1743 in literature
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See also: 1742 in literature, other events of 1743, 1744 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- First performance of Voltaire's Mérope
- Publication of poet Robert Blair's major work, "The Grave"
New Books
- The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great - Henry Fielding
- The Grave (poem) by Robert Blair
Births
- Julien Louis Geoffroy, French critic
- Hannah Cowley, English dramatist and poet
- Gabriel Derzhaven, Russian lyric poet
- March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss novelist
- June 20 - Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet