1962 in literature

See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature.

Deaths

• February 16 - Frank Prewett, poet
• May 26 - Wilfred Wilson Gibson, poet
• June 2 - Vita Sackville-West, poet and gardener
• July 6 - William Faulkner, American novelist
• July 21 - G. M. Trevelyan, historian
• July 27 - Richard Aldington, World War I writer
• August 9 - Hermann Hesse, novelist
• September 3 - E. E. Cummings, poet
• September 23 - Patrick Hamilton, dramatist
• December 3 - Dame Mary Gilmore, poet and journalist