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The year 1952 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
New books
New drama
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
- February 7 - Norman Douglas, novelist
- February 13 - Josephine Tey, crime novelist
- February 19 - Knut Hamsun, author
- March 1 - Mariano Azuela, novelist, dramatist and critic
- May 26 - Eugene Jolas, writer, literary translator and critic
- April 1 - Ferenc Molnár, dramatist and novelist
- June 1 - John Dewey, philosopher and psychologist
- July 1 - A. S. W. Rosenbach, book collector
- August 9 - Jeffery Farnol, historical romance novelist
- August 15 - Dora Diamant, lover of Franz Kafka
- September 29 – George Santayana, writer
- October 4 - Keith Murdoch, journalist, father of Rupert Murdoch
- November 4 - Gilbert Frankau, novelist
- November 13 - Margaret Wise Brown, children's author
- November 16 - Charles Maurras, poet
- November 18 - Paul Éluard, Surrealist poet
- November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
- December 6 - Cicely Hamilton, dramatist
- date unknown - H. J. Massingham, "ruralist" writer
- date unknown - Roger Vitrac, poet and dramatist
Awards
pl:1952 w literaturze sv:Litteraturåret 1952
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