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The year 1963 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
- First United States printing of John Cleland's 1749 novel, Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). The book is banned for obscenity, triggering a court case by its publisher.
- Leslie Charteris publishes his final collection of stories featuring Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", The Saint in the Sun (he first wrote about the character in 1928). After this, all future Saint books would be ghost written by other authors, though Charteris would continue in an editorial capacity until the series ends in 1983.
New books
New drama
Non-fiction
Poetry
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Main article: 1963 in poetry
Births
Deaths
- January 8 - Kay Sage, poet
- January 29 - Robert Frost, poet
- February 11 - Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist
- March 4 - William Carlos Williams, writer
- May 12 - Aiden Wilson Tozer, religious writer
- June 17 - John Cowper Powys, novelist
- August 1 - Theodore Roethke, poet
- August 18 - Clifford Odets, dramatist
- August 27 - W. E. B. Du Bois, writer/civil rights activist
- September 3 - Louis MacNeice, poet
- November 22
- December 25 - Tristan Tzara, poet/essayist
Awards
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