2Drummond Allison, English poet (killed in action; born 1921) • Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet and author (born 1902) • December 22Beatrix Potter, English children's writer and illustrator (born 1866) ==Awards==
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