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… 1916 . This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order with notable publications listed with their respective years The table of years in literature is a tabular display of all years in Literature for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1916 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1917 . The year 1917 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1918 . The year 1918 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1919 . The year 1919 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1920 . The year 1920 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1921 . The year 1921 in literature involved some significant events and new books 1922 …
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… 1923 . The year 1936 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events In Paris Basil Bunting meets Ezra Pound, whose poems will have a strong influence on Bunting throughout his career Events October 10 &mdash Ezra Pound leaves Paris permanently and moves to Rapallo, Italy. Events T S Eliot joins the publishing house of Faber & Gwyer leaves Lloyds bank Events The remains of English war poet Isaac Rosenberg are re-interred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery Plot V St Events T S Eliot enters the Church of England and assumes British citizenship Works published Events Russian poets Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky found OBERIU (a Russian acronym for "An Association of Real Art" Events The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap ceases publication The Dial This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1924 . Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1925 - 1926 - 1927 . Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1928 . Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1929 …
… 1890s . Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that 1900s . 1910s -1920s- 1930s . The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. 1940s . The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be 1950s …
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The year 1926 in literature involved some significant events and new books. The year 1926 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below
Events
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is founded in Middlebury, Vermont. The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference called by The New Yorker, "the oldest and most prestigious writers' conference in the country" was founded in 1926 Middlebury is a town in and the shire town ( County seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States.
- Ford Madox Ford publishes A Man Could Stand Up. Ford Madox Ford ( December 17, 1873 &ndash June 26, 1939) was an English Novelist, Poet, Critic It is the third book of a four-volume work titled Parade's End published between 1924 and 1928. Parade's End is a Tetralogy (four related novels by Ford Madox Ford published between 1924 and 1928
- October 14 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear
- The remains of Isaac Rosenberg are re-interred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Plot V, St. Isaac Rosenberg ( November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was an English poet of the First World War who was considered Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- S. S. Van Dine publishes the first Philo Vance mystery novel. S S Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright ( October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939) a U Philo Vance is a Fictional character who starred in 12 Crime novels written by S
New books
- Marcel Arland - Monique
- Isaac Babel - Red Cavalry
- Henry Bellamann - Petenera's Daughter
- Louis Bromfield - Early Autumn
- Arthur Bowie Chrisman - Shen of the Sea
- James R. Marcel Arland ( Varennes-sur-Amance, 5 July 1899 — Haute-Marne, 12 January 1986) was a French novelist Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Исаак Эммануилович Бабель ( – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist playwright and short story writer who Red Cavalry (Конармия is a collection of short stories by Russian author Isaac Babel about the 1st Cavalry Army. Heinrich Hauer Bellamann (April 28 1882 - June 16 1945 was an American Novelist and Poet, best known as the author of the novel Kings Row. Louis Bromfield ( December 27, 1896 &ndash March 18, 1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition Early Autumn is a 1926 novel by Louis Bromfield. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1927 Arthur Bowie Chrisman ( July 16, 1889 &ndash February 1953 was an American author Shen of the Sea is a collection of short stories by Arthur Bowie Chrisman that won the Newbery Medal in 1926 Crowell & Samuel C. Hildreth - The Spell of the Turf
- Arthur Conan Doyle - The Land of Mist
- Lion Feuchtwanger - The Ugly Duchess
- F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
- Ford Madox Ford - A Man Could Stand Up
- C.S. Forester - Payment Deferred
- Zona Gale - Preface to Life
- Hugo Gernsback - Ralph 124C 41+
- Ellen Glasgow - The Romantic Comedians
- Georgette Heyer - These Old Shades
- Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises
- Franz Kafka - The Castle
- Haldane MacFall - The Three Students
- A.A. Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh
- Baroness Orczy
- George A. Moore - Ulich and Soracha
- Cassiano Ricardo - Vamos caçar papagaios
- Walter A. Samuel Clay Hildreth ( May 16, 1866 - September 24, 1929) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the The Land of Mist is a Novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1926. Lion Feuchtwanger (pseudonym JL Wetcheek) ( 7 July 1884 - 21 December 1958) was a German - Jewish Novelist For his grandson the Elizabethan painter see Quentin Metsys the Younger Quentin Matsys, his first name also recorded as 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. Ford Madox Ford ( December 17, 1873 &ndash June 26, 1939) was an English Novelist, Poet, Critic Cecil Scott Forester was the Pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith ( August 27 1899 – April 2, 1966) an English Payment Deferred is a crime novel by CS Forester, first published in 1926 Zona Gale ( August 26 1874 – December 27 1938) was an American writer Hugo Gernsback ( August 16 1884 – August 19 1967) born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American Inventor Ralph 124C 41+, by Hugo Gernsback, is an early Science fiction novel written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine beginning Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow ( April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American Novelist Georgette Heyer (16 August 1902 &ndash 4 July 1974 was an English Historical romance and Detective fiction Novelist. These Old Shades (1926 is a Georgian (set around 1756 romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer (1902-1974 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. The Sun Also Rises is the first major Novel by Ernest Hemingway. Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Emma (" Emmuska " Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi (anglicized to Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina Unravelled Knots, created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series contains thirteen short stories about Bill Owen aka The Old Man in the Corner George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933 was an Irish Novelist, short-story writer, Poet, art critic, Cassiano Ricardo ( July 26, 1895 - January 14, 1974) born in São José dos Campos, was a Brazilian journalist critic and poet Roberts - The Haunting Hand
- S. S. Van Dine - The Benson Murder Case
- H. G. Wells - The World of William Clissold
- Walter F. White - Flight
- William Butler Yeats - Autobiographies
New drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
E. S S Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright ( October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939) a U The Benson Murder Case was the first novel in the Philo Vance series of Mystery novels by S Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political For the football player of the same name see Walter White (football player. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" (born; 10 February 1898&ndash14 August 1956 was a German Poet, Playwright, and Theatre director. Man Equals Man ( Mann ist Mann) or A Man's a Man, is a play by the German modernist Playwright Bertolt Brecht Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, Kiev &ndash March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian St John Greer Ervine (1883 - 1971 was an Irish Author, Writer, critic and Dramatist. Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish The Plough and the Stars is a play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey first performed in 1926 by the Abbey Theatre in the writer's native For the Angolan politician and writer see Mário Pinto de Andrade. Robert Menzies McAlmon ( March 9, 1896 - February 2, 1956) was an American Author, Poet and Publisher Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (Crìsdean Mac a' Ghreidhir (11 August 1892 Langholm - 9 September 1978 Edinburgh A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a Long poem by Hugh MacDiarmid written in Scots and published in 1926 Angela Brazil, (pronounced "brazzle" ( November 30, 1868 – March 13, 1947) was the first of the British writers of "modern" Richard Henry Tawney (1880 - 1962 was an English writer Economist, historian social critic and university professor and a leading advocate of Christian Socialism E. Cummings
Births
- January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist
- February 3 - Richard Yates, American novelist and short-story writer (d. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Tom Tryon ( January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American Film and Television actor famous as the Walt Disney Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Richard Yates ( February 3 1926 &ndash November 7 1992) was an American Novelist and Short story writer 1992)
- February 15 - Dieter Lattmann, writer and politician
- February 20 - Richard Matheson, author
- March 31 - John Fowles, writer
- April 28 - Harper Lee, US novelist
- June 3 - Allen Ginsberg, US poet, in Beat Generation (+ 1997)
- July 11 - Frederick Buechner, author
- August 14 - "Goscinny" (René Goscinny), French writer and co-creator of Asterix
- November 20 - John Gardner, British novelist
- December 1 - Elena Harlow - horror author
- date unknown - Spencer Holst, American writer and storyteller (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American Author and Screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American Author known for her Pulitzer Prize -winning 1960 novel To Kill Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) full name Carl Frederick Buechner is a Presbyterian PCUSA minister and an American author Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, John Edmund Gardner ( November 20, 1926 – August 3, 2007 Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Spencer Holst (1926 - 2001 was an American writer and storyteller 2001)
Deaths
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:Radclyffe Hall, Adam's Breed
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Reverend Dr H. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. René Boylesve (born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau) ( April 14, 1867 - January 14, 1926) was a French author Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Israel Zangwill ( January 21, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was an English -born humourist and writer 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 Radclyffe Hall (August 12 1880 - October 7 1943 (born Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall) was an English poet and author of eight novels including the Lesbian classic 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 B. Workman, John Wyclif: A Study of the English Medieval Church
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Arthur Bowie Chrisman, Shen of the Sea
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Grazia Deledda
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: George Kelly, Craig's Wife
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Amy Lowell, What's O'Clock
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
- Blindman International Poetry Prize: Ruth Manning-Sanders, The City
John Wycliffe (ˈwɪklɪf also spelled Wyclif, Wycliff, Wiclef, Wicliffe, or Wickliffe) (mid-1320s – 31 December The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA to the author of the Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Arthur Bowie Chrisman ( July 16, 1889 &ndash February 1953 was an American author Shen of the Sea is a collection of short stories by Arthur Bowie Chrisman that won the Newbery Medal in 1926 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 Grazia Deledda ( September 27, 1871 — August 15, 1936) was an Italian Writer whose works won her a Nobel Prize 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 George Edward Kelly ( January 16, 1887 – June 18, 1974) was an American playwright screenwriter director and actor The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author Amy Lawrence Lowell ( February 9, 1874 — May 12, 1925) was an American Poet of the Imagist school from Brookline The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel was a prize awarded between 1918 and 1947 Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and Arrowsmith is a Novel by American Author and Playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925 Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1888 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a Welsh
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