1923 in literature
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See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- The Able McLaughlins - Margaret Wilson
- Deirdre - James Stephens
- Faint Perfume - Zona Gale
- The Great Roxhythe – Georgette Heyer
- The House at Pooh Corner - A.A. Milne
- The Inimitable Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
- Knock - Jules Romains
- A Lost Lady - Willa Cather
- Love and the Philosopher - Marie Corelli
- Men Like Gods - H. G. Wells
- Riceyman Steps - Arnold Bennett
- Seven Trails - Max Brand
- The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
- The Woman of Knockaloe - Hall Caine
- The Art Spirit - Robert Henri
Births
- January 6 - Jacobo Timerman, writer (d. 1999)
- January 10 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer (d. 1986)
- January 16 - Anthony Hecht, poet (d. 2004)
- January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky, writer (d. 1981)
- January 31 - Norman Mailer, writer and journalist
- February 2 - James Dickey, poet, author (d. 1997)
- February 9 - Brendan Behan, author (d. 1964)
- March 30 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
- May 1 - Joseph Heller, novelist (d. 1999)
- May 21 - Dorothy Hewett, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2002)
Deaths
- January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, writer
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Butler Yeats
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Owen Davis, Icebound
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay: The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs from Thistles: Eight Sonnets in American Poetry, 1922. A Miscellany
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Willa Cather - One of Ours