1931 in literature

See also: 1930 in literature, other events of 1931, 1932 in literature, list of years in literature.

Births

• January 6 - E. L. Doctorow, author
• January 9 - Algis Budrys, science fiction author
• January 10 - Peter Barnes, playwright
• January 27 - Mordecai Richler, author (d. 2001)
• February 10 - Thomas Bernhard, author (d. 1989)
• February 11 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator
• February 18 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist
• February 18 - Toni Morrison, writer, winner 1993 Nobel Prize in literature
• March 2 - Tom Wolfe
• July 7 - David Eddings, American novelist
• July 10 - Nick Adams, screenwriter
• August 12 - William Goldman, author
• October 19 - John le Carré, novelist