1993 in literature

See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature.

Deaths

• January 8 - Eleanor Hibbert, better known as Jean Plaidy and Victoria Holt
• January 22 - Kobo Abe, novelist and playwright
• March 9 - C. Northcote Parkinson, historian, codifier of Parkinson's Law
• April 15 - Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint"
• April 23 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet
• June 19 - William G. Golding, novelist and poet
• August 28 - E. P. Thompson, political historian
• September 7 - Eugen Barbu, novelist, playwright and journalist
• September 16 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, poet
• October 31 - Kashif Latif, poet, aged 17
• November 25 - Anthony Burgess, novelist
• December 4 - Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam
• December 28 - William L. Shirer, historian