1743 in literature
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See also: 1742 in literature, other events of 1743, 1744 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• First performance of Voltaire's Mérope
• Publication of poet Robert Blair's major work, "The Grave"

New Books

• The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great - Henry Fielding

Births

• Julien Louis Geoffroy, French critic
• Hannah Cowley, English dramatist and poet
• Gabriel Derzhaven, Russian lyric poet
• March 4 - Johann David Wyss, Swiss novelist
• June 20 - Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet

Deaths

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