Overview of the events of 1930 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1930 .
January 6 – An early literary character-licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne , giving Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works.[ 1]
February – The Censorship of Publications Board begins to function in the Irish Free State . Among the first 13 books banned (announced in May) are Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley , The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall and several on sex and marriage by Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes .[ 2]
February 23 – Erich Maria Remarque 's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues , 1929) is banned in Thuringian schools by Education Minister Wilhelm Frick .[ 3]
March 19 – Paul Robeson plays the title role of Othello at the Savoy Theatre , London, with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona .[ 4]
May 6 – The Collins Crime Club is launched as a crime fiction imprint by the U.K. firm William Collins .
May 10 – John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom .[ 5]
July 14 – Luigi Pirandello 's The Man with the Flower in His Mouth becomes the first broadcast television drama, by the BBC in England, directed by Val Gielgud .[ 6]
July 19 – Georges Simenon 's Detective Inspector Jules Maigret makes a first appearance in print, under Simenon's own name after he abandons pseudonyms, in the novel Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett ) , which begins serialization in the French weekly magazine Ric et Rac published by Fayard .[ 7] It will appear in book form in 1931 as the fifth of 75 novels (and 28 short stories) in which Simenon features the pipe-smoking Paris detective.
September 11 – Agatha Christie marries archaeologist Max Mallowan in Edinburgh.
September 24 – The first production of Noël Coward 's comedy Private Lives opens at the Phoenix Theatre (London) , featuring Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier in the cast.[ 6]
September 29 – The English satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh joins the Catholic Church .[ 8]
October 13 – Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage , the first full-length novel to feature her amateur detective Miss Marple , appears in the U.K. in the Collins Crime Club series, after serialization in the United States.
November 5 – American novelist Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature .
December 10 – The first performance of Bertolt Brecht 's Lehrstück The Decision (Die Maßnahme ), written in collaboration with Slatan Dudow and the composer Hanns Eisler , occurs at the Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin , with Ernst Busch as lead.
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January 1 – Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said Esber), Syrian-born poet
January 20 – Blair Lent , American children's author and illustrator (died 2009 )
January 23 – Derek Walcott , Saint Lucian poet and playwright (died 2017 )[ 31]
February 15 – Bruce Dawe , Australian poet (died 2020 )[ 32]
February 17 – Ruth Rendell (Ruth Barbara Grasemann), English detective and mystery novel writer (died 2015 )[ 33]
February 18 – Gahan Wilson , American author and illustrator (died 2019 )[ 34]
February 22 – Edward D. Hoch , American detective fiction writer (died 2008 )
February 23 – Paul West , English-born American novelist, poet and essayist (died 2015 )[ 35]
March 2 – Tom Wolfe , American author, journalist (died 2018 )[ 36]
March 8 – Douglas Hurd , English politician and novelist[ 37]
March 26 – Gregory Corso , American poet (died 2001 )
April 16 – Carol Bly , American teacher, author of short stories, essays and nonfiction (died 2007 )
May 3 – Juan Gelman , Argentine poet (died 2014 )[ 38]
May 13 – José Jiménez Lozano , Spanish novelist (died 2020 )[ 39]
May 14 – María Irene Fornés , Cuban-American playwright (died 2018 )[ 40]
May 15 – Grace Ogot , Kenyan author (died 2015 )[ 41]
May 19 – Lorraine Hansberry , African-American playwright (died 1965 )[ 42]
May 21 – Stanley Wells , English Shakespearean scholar
May 25 – Jón frá Pálmholti (Jón Kjartansson), Icelandic writer and journalist (died 2004 )
May 27 – John Barth , American fiction writer (died 2024 )[ 43]
June 3 – Marion Zimmer Bradley , American writer (died 1999 )[ 44]
June 10 – Grace Mirabella , American journalist, editor of Vogue 1971-88[ 45]
June 14 – Charles McCarry , American spy and novelist (died 2019 )[ 46]
June 23 – Anthony Thwaite , English poet (died 2021 )[ 47]
June 28 – Maureen Howard , American writer, editor and lecturer[ 48]
July 6 – Gloria Skurzynski , American author[ 49]
July 11 – Harold Bloom , American literary critic (died 2019 )[ 50]
July 13 – Sam Greenlee , African American author (died 2014 )
July 15 – Jacques Derrida , French Algerian literary critic (died 2004 )[ 51]
July 17 – Ray Galton , English scriptwriter (died 2018 )[ 52]
August 8 – Barry Unsworth , English novelist (died 2012 )[ 53]
August 9 – Carmen Balcells , Spanish literary agent (died 2015 )[ 54]
August 17 – Ted Hughes , English poet laureate (died 1998 )[ 55]
August 19 – Frank McCourt , Irish-American writer (died 2009 )[ 56]
August 25 – Peter Trower , Canadian poet and novelist (died 2017 )[ 57]
August 27 – Erzsébet Galgóczi , Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (died 1989 )
September 3 – Cherry Wilder , New Zealand novelist (died 2002 )[ 58]
September 25 – Shel Silverstein , American poet (died 1999 )[ 59]
September 29 – Colin Dexter , English detective fiction writer (died 2017 )[ 60]
October 2 – Antonio Gala , Spanish poet, playwright and novelist
October 10 – Harold Pinter , English dramatist (died 2008 )[ 61]
October 18 – Esther Hautzig , Polish-born American autobiographer (died 2009 )
October 24 – Elaine Feinstein , English poet, novelist and literary biographer (died 2019 )[ 62]
October 26 – Catherine Obianuju Acholonu , Nigerian researcher and poet (died 2014 )
October 27 – Francisca Aguirre , Spanish poet (died 2019 )[ 63]
October 30 – Timothy Findley , Canadian author (died 2002 )[ 64]
November 1 – A. R. Gurney , American dramatist (died 2017 )
November 5
November 12 – Irma Chilton , Welsh children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990 )[ 67]
November 15 – J. G. Ballard , English novelist and essayist (died 2009 )[ 68]
November 16 – Chinua Achebe , Nigerian writer, academic and literary critic (died 2013 )[ 69]
November 20 – Bai Hua , Chinese poet, dramatist and novelist (died 2019 )
November 27 – Rex Shelley , Singaporean author (died 2009 )
December 2 – Jon Silkin , English poet (died 1997 )
December 9 – Edoardo Sanguineti , Italian writer (died 2010 )[ 70]
December 15 – Edna O'Brien , Irish fiction writer (died 2024 )[ 71]
December 25 – Salah Jahin , Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist (died 1986 )[ 72]
January 9 – Edward Bok , American author (born 1863 )[ 73]
January 16 – Johannes Gilhoff , German writer (born 1861 )
January 24 – Rebecca Latimer Felton , American writer, lecturer, reformer and politician (born 1835 )[ 74]
February 9 – Alice Williams Brotherton , American author (born 1848 )
February 27
February 28 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff , Scottish writer and translator (born 1889 )
March 2 – D. H. Lawrence , English novelist and poet (born 1885 )[ 75]
March 12 – Alois Jirásek , Czech novelist and dramatist (born 1851 )
March 13 – Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman , American author (born 1852 )[ 76]
April 10 – Alfred Williams , English poet and steam-hammer operator (born 1877 )
April 14
April 21 – Robert Bridges , English poet and Poet Laureate (born 1844 )[ 79]
April 22 – Jeppe Aakjær , Danish poet and novelist (born 1866 )[ 80]
April 29 – Maria Polydouri , Greek poet (born 1902 )
May 12 – Iso Mutsu (睦磯, Gertrude Ethel Passingham), English-born Japanese travel writer (born 1867 )[ 81]
May 15 – William John Locke , British Guiana -born English novelist and playwright (born 1863 )
May 16 – Florence Bell , English writer and playwright (born 1851 )
May 17 – Herbert Croly , American political writer (born 1869 )
June 9
June 23 – Israel Gollancz , English Shakespeare scholar (born 1864 )
July 7 – Arthur Conan Doyle , Scottish writer of crime fiction (born 1859 )[ 82]
July 26 – Pavlos Karolidis , Greek historian (born 1849 )[ 83]
August 23 – Lucien Wolf , English journalist and historian (born 1857 )
August 29 – William Archibald Spooner , English academic and instigator of spoonerisms (born 1844 )
September 4 – Vladimir Arsenyev , Russian travel writer and explorer (born 1872 )
September 5 – Georges de Porto-Riche , French novelist and dramatist (born 1849 )
September 25 – Arthur Way , English-born Australian classicist and translator (born 1847 )
September
October 4 – Olena Pchilka , Ukrainian writer, translator and publisher (born 1849 )[ 84]
October 16 – James Surtees Phillpotts , English writer and educator (born 1839 )[ 85]
November 20 – William B. Hanna , American sportswriter (born 1866 )[ 86]
November 21 – Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune , Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (born 1855 )
December 8 – Florbela Espanca , Portuguese poet (born 1894 )[ 87]
December 22
unknown dates – Roy Horniman , English novelist and playwright (born 1874 )
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