1933 in literature

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The year 1933 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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January 9 - Wilbur Smith, novelist
January 16 - Susan Sontag, novelist (d. 2004)
February 12 - Costa-Gavras, director, writer
March 17 - Penelope Lively, novelist
March 19 - Philip Roth, novelist
April 14 - Boris Strugatsky, Russian sci-fi writer
May 5 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, blockbuster author
May 29 - Edward Whittemore, novelist (d. 1995)
June 20 - Claire Tomalin, journalist and biographer
July 4 - David Littman, historian
July 10 - Kevin Gilbert, Australian writer and artist (d. 1993)
August 13 - Madhur Jaffrey, actress and food writer
September 19 - Gilles Archambault, Québécois novelist
October 11 - David Daniels, poet (d. 2008)
November 13 - Peter Härtling, German writer
December 2 - Kent Andersson, dramatist (d. 2005)
December 31 - Edward Bunker, crime novelist (d. 2005)
date unknown
- Halim Barakat, Arabic novelist
- Jim Barnes, Native American poet and translator

January 21 - George Moore, poet, novelist (b. 1852)
January 29 – Sara Teasdale, poet
January 31 - John Galsworthy, novelist and dramatist
April 5 - Earl Derr Biggers, writer
April 19 - E. W. Hobson, pioneering writer on mathematics (b. 1856)
April 29 - Constantine Cavafy, Greek Alexandrine poet (b. 1863)
April 30 - Anne de Noailles, French writer
May 26 - Horatio Bottomley, journalist and fraudster (b. 1860)
June 7 - Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian poet (b. 1875)
July 8 - Anthony Hope, adventure novelist (b. 1863)
September 20 - Annie Besant, Theosophist writer (b. 1847)
September 23 - György Almásy, travel writer (b. 1867)
September 25
- Ring Lardner, writer (b. 1885)
- Pascal Poirier, historian (b. 1852)
November 12 - F. Holland Day, publisher
November 20 - Augustine Birrell, politician and author
November 28 - Minnie Earl Sears, librarian (b. 1873)
December 4 - Stefan George, poet and translator
date unknown - Hugo Zöller, explorer and journalist (b. 1852)