The year 1942 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
New fiction books
New drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 31 - Derek Jarman, director, writer (+ 1994)
- February 1 - Terry Jones, comedian and writer
- March 2 - John Irving, novelist
- April 1 - Samuel R. Delany, novelist and critic
- April 4 - Kitty Kelley, journalist and biographer
- April 6 - Barry Levinson, screenwriter, director and producer
- August 2 - Isabel Allende, novelist
- August 7 - Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days author
- October 23 - Michael Crichton, author
- October 23 - Douglas Dunn, poet
- December 6 - Peter Handke, Austrian novelist
- date unknown - Gladys Cardiff, poet
- date unknown - Craig Thomas, novelist
Deaths
- April 24 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables novelist
- May 26 - Libero Bovio, Neapolitan dialect poet
- June 30 - Léon Daudet, journalist
- July 20 - Moses Annenberg, publisher
- September 19 - Condé Nast, magazine publisher
- September 26 - Oskar Kraus, philosopher
- October 14 - Cosmo Hamilton, dramatist and novelist
- October 20 - Friedrich Münzer, classical scholar
- date unknown - Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, Greyfriars Bobby author
- date unknown - Konstantin Balmont, poet
Awards
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