1938 in literature

See also: 1937 in literature, other events of 1938, 1939 in literature, list of years in literature.

Deaths

• January 19 - Branislav Nusic, novelist and dramatist
• March 1 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet and novelist
• April 19 - Sir Henry Newbolt, poet
• April 21 - Lady Ottoline Morrell, literary hostess
• May 26 - James Forbes, dramatist and screenwriter
• June 26 - James Weldon Johnson
• June 26 - E. V. Lucas, essayist and biographer
• August 7 - Konstantin Stanislavski, theatre director
• September 15 - Thomas Wolfe, novelist
• December 25 - Karel Capek, science fiction author and dramatist