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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards

Events

• "Hercule Poirot" makes his first appearance.
• Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's first full-length play, opens at a special matinee at the Morosco Theater on February 2 – partly as an experiment on the part of the producer, partly to quiet the pleading of actor Richard Bennett who has demanded a chance to play the lead role. Beyond The Horizon is the sophomore album of the Welsh Indie rock band People in Planes. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright Reviewers hail the play and O'Neill becomes famous. The Emperor Jones is staged in November. This article is about the play Some productions have separate pages see productions and spinoffs below for links
• This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published. This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the It is a sensation, immediately establishing Fitzgerald as a writer and celebrity. Though the book's reputation will dim in later years, Dorothy Parker will recall that it was regarded as an innovative work when it first appeared.
• The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is published. The Age of Innocence (1920 is a novel by Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer
• Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is published. Main Street is a satirical Novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920 Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and
• D. H. Lawrence publishes Women in Love. David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short
• Hart Crane publishes his poem My Grandmother's Love Letters in The Dial. Harold Hart Crane ( July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American Poet. The Dial was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929 This is his first real step towards recognition as a poet.
• Van Wyck Brooks publishes The Ordeal of Mark Twain, arguing that Twain's genius was perverted by the conditions and culture of late 19th-century America. Van Wyck Brooks (b Plainfield New Jersey, February 16 1886; d This is the beginning of the reassessment of Mark Twain, who until this point has been regarded primarily as a humorous entertainer. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist The 1920s will force a reconsideration of many 19th-century writers, most importantly Melville and Dickinson. Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet

New books

• Sherwood Anderson — Poor White
• L. Frank Baum — Glinda of Oz
• Marjorie Bowen — The Burning Glass
• Rhoda Broughton — A Fool in Her Folly
• Edgar Rice Burroughs — Tarzan the Untamed
• Agatha Christie — The Mysterious Affair at Styles (first Hercule Poirot mystery)
• Colette — Chéri
• John Dos Passos — Three Soldiers
• F. Scott Fitzgerald — This Side Of Paradise
• F. Scott Fitzgerald — "The Great Gatsby"
• Robert Frost — Mountain Interval
• Zona Gale — Miss Lulu Bett
• D. H. Lawrence — Women in Love
• Sinclair Lewis — Main Street
• David Lindsay — A Voyage to Arcturus
• Hugh Lofting — The Story of Doctor Dolittle
• H. L. Mencken — Prejudices: Second Series
• E. Phillips Oppenheim — The Great Impersation
• Dowell Philip O'Reilly — Five Corners
• Sigrid Undset — The Bridal Wreath
• Mary Augusta Ward — Harvest
• Edith Wharton — The Age of Innocence
• Owen Wister — A Straight Deal
• Zara Wright — Black and White Tangled Threads

New drama

• Karel Čapek - R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
• John Galsworthy - The Skin Game
• Tristan Tzara - Le Cœur à gaz

Poetry

• Robert Bridges - October and Other Poems
• T. S. Eliot - Poems (Twelve poems including “Lune de Miel” and “The Hippopotamus”)
• Robert Frost - Miscellaneous Poems
• Ezra Pound - Hugh Selwyn Mauberly
• Carl Sandburg - Smoke and Steel
• Siegfried Sassoon - Picture Show
• Edna St. Vincent Millay - A Few Figs From Thistles

Non-fiction

• Frederick Jackson Turner — The Frontier in American History
• H. G. Wells - The Outline of History

Births

• January 2 - Isaac Asimov, author (d. Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 &ndash March 8 1941 was an American writer mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg Ohio Poor White is an American Novel by Sherwood Anderson, published in 1920 Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth Land of Oz book written by Children's author L Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of' Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V Long née Campbell') ( 1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire Rhoda Broughton ( November 20, 1840 &ndash June 5, 1920) was a Novelist. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan the Untamed is a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. Colette was the pen name of the French Novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28 1873 &ndash August 3 Colette was the pen name of the French Novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28 1873 &ndash August 3 John Roderigo Dos Passos ( January 14, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1970) was an American Novelist and artist Three Soldiers is a 1920 novel by the American writer and critic John Dos Passos. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Mountain Interval is a 1916 Poetry collection written by Robert Frost. Zona Gale ( August 26 1874 – December 27 1938) was an American writer Miss Lulu Bett is a 1920 novel by American writer Zona Gale, and later adapted for the stage David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and Main Street is a satirical Novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920 David Lindsay (1876-1945 was a Scottish Author now most famous for the philosophical science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus (1920 A Voyage to Arcturus is a Novel by the Scottish Writer David Lindsay. Hugh John Lofting ( January 14, 1886 &ndash September 26, 1947) was a British author trained as a civil engineer who created the character The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts ( 1920) written and illustrated by Hugh Edward Phillips Oppenheim ( October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946) was an English Novelist, in his lifetime a major Dowell Philip O'Reilly ( July 18 1865 - November 5 1923) was an Australian poet short story writer and politician Sigrid Undset ( 20 May, 1882 &ndash 10 June, 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Mary Augusta Ward ( née Arnold 11 June 1851 &ndash 26 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer The Age of Innocence (1920 is a novel by Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. Owen Wister (July 14 1860 – July 21 1938 was an American writer of Western fiction. Zara Wright was an American Black Author based in Chicago. Her only known published works are Black and White Tangled Threads Karel Čapek ( pronounced) ( January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938 was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots is a Science fiction play by Karel Čapek. John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and This entry is about the film "The Skin Game" For the play of the same name see The Skin Game (play The Skin Game is a 1931 Tristan Tzara (born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S Le Cœur à gaz ( French for "The Gas Heart" or "The Gas-Operated Heart" was a 1920 French-language play by Romanian born Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, ( 23 October 1844 &ndash 21 April 1930) was an Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate Carl August Sandburg ( January 6, 1878 &ndash July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor best known for his Poetry Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC ( 8 September 1886 &ndash 1 September 1967) was an English poet and Author Edna St Vincent Millay ( February 22, 1892 &ndash October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first For other people of this same name see Frederick Jackson and Frederick Turner Frederick Jackson Turner ( November 14, 1861 Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The Outline of History, subtitled either " The Whole Story of Man " or " Being A Plain History of Life and Mankind Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian 1992)
• February 11 - Daniel F. Galouye, American science fiction author (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Daniel Francis Galouye ( February 11, 1920 - September 7, 1976) was an American Science fiction writer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1976)
• March 10 - Boris Vian, French novelist (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Boris Vian ( March 10, 1920 &ndash June 23, 1959) was a French Polymath: Writer, Poet, 1959)
• April 5 - Arthur Hailey, novelist (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Arthur Hailey ( April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British / Canadian novelist 2004)
• July 12 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author
• August 16 - Charles Bukowski, American writer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. For other people with the same name see Pierre Berton (disambiguation. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Henry Charles Bukowski ( August 16 1920 – March 9 1994) was a German American Poet, Novelist, and 1994)
• August 22 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer
• October 8 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction author
• October 15 - Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American Note that this Partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction even if they predate or did not work in that genre Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( October 15, 1920 &ndash July 2, 1999) was a two time Academy Award -winning Italian American The Godfather is a Crime novel written by American Author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G 1999)

Deaths

• March 26 - Mary Augusta Ward, author
• May 11 - William Dean Howells, writer
• June 5 - Rhoda Broughton, author

Awards

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: G. M. Trevelyan, Lord Grey of the Reform Bill
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Knut Hamsun
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon

Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Mary Augusta Ward ( née Arnold 11 June 1851 &ndash 26 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople William Dean Howells ( March 1 1837 – May 11 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Rhoda Broughton ( November 20, 1840 &ndash June 5, 1920) was a Novelist. Founded in 1919 the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English Language and are Britain's David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short The Lost Girl is a Novel by D H Lawrence, first published in 1920 Founded in 1919 the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English Language and are Britain's George Macaulay Trevelyan CBE OM ( February 16, 1876 Welcombe House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire For the blend of tea with the same name see Earl Grey tea. For the village in the Canadian prairies see Earl Grey Saskatchewan. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Knut Hamsun, born Knud Pedersen ( August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author. The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel was a prize awarded between 1918 and 1947 The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright

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