1944 in literature

See also: 1943 in literature, other events of 1944, 1945 in literature, list of years in literature.

Births

• Witi Ihimaera, New Zealand Maori writer, who was to write "The Whale Rider"
• January 8 - Terry Brooks, writer of fantasy fiction
• February 10 - Vernor Vinge, science fiction novelist
• February 14 - Alan Parker, director, writer
• February 14 - Carl Bernstein, journalist
• February 16 - Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
• August 30 - Molly Ivins, journalist
• December 17 - Jack L. Chalker, science fiction novelist