1928 in literature

See also: 1927 in literature, other events of 1928, 1929 in literature, list of years in literature.

Births

• January 7 - William Peter Blatty, screenwriter
• January 8 - Sander Vanocur, journalist
• January 16 - William Kennedy, journalist
• January 24 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist, writer
• February 5 - Andrew Greeley, priest, novelist
• February 9 - Frank Frazetta, illustrator
• February 9 - Roger Mudd, journalist
• March 4 - Alan Sillitoe, novelist
• March 12 - Edward Albee, dramatist
• March 30 - Tom Sharpe, satirical novelist
• April 7 - Alan J. Pakula, screenwriter
• June 10 - Maurice Sendak, children's author and illustrator
• July 16 - Anita Brookner, novelist
• July 26 - Bernice Rubens, novelist
• October 3 - Alvin Toffler, futurist writer
• November 2 - Paul Johnson (journalist)
• November 9 - Anne Sexton, poet
• December 16 - Philip K. Dick, novelist
• unknown date - Jane Grigson, cookery writer
• unknown date - Martin Seymour-Smith, biographer and critic