1733 in literature - Definition

See also: 1732 in literature, other events of 1733, 1734 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost) arrives in London, where he will edit Le Pour et centre
• Voltaire begins his relationship with Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet

New Books

• The Man of Taste - James Bramston
• On Poetry, a Rhapsody - Jonathan Swift
• Philosophic Letters - Voltaire
• The Spiritual Quixote - Richard Graves

Births

• January 12 - Antoine-Marin Lemierre, French poet and dramatist
• September 5 - Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet

Deaths

• August 16 - Matthew Tindal, deist writer