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The year 1921 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events New books New drama <onlyinclude> Short stories Poetry Non-fiction Births - January 5 Friedrich D rrenmatt, Swiss writer (died 1990)
- January 19 Patricia Highsmith, American author (died 1995)
- January 20 Bernt Engelmann, author (died 1994)
- February 4 Betty Friedan, feminist author, The Feminine Mystique (died 2006)
- February 15 Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (died 1985)
- March 1 Richard Wilbur, American poet
- March 24 Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer
- May 23 James Blish, American science fiction author (died 1975)
- August 11 Alex Haley, American writer (died 1992)
- September 26 Cyprian Ekwensi, Nigerian writer (died 2007)
- October 17 George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet (died 1996)
- November 22 Brian Cleeve, Irish author (died 2003)
- date unknown
Deaths - March 22 Ernest William Hornung, English author (born 1866)
- May 5 Alfred Hermann Fried, publicist (born 1864)
- May 12 Emilia Pardo Baz n, Spanish novelist (born 1851)
- May 13 Jean Aicard, French writer (born 1848)
- June 5 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (born 1862)
- June 26 Alfred Percy Sinnett, Theosophist author (born 1840)
- July 4 Antoni Grabowski, promoter of Esperanto (born 1857)
- August 7 Alexander Blok, Russian poet (born 1880)
- August 20 Ernest Daudet, novelist, historian and biographer
- October 10 Otto von Gierke, German historian (born 1841)
- date unknown
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