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Events

*January **The Soviet magazine '' Oktyabr'' begins publishing
Mikhail Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov ( rus, Михаил Александрович Шолохов, p=ˈʂoləxəf; – 21 February 1984) was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life ...
's novel ''
And Quiet Flows the Don ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Quiet Flows the Don'' or ''The Silent Don'', russian: Тихий Дон, literally ''The Quiet Don'') is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The first three volumes were written from 192 ...
'' («Тихий Дон», ''Tikhiy Don'') in instalments. **
Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer ( ); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals ''The English Review'' and ''The Transatlantic Review'' were instrumental in ...
publishes ''
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'' in the U.K., as the last in his
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
tetralogy A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- ''tetra-'', "four" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. The name comes from the Attic theater, in which a tetralogy was a group of three tragedies ...
''
Parade's End ''Parade's End'' is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford, written from 1924 to 1928. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is mainly ...
'', which has been appearing since
1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– The English novelist and poet
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...
's ashes are interred in the
Poets' Corner Poets' Corner is the name traditionally given to a section of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey in the City of Westminster, London because of the high number of poets, playwrights, and writers buried and commemorated there. The first poe ...
of
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, London.
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s include
Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, ...
,
J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...
,
John Galsworthy John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1906–1921) and its sequels, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He won the Nobel Prize i ...
,
Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhoo ...
,
A. E. Housman Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet. After an initially poor performance while at university, he took employment as a clerk in London and established his academic reputation by pub ...
,
Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...
,
Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 ...
and
George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
. Meanwhile, Hardy's heart is interred where he wished to be buried, in the grave of his first wife,
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, in the churchyard of his parish of birth,
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("
Mellstock Thomas Hardy's Wessex is the fictional literary landscape created by the English author Thomas Hardy as the setting for his major novels, located in the south and southwest of England. Hardy named the area "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Sax ...
") in
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. Later in the year, his widow
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
publishes the first part of a biography, ''The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840–1891'' (
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), in fact largely dictated by Hardy. *February – ''
Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...
'' magazine publishes H. P. Lovecraft's story "
The Call of Cthulhu "The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in February 1928. Inspiration The first seed of the story's first chapter '' ...
" in the United States. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
Stockholm Public Library Stockholm Public Library (Swedish: ''Stockholms stadsbibliotek'' or ''Stadsbiblioteket'') is a library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, and one of the city's most notable structures. The name is today u ...
, designed by
Gunnar Asplund Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style whi ...
, opens. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
– Publication of the ''
Oxford English Dictionary The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') is the first and foundational historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a com ...
'' is completed. *Spring –
George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...
moves from London to Paris; his first articles as a professional writer appear later in the year. *June – The
literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...
''Contemporáneos'' is first published in Mexico by
Jaime Torres Bodet Jaime Mario Torres Bodet (17 April 1902 – 13 May 1974) was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three President of Mexico, Presidents of Mexico. Life Torres Bodet was born in Mexico City. His mot ...
, giving a name to the group ''
Los Contemporáneos ''Los Contemporáneos'' (which means "The Contemporaries" in English) can refer to a Mexican modernist group, active in the late 1920s and early 1930s, as well as to the literary magazine which served as the group's mouthpiece and artistic vehi ...
''. *
June 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded. * 1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England. * 1499 – Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coas ...
– The English writer
Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...
marries Evelyn Gardner, daughter of Lady Winifred Burghclere, in St Paul's Church,
Portman Square Portman Square is a garden square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by elegant townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate, which owns the private communal gardens. ...
, London, with only
Harold Acton Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. He wrote fiction, biography, history and autobiography. During his stay in Ch ...
,
Alec Waugh Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Bar ...
(the author's brother) and
Pansy Pakenham Lady Margaret Pansy Felicia Lamb, known as Lady Pansy Lamb (18 May 1904 – 19 February 1999) was an English writer under her maiden name of Pansy Pakenham. A novelist, biographer, and translator of French poetry, she was the wife of the Austral ...
present. They move into a flat in Canonbury Square,
Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...
. In September the author's first completed novel, ''
Decline and Fall ''Decline and Fall'' is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled '' The Temple at Thatch'', was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form. '' ...
'', is published by
Chapman & Hall Chapman & Hall is an imprint owned by CRC Press, originally founded as a British publishing house in London in the first half of the 19th century by Edward Chapman and William Hall. Chapman & Hall were publishers for Charles Dickens (from 1840 ...
, of which his father, Arthur Waugh, is managing director. It is illustrated by the author. It reaches a third impression by the end of the year. The marriage lasts until the following September. *July –
D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...
's ''
Lady Chatterley's Lover ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is the last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960, w ...
'' is published in
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
. It will not be published unexpurgated in Britain until
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
. *
August 27 Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. * 1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England. *1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the K ...
Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe An Taibhdhearc is the national Irish language theatre of Ireland. It was founded in 1928. The word ''taibhdhearc'' appears as a gloss for the Latin ''teatrum'' (theatre) in an old Irish document, derived from roots meaning "dream" and "glance ...
in
Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
is founded as the national
Irish-language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was th ...
theater, opening with
Micheál Mac Liammóir Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated ...
's version of ''Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne''. *
August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year. ...
– ''
The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
(Die Dreigroschenoper)'', adapted by
Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
,
Elisabeth Hauptmann Elisabeth Hauptmann (20 June 1897, Peckelsheim, Westphalia, German Empire – 20 April 1973, East Berlin) was a German writer who worked with fellow German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht. She got to know Brecht in 1922, the same year she ...
and composer
Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...
(with set designer
Caspar Neher Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher; 11 April 1897 – 30 June 1962) was an Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, known principally for his career-long working relationship with Bertolt Brecht. Neher was born in Augsburg. He ...
) from ''
The Beggar's Opera ''The Beggar's Opera'' is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satiri ...
'', is launched at the
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm The ''Theater am Schiffbauerdamm'' () is a theatre building at the ''Schiffbauerdamm'' riverside in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, opened on 19 November 1892. Since 1954, it has been home to the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, founded ...
in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, with
Harald Paulsen Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954. Career Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, ...
and
Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best ...
in the principal rôles. *September **
S. S. Van Dine S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-Worl ...
's "Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories" are published in ''
The American Magazine ''The American Magazine'' was a periodical publication founded in June 1906, a continuation of failed publications purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie. It succeeded ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (1876–1904), ' ...
''. **
Leslie Charteris Leslie Charteris (born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter.Meet the Tiger ''Meet the Tiger'' is an action-adventure novel written by Leslie Charteris. In England it was first published by Ward Lock in September 1928; in the United States it was first published by Doubleday's The Crime Club imprint in March 1929 with ...
'', the first adventure of
Simon Templar ''The Saint'' is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books unt ...
("the Saint"), is published in the U.K.. Charteris will write dozens of novels and stories with the character in 1928–1963; successor writers will continue until 1983. *
September 21 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. * 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. * 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian ...
– The
Gorseth Kernow Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mor ...
is set up at
Boscawen-Un Boscawen-Ûn () is a Bronze Age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK. It consists of nineteen upright stones in an ellipse with another, leaning, middle stone just south of the centre. There is a west-facing gap in the circle, which ...
in
Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
by
Henry Jenner Henry Jenner (8 August 1848 – 8 May 1934) was a British scholar of the Celtic languages, a Cornish cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival. Jenner was born at St Columb Major on 8 August 1848. He was the ...
(Gwas Myghal) and others. *October **
W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...
goes to Berlin and is soon joined by
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
. **''Luk Phu Chai'' (A Real Man), perhaps the first major original
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novel, is published by Siburapha (
Kulap Saipradit Kulap Saipradit ( th, กุหลาบ สายประดิษฐ์; 31 March 1905 – 16 June 1974), better known by the pen name Siburapha ( th, link=no, ศรีบูรพา; also romanized as Sriburapha or Sri Burapha), was a ...
). *
October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...
– The
Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a Theater (structure), theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Ge ...
in Dublin is founded by English actors and lovers
Micheál Mac Liammóir Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated ...
and
Hilton Edwards Hilton Edwards (2 February 1903 – 18 November 1982) was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer and theatrical producer. He co-founded the Gate Theatre with his partner Micheál Mac Liammóir and two others, and has been referred to as ...
, initially using the
Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the pu ...
's Peacock studio to stage works by European and American dramatists. *November–December –
Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque (, ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during Worl ...
's antiwar novel ''
All Quiet on the Western Front ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (german: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit=Nothing New in the West) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma du ...
(Im Westen nichts Neues)'' appears in the German newspaper ''
Vossische Zeitung The (''Voss's Newspaper'') was a nationally-known Berlin newspaper that represented the interests of the liberal middle class. It was also generally regarded as Germany's national newspaper of record. In the Berlin press it held a special role d ...
''. Hans Herbert Grimm's '' Schlump'' is also published (anonymously) by Kurt Wolff in Berlin this year. *
November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
,
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, introduces the Roman-based 29-letter
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to replace the Ottoman script as official
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for the
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. *
November 6 Events Pre-1600 * 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. * 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is d ...
Xu Zhimo Xu Zhimo (, , Mandarin: , 15 January 1897 – 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese langu ...
writes his poem 再別康橋 (''Zài Bié Kāngqiáo'', "On Leaving Cambridge Once More"). *November 9–16 –
Radclyffe Hall Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel ''The Well of Loneliness'', a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name Jo ...
's novel ''
The Well of Loneliness ''The Well of Loneliness'' is a lesbian novel by British author Radclyffe Hall that was first published in 1928 by Jonathan Cape. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose " sexual inversion" (homo ...
'', published on July 27 by
Jonathan Cape Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation ...
in London with an appreciation by
Havelock Ellis Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in ...
, is tried and convicted at
Bow Street Magistrates' Court Bow Street Magistrates' Court became one of the most famous magistrates' court in England. Over its 266-year existence it occupied various buildings on Bow Street in Central London, immediately north-east of Covent Garden. It closed in 2006 and ...
on the grounds of
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under the
Hicklin test The Hicklin test is a legal test for obscenity established by the English case ''Regina v Hicklin'' (1868). At issue was the statutory interpretation of the word "obscene" in the Obscene Publications Act 1857, which authorized the destruction of ...
, for its theme of
lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...
love, after a campaign against it by James Douglas in the ''
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''. The presiding magistrate, Sir
Chartres Biron Sir Henry Chartres Biron (10 January 1863 – 28 January 1940) was a British barrister who was later chief magistrate of the metropolitan police courts. He presided over the trial for obscenity of Radclyffe Hall's lesbian novel, ''The Well ...
, holds that the book contains "not one word which suggested that anyone with the horrible tendencies described was in the least degree blameworthy. All the characters in the book were presented as attractive people and put forward with admiration." Other
lesbian literature Lesbian literature is a subgenre of literature addressing lesbian themes. It includes poetry, plays, fiction addressing lesbian characters, and non-fiction about lesbian-interest topics. Fiction that falls into this category may be of any genr ...
published in England this year evades prosecution:
Elizabeth Bowen Elizabeth Bowen CBE (; 7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Irish-British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well her fiction about life in wartime London. Life E ...
's novel ''The Hotel'',
Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born i ...
's fictional '' Orlando: A Biography'', and
Compton MacKenzie Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish independence, Scottish nation ...
's satirical ''Extraordinary Women''.
Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel ''Nightwood'' (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist litera ...
' novel ''Ladies Almanack'', published in Paris, also alludes to the controversy. *
December 9 Events Pre-1600 * 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. * 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al- ...
R. C. Sherriff Robert Cedric Sherriff, FSA, FRSL (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play '' Journey's End'', which was based on his experiences as an army officer in the First World War. He wrote several plays, many nov ...
's drama ''
Journey's End ''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry comp ...
'', set on the
Western Front (World War I) The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of impor ...
, is premièred by the
Incorporated Stage Society The Incorporated Stage Society, commonly known as the Stage Society, was an English theatre society with limited membership which mounted private Sunday performances of new and experimental plays, mainly at the Royal Court Theatre (whose Vedrenne- ...
at the
Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.
in London, with
Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
in a principal rôle. *
December 19 Events Pre-1600 *1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. * 1187 – Pope Clement III is elected. * 1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. * 1562 – ...
Italo Svevo Aron Hector Schmitz (19 December 186113 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo (), was an Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo ...
(Aron Schmitz), returning from an Alpine resort to
Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
, suffers a car accident. He dies next day leaving his novel ''Il Vegliardo'' (The Old Man) unfinished in mid-word. *''unknown dates'' **
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay () (12 September 1894 – 1 November 1950) was an Indian writer in the Bengali language. His best known works are the autobiographical novel, ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road''), ''Aparajito (Undefeate ...
's novel ''
Pather Panchali ''Pather Panchali'' (; ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali (language), Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Ba ...
'' first appears as a serial in a
Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
periodical. **The
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, a comic pseudo-biographical verse form associated with
Edmund Clerihew Bentley Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley or E. Clerihew Bentley, was a popular English novelist and humorist, and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse ...
, is first mentioned in print. **It is claimed that one in four of all secular books printed and sold in England this year are the work of
Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
.


New books


Fiction

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Giovanni Battista Angioletti Giovanni Battista Angioletti (27 November 1896 – 3 August 1961) was an Italian writer and journalist. Life Angioletti was born in Milan in 1896 and was gifted with a lively and reflective intelligence. His plans to qualify as an engineer wer ...
– ''Il giorno del giudizio'' *
Leslie Barringer Leslie Barringer (1895–1968) was an English editor and author of historical novels and historical fantasy novels, best known for the latter. Life Barringer was a Quaker, born in Yorkshire, England. He served in an ambulance unit during World W ...
– ''
Joris of the Rock ''Joris of the Rock'' is a fantasy novel by Leslie Barringer, the second book in his three volume Neustrian Cycle. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann in 1928; an American edition followed from Doubleday in 1929. Its ...
'' *
Charles William Beebe Charles William Beebe ( ; July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological ...
– ''Beneath Tropic Seas'' *
Henry Bellamann Heinrich Hauer Bellamann (April 28, 1882 – June 16, 1945) was an American author, whose bestselling novel ''Kings Row'' exposed the hypocrisy of small-town life in the midwest, addressing many social taboos. Research suggested that Bellamann ...
– ''Crescendo'' *
Marjorie Bowen Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952), who used the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen and Joseph Shearing, was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and ...
– ''General Crack (novel), General Crack'' *André Breton – ''Nadja (novel), Nadja'' * Lynn Brock – ''The Slip-Carriage Mystery'' *Mary Butts – ''Armed with Madness'' *Morley Callaghan – ''Strange Fugitive'' *Ferreira de Castro – ''Emigrantes'' (Emigrants) *Agatha Christie – ''The Mystery of the Blue Train'' *Colette – ''Break of Day (La Naissance du jour)'' *Freeman Wills Crofts – ''The Sea Mystery'' *Clemence Dane – ''Enter Sir John'' *Frank Parker Day – ''Rockbound'' *Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo – ''An African Tragedy'' *Franklin W. Dixon – ''Hunting for Hidden Gold'' *W. E. B. Du Bois – ''Dark Princess'' *Ephesian (C. E. Bechhofer Roberts) – ''This Side Idolatry'' *Rudolph Fisher – ''The Walls of Jericho'' *Esther Forbes – ''A Mirror for Witches'' *Rosita Forbes – ''King's Mate'' *
Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer ( ); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals ''The English Review'' and ''The Transatlantic Review'' were instrumental in ...
– ''
Last Post The "Last Post" is either an A or a B♭ bugle call, primarily within British infantry and Australian infantry regiments, or a D or an E♭ cavalry trumpet call in British cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and R ...
'' *E. M. Forster – ''The Eternal Moment and Other Stories'' *August Gailit – ''Toomas Nipernaadi'' * Anthony Gilbert (author), Anthony Gilbert – ''The Murder of Mrs. Davenport'' *Maxim Gorky – ''The Life of Klim Samgin'' (second volume, translated as ''The Magnet''; «Жизнь Клима Самгина», ''Zhizn', Klima Samgina'') *Reşat Nuri Güntekin – ''Yeşil Gece'' *
Radclyffe Hall Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel ''The Well of Loneliness'', a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name Jo ...
– ''
The Well of Loneliness ''The Well of Loneliness'' is a lesbian novel by British author Radclyffe Hall that was first published in 1928 by Jonathan Cape. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose " sexual inversion" (homo ...
'' *Thea von Harbou – ''The Rocket to the Moon (novel), The Rocket to the Moon'' *Georgette Heyer – ''The Masqueraders'' *Aldous Huxley – ''Point Counter Point'' *Ilf and Petrov – ''The Twelve Chairs'' («Двенадцать стульев», ''Dvenadtsat stulyev'') *Mikheil Javakhishvili – ''Givi Shaduri'' (გივი შადური) *Joseph Kessel – ''Belle de Jour (novel), Belle de Jour'' *Kwee Tek Hoay – ''Drama dari Krakatau'' (serialization) *Sydney Horler – ''The Curse of Doone'' *Selma Lagerlöf – ''Anna Svärd (novel), Anna Svärd'' *Nella Larsen – ''Quicksand (Larsen novel), Quicksand'' *
D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...
– ''
Lady Chatterley's Lover ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is the last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960, w ...
'' *Claude McKay – ''Home To Harlem'' *Wyndham Lewis - ''The Childermass: Section I'' *Compton Mackenzie – ''Extremes Meet'' *W. Somerset Maugham – ''Ashenden: Or the British Agent'' *Abdul Muis – ''Salah Asuhan'' *Dhan Gopal Mukerji – ''Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon'' *Vladimir Nabokov (as V. Sirin) – ''King, Queen, Knave'' («Король, дама, валет», ''Korol', dama, valet'') *Baroness Orczy – ''Skin o' My Tooth'' *Anthony Powell – ''The Barnard Letters'' *Premchand – ''Nirmala (novel), Nirmala'' *Jenaro Prieto – ''The Partner (Jenaro Prieto novel), The Partner'' *
Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque (, ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during Worl ...
– ''
All Quiet on the Western Front ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (german: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit=Nothing New in the West) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma du ...
'' *E. Arnot Robertson – ''Cullum'' *Siegfried Sassoon – ''Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man'' (anonymous in 1st impression) *Dorothy L. Sayers **''Lord Peter Views the Body'' **''The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club'' *Arthur Schnitzler – ''Therese (novel), Therese'' *Nan Shepherd – ''The Quarry Wood'' *Cecil Street – ''The Murders in Praed Street'' *Păstorel Teodoreanu – ''Hronicul Măscăriciului Vălătuc'' *
S. S. Van Dine S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-Worl ...
**''The Greene Murder Case'' **''The Bishop Murder Case'' * Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, Henry Wade – ''The Missing Partners'' *
Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
**''Again Sanders'' ** ''Again the Three Just Men'' **''The Double'' **''Elegant Edward'' (short stories) **''The Flying Squad'' **''The Gunner'' **''The Orator'' (short stories) **''The Thief in the Night'' (short stories) **''The Twister'' * Hugh Walpole – ''Wintersmoon'' *Mika Waltari – ''Suuri illusioni'' *
Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...
– ''
Decline and Fall ''Decline and Fall'' is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled '' The Temple at Thatch'', was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript form. '' ...
'' *H. G. Wells – ''Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island'' *Franz Werfel – ''Class Reunion (Werfel novel), Class Reunion (Der Abituriententag)'' *
Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born i ...
– '' Orlando: A Biography'' *S. Fowler Wright **''Deluge (novel), Deluge'' **''The Island of Captain Sparrow'' *Francis Brett Young **''The Key of Life'' **''My Brother Jonathan (novel), My Brother Jonathan''


Children and young people

*Edgar Rice Burroughs – ''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (novel), Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'' *Wanda Gág – ''Millions of Cats'' *A. A. Milne – ''The House at Pooh Corner'' *Felix Salten – ''Bambi, A Life in the Woods'' (''Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde'', 1923) *Ruth Plumly Thompson – ''The Giant Horse of Oz''


Drama

*Jacinto Benavente – '':es:Pepa Doncel, Pepa Doncel'' *Charles Bennett (screenwriter), Charles Bennett **''Blackmail (play), Blackmail'' **''The Last Hour (play), The Last Hour'' *
Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
– ''
The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
'' *Joe Corrie – ''In Time o' Strife'' *Eduardo De Filippo – ''Filosoficamente'' *Nikolai Erdman – ''The Suicide (play), The Suicide'' («Самоубийца», written) *Marieluise Fleißer – ''Pioneers in Ingolstadt (Pioniere in Ingolstadt)'' *Garrett Fort – ''Jarnegan'' *Agha Hashar Kashmiri – ''Sita Banbas'' (published) *Kwee Tek Hoay (郭德懷)– ''Korbannja Yi Yong Toen'' (Victims of Yi Yong Toen, published serially) * Patrick Hastings – ''The Moving Finger (play), The Moving Finger'' *Monckton Hoffe – ''Many Waters (play), Many Waters'' *Daniil Kharms – ''Elizabeth Bam'' («Елизавета Бам») *Miroslav Krleža – ''The Glembays'' (Gospoda Glembajevi) *John Howard Lawson – ''The International (play), The International'' *Alexander Lernet-Holenia, as Clemens Neydisser, and Stefan Zweig – ''Gelegenheit macht Liebe'' (Opportunity creates love) or ''Quiproquo'' *Federico García Lorca – ''The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden'' (''Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín'', written) * Walter C. Hackett – ''Other Men's Wives (play), Other Men's Wives'' *W. Somerset Maugham – ''The Sacred Flame (play), The Sacred Flame'' * Ivor Novello – ''The Truth Game'' *Eugene O'Neill – ''Strange Interlude'' (first staging) *Eugen Ortner – ''Meier Helmbrecht (play), Meier Helmbrecht'' *Ouyang Yuqian (欧阳予倩) – ''Pan Jinlian'' (潘金蓮) *
R. C. Sherriff Robert Cedric Sherriff, FSA, FRSL (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play '' Journey's End'', which was based on his experiences as an army officer in the First World War. He wrote several plays, many nov ...
– ''
Journey's End ''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry comp ...
'' *Ben Travers – ''Plunder (play), Plunder'' *Sophie Treadwell – ''Machinal'' *John Van Druten – ''The Return of the Soldier (play), The Return of the Soldier'' *Louis Verneuil – ''Monsieur Lamberthier'' *Roger Vitrac – ''Victor, or Power to the Children (Victor, ou les enfants au pouvoir)'' *
Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
**''The Lad'' **''The Man Who Changed His Name (play), The Man Who Changed His Name'' **''The Squeaker'' *Carl Zuckmayer – ''Katharina Knie (play), Katharina Knie''


Poetry

*Stephen Vincent Benét – ''John Brown's Body (poem), John Brown's Body'' *Robert Frost – ''West-Running Brook'' *Robinson Jeffers – ''Cawdor (Poem)'' *Federico García Lorca – ''Gypsy Ballads, Romancero Gitano'' *Siegfried Sassoon – ''The Heart's Journey''


Non-fiction

*Max Aitken – ''Politicians and the War'' *Clive Bell – ''Civilization: An Essay'' *Edmund Blunden – ''Undertones of War'' (autobiography) *Hall Caine – ''Recollections of Rossetti'' (second expanded version) *Julius Evola – ''Imperialismo Pagano'' (Pagan Imperialism) *Sidney Bradshaw Fay – ''Origins of the World War'' *Dion Fortune – ''Esoteric Orders and Their Work'' *Harold Lloyd – ''An American Comedy'' (autobiography) *Dora Marsden – ''The Definition of the Godhead'' *Margaret Mead – ''Coming of Age in Samoa'' *Paul Morand – ''Black Magic (book), Black Magic'' *Tomas O'Crohan – ''Allagar na h-Inise'' (Island Cross-Talk) *
Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
– ''The Trial of Patrick Herbert Mahon'' *H. G. Wells – ''The Open Conspiracy'' *Stefan Zweig – ''Drei Dichter ihres Lebens. Casanova – Stendhal – Tolstoi (Adepts in Self-Portraiture: Casanova, Stendhal, Tolstoy)''


Births

*January 1 – Iain Crichton Smith, Scottish writer (died 1998 in literature, 1998) *January 7 – William Peter Blatty, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *January 8 – Sander Vanocur, American journalist (died 2019 in literature, 2019) *January 9 – Judith Krantz, American novelist (died 2019 in literature, 2019) *January 10 – Philip Levine (poet), Philip Levine, American poet (died 2015 in literature, 2015) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– William Kennedy (author), William Kennedy, American writer and journalist *January 17 – Roman Frister, Polish writer (died 2015 in literature, 2015) *January 21 – János Kornai (as János Kornfelder), Hungarian economist *January 24 – Desmond Morris, English anthropologist and writer *February 5 – Andrew Greeley, Irish-American priest and novelist (died 2013 in literature, 2013) *February 9 ** Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (died 2010 in literature, 2010) ** Roger Mudd, American journalist (died 2021 in literature, 2021) *February 13 – Refik Erduran, Turkish playwright, columnist and writer (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *February 15 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (died 2014 in literature, 2014) *February 19 – Onuora Nzekwu, Nigerian writer (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *February 25 – Richard G. Stern, American novelist and educator (died 2013 in literature, 2013) *February 29 – Jean Adamson, English children's author and illustrator *March 4 – Alan Sillitoe, English novelist (died 2010 in literature, 2010) *March 12 – Edward Albee, American dramatist (died 2016 in literature, 2016) *March 13 – Jane Grigson, English cookery writer (died 1990 in literature, 1990) *March 22 – E. D. Hirsch, American academic literary critic and educator *March 30 – Tom Sharpe, English satirical author (died 2013 in literature, 2013) *April 4 – Maya Angelou, American poet (died 2014 in literature, 2014) *April 7 – Alan J. Pakula, American screenwriter (died 1998 in literature, 1998) *April 11 – Lionel Abrahams, South African novelist, poet and essayist (died 2004 in literature, 2004) *April 17 – Cynthia Ozick, American author *April 24 – Martin Seymour-Smith, English poet, biographer and critic (died 1998 in literature, 1998) *May 4 – Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet (died 2021 in literature, 2021) *May 24 – William Trevor, Irish fiction writer and playwright (died 2016 in literature, 2016) *June 10 – Maurice Sendak, American children's author and illustrator (died 2012 in literature, 2012) *June 28 – Stan Barstow, English novelist (died 2011 in literature, 2011) *July 16 **Anita Brookner, English novelist (died 2016 in literature, 2016) **Robert Sheckley, American writer (died 2005 in literature, 2005) *July 18 – Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer, Poet Laureate of the Netherlands (d. 2009) *July 19 – Samuel John Hazo, American author *July 24 – Griselda Gambaro, Argentine writer *July 26 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh novelist (died 2004 in literature, 2004) *August 7 – Anthony Lejeune, English writer, editor and broadcaster (died 2018 in literature, 2018) *August 12 – Beni Virtzberg, Israeli forester, Holocaust survivor and writer (died 1968 in literature, 1968) *September 6 – Robert M. Pirsig, American philosopher and author (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *September 11 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (died 2001 in literature, 2001) *September 18 – Sigrid Kahle, Swedish journalist and writer (died 2013 in literature, 2013) *September 20 – Donald Hall, American poet and poet laureate (died 2018 in literature, 2018) *September 30 – Elie Wiesel, American Jewish author and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner (died 2016 in literature, 2016) *October 2 – Zora Tavčar, Slovenian writer and translator *October 3 – Alvin Toffler, American futurist writer (died 2016 in literature, 2016) *October 7 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (died 1980 in literature, 1980) *October 10 – Sheila F. Walsh, English novelist (died 2009 in literature, 2009) *October 17 – Rosemary Tonks, English poet, prose writer and children's writer (died 2014 in literature, 2014) *October 21 – Yu Guangzhong, Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *October 27 – Gilles Vigneault, Canadian singer and poet *November 2 – Paul Johnson (writer), Paul Johnson, English historian and journalist *November 9 – Anne Sexton, American poet (died 1974 in literature, 1974) *November 11 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (died 2012 in literature, 2012) *November 12 – Marjorie W. Sharmat, American children's writer (died 2019 in literature, 2019) *November 20 – Dolf Verroen, Dutch writer of children's literature *November 28 – Bano Qudsia, Punjab-born Pakistani fiction writer (died 2017 in literature, 2017) *December 3 **Karin Bang, Norwegian novelist and poet (died 2017 in literature, 2017) **Barbara Probst Solomon, American author, essayist and journalist (died 2019 in literature, 2019) * December 16 – Philip K. Dick, American science fiction author (died 1982 in literature, 1982) * December 31 – Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (died 2015 in literature, 2015)


Deaths

*January 8 – Juan B. Justo, Argentine journalist (born 1865 in literature, 1865) *January 11 –
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...
, English novelist and poet (born 1840 in literature, 1840) *January 19 – Hans Hinrich Wendt, German theologian (born 1853 in literature, 1853) *January 28 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish novelist, journalist and politician (born 1867 in literature, 1867) *February 19 – Mildred Aldrich, American journalist (born 1853) *February 29 – Adolphe Appia, Swiss writer and scenery and lighting designer (born 1862 in literature, 1862) *March 4 – Paul Sabatier (theologian), Paul Sabatier, French religious writer (born 1858 in literature, 1858) *March 18 – Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish poet (born 1896) *March 24 **Didrik Hegermann Grønvold, Norwegian novelist (born 1855 in literature, 1855) **Charlotte Mew, English poet (born 1869 in literature, 1869; suicide) *April 10 – Stanley J. Weyman, English novelist (born 1855 in literature, 1855) *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
– Ladislav Klíma, Czech novelist and philosopher (born 1878) *May 5 – Barry Pain, English writer (born 1864) *May 16 –
Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhoo ...
, English poet and critic (born 1849 in literature, 1849) *May 19 – Max Scheler, German philosopher (born 1874 in literature, 1874) *May 22 – Francisco López Merino, Argentine poet (suicide, born 1904 in literature, 1904) *May 25 – George Ranetti, Romanian humorist and playwright (born 1875 in literature, 1875) *July 1 – Avery Hopwood, American playwright (heart attack, born 1882 in literature, 1882) *July 8 – Crystal Eastman, American journalist (born 1881 in literature, 1881) *August – Isaac Markens, American journalist (born 1846 in literature, 1846) *August 16 – Antonín Sova, Czech poet (born 1864 in literature, 1864) *August 17 – Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, British statesman and author (born 1838 in literature, 1838) *August 24 – Oskar Jerschke, German dramatist (born 1861 in literature, 1861) *October 24 – Henry Festing Jones, English biographer, editor and lawyer (born 1851 in literature, 1851) *December 1 – José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (born 1888 in literature, 1888) *December 13 – Joseph Bucklin Bishop, American journalist and publisher (born 1847 in literature, 1847) *December 16 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (stroke, born 1885 in literature, 1885) *
December 19 Events Pre-1600 *1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. * 1187 – Pope Clement III is elected. * 1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. * 1562 – ...
Italo Svevo Aron Hector Schmitz (19 December 186113 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo (), was an Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo ...
, Italian writer (born 1861 in literature, 1861) *December 23 – Ludwig Rosenthal, German antiquarian bookseller (born 1840 in literature, 1840)


Awards

*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Siegfried Sassoon, ''Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man'' *James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: John Buchan, ''Montrose'' *Newbery Medal for children's literature: Dhan Gopal Mukerji, ''Gayneck, the Story of a Pigeon'' *Nobel Prize for Literature: Sigrid Undset *Prix Goncourt: Maurice Constantin-Weyer, ''Un Homme se penche sur son passé'' *Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Eugene O'Neill, ''Strange Interlude'' *Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson, ''Tristram'' *Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Thornton Wilder, ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey''


References

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