1937 in literature
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See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- January 9 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
New books
- The Citadel - A.J. Cronin
- Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie
- Diary of a Country Priest - Georges Bernanos
- The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor - Cameron McCabe
- The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Life and Death of a Spanish Town - Elliot Paul
- Light Woman - Zona Gale
- More Joy in Heaven - Morley Callaghan
- Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
- The Old Bunch - Meyer Levin
- Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen
- Roller Skates - Ruth Sawyer
- Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon
- Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
- These Low Grounds - Waters Edward Turpin
- Uncommon Danger - Eric Ambler
- The Years - Virginia Woolf
New drama
- J. B. Priestley - Time and the Conways
Non-fiction
- Walter Lippmann - The Good Society
- Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
Births
- January 1 - John Fuller, poet
- January 7 - Ian La Frenais, TV comedy writer
- January 9 - Judith Krantz, bestselling novelist
- February 21 - Jilly Cooper, novelist and journalist
- April 29 - Jill Paton Walsh, novelist
- May 8 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist
- May 13 - Roger Zelazny, American writer of fantasy and science fiction
- May 13 - Roch Carrier, novelist and short-story writer
- June 16 - Erich Segal, Love Story author
- July 3 - Tom Stoppard, dramatist
- August 5 - Carla Lane, comedy writer
- September 5 - Dick Clement, TV comedy writer
- November 17 - Peter Cook, comedian, satirist and writer
- date unknown - Jan Karon, novelist
- date unknown - Roger McGough, poet
- date unknown - Richard Ingrams, editor
Deaths
- March 15 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer
- June 19 - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist
- August 11 - Edith Wharton, writer
- October 31 - Ralph Connor, novelist
- December 24 - Elizabeth Haldane
- December 26 - Ivor Gurney, war poet
- December 29 - Don Marquis, poet
- date unknown - H. C. McNeile ("Sapper"), "Bulldog Drummond" novelist
- date unknown - Gerald Duckworth, publisher
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize: Neil M. Gunn, Highland River
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates
- Nobel Prize for literature: Roger Martin du Gard
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman, You Can't Take It With You
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Frost: A Further Range
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
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