1733 in literature
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See also: 1732 in literature, other events of 1733, 1734 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] 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
[edit] New books
- The Man of Taste - James Bramston
- On Poetry, a Rhapsody - Jonathan Swift
- Philosophic Letters - Voltaire
- The Spiritual Quixote - Richard Graves
[edit] Births
- January 12 - Antoine-Marin Lemierre, French poet and dramatist (died 1793)
- March 18 - Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, critic and bookseller (died 1811)
- August 22 - Jean-François Ducis, dramatist (died 1816)
- September 5 - Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet (died 1813)
- date unknown - Robert Lloyd, poet and satirist (died 1764)
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 - Bernard de Mandeville, satirist and philosopher (born 1670)
- March 13 - Mademoiselle Aïssé, letter-writer (born c.1694)
- August 16 - Matthew Tindal, deist writer (born 1657)
- date unknown - John Dunton, writer and booksseller (born 1659)
