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| … 1911 . The year 1924 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Britain establishes six copyright libraries to which copies of all books published in the country must be sent Bodleian Library (Oxford British Events Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore takes a sheaf of his translated works to England where they impress William Butler Yeats, Events Harold Monro founds the Poetry Bookshop in London Ezra Pound travels to London to meet William Butler Yeats Events March &mdash The Little Review founded by Margaret Caroline Anderson as part of Chicago's literary renaissance Events The poem "Into Battle" is published in The Times a few weeks before its author Julian Grenfell, is killed in battle Events July 14 &mdash At the first public Soiree at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich Switzerland Hugo Ball recited the first Events Hu Shih, the primary advocate for the revolution in Chinese literature at this time to replace scholarly language with the vernacular publishes an article This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1912 . Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting 1913 - 1914 - 1915 . Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1916 . Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1917 … … 1880s . Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 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 Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered 1890s . 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 . 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 1930s . 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 … … 19th century . 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 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 pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar 20th century . The twentieth century of the Common Era began on 21st century … |
| Art . The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. List of years in Art Events The Baltimore Museum of Art is founded at Johns Hopkins University. Archaeology . The year 1914 in Archaeology involved some significant events Architecture . The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events Literature . Music . Events October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his Operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli 's La Gioconda Science +... |
The year 1914 in literature involved some significant events and new books. The year 1914 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below
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Events
- The literature of World War I makes its first appearance. World War I has inspired great Novels drama and Poetry. During the war itself it has been estimated that thousands of poems were written every day by combatants
- November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The New Republic ( TNR) is an American Magazine of politics and the arts
- George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911). George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933 was an Irish Novelist, short-story writer, Poet, art critic, The year 1911 in literature involved some significant events and new books
- Thomas Hardy married Florence Dugdale. Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw
- Hilaire Belloc becomes editor of Land and Water. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 &ndash 16 July 1953 was a French -born Writer who became a Naturalised British subject Land and Water was a British weekly Journal published from 1914 to 1920 edited by the well-known Catholic writer Hillaire Belloc and devoted
- Charles Taze Russell founder of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) predicts October 2nd as the date for the end of the world with statements such as in Studies In the Scriptures Series II - The Time Is At Hand (1889ed. Charles Taze Russell ( February 16, 1852 &ndash October 31, 1916) also known as Pastor Russell, was a Protestant ) pp. 99, 101 “True, it is expecting great things to claim, as we do, that within the coming twenty-six years all present governments will be overthrown and dissolved …. In view of this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished at the end of A. D. 1914…. "
New books
- L. Frank Baum — Tik-Tok of Oz
- Rhoda Broughton — Concerning a Vow
- Edgar Rice Burroughs — Tarzan of the Apes
- G. K. Chesterton — The Flying Inn
- Theodore Dreiser — The Titan
- James Elroy Flecker — The King of Alsander
- Anatole France — The Revolt of the Angels
- Henry James — Notes of a Son and Brother
- James Joyce — Dubliners
- Wassily Kandinsky — Concerning the Spiritual in Art
- Stephen Leacock — Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
- Sinclair Lewis — Our Mr. Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L Frank Baum. 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 of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century The Flying Inn is a Novel first published in 1914 by G K Chesterton. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ( August 27 1871 &ndash December 28 1945) was an American novelist and journalist The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser in 1914It is Dreiser's sequel to The Financier. James Elroy Flecker ( November 5 1884 - January 3 1915) was an English poet novelist and playwright Anatole France (16 April 1844—12 October 1924 born François-Anatole Thibault, Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and after graduation Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James Notes of a Son and Brother is a book of Autobiography by Henry James published in 1914 James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914 Wassily Kandinsky (Russian Василий Кандинский first name pronounced as) ( – 13 December 1944 was a Russian painter, Printmaker Stephen Butler Leacock PhD, FRSC ( 30 December 1869 &ndash 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914 Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and Wrenn
- Harold MacGrath — The Adventures of Kathlyn
- Frank Norris — Vandover and the Brute
- Baroness Orczy
- Unto Cæsar
- The Laughing Cavalier
- Raymond Roussel — Locus Solus
- Saki — Beasts and Super-Beasts, When William Came
- Carl Sandburg — Chicago
- Natsume Sōseki — Kokoro
- Robert Tressell — The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
- Mary Augusta Ward — Delia Blanchflower
- H. G. Wells — The World Set Free
- Harry Leon Wilson — Ruggles of Red Gap
Non-fiction
- Hall Caine — King Albert's Book
Poetry
- Robert Frost North of Boston
Births
- February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (d. Harold MacGrath ( September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American Novelist, Short story writer The Adventures of Kathlyn ( 1913) is an American Motion picture serial released on December 29, 1913 by Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr ( March 5 1870 – October 25 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing Emma (" Emmuska " Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi (anglicized to Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina Set in Holland in 1623 / 1624, The Laughing Cavalier, by Baroness Orczy, revolves around Percy Blake a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Raymond Roussel ( Paris, January 20, 1877 - Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French Poet, Novelist Locus Solus is a 1914 French novel by Raymond Roussel. Plot summary John Ashbery summarizes Locus Solus thus in his introduction Hector Hugh Munro ( December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) better known by the Pen name Saki, was a British Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary Pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro and first published in When William Came is a Novel written by British author Saki (the Pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro and published in 1913 Carl August Sandburg ( January 6, 1878 &ndash July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor best known for his Poetry was the Pen name of, who is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era (1868-1912 Kokoro (こゝろ or in post-war orthography こころ is a novel by Natsume Sōseki. Robert Tressell ( Pen name used by Robert Noonan; April 17, 1870 &mdash February 3, 1911) was an Irish - British The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a Novel by Robert Tressell ( 17 April 1870 &ndash 3 February Mary Augusta Ward ( née Arnold 11 June 1851 &ndash 26 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married 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 World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H G Wells. Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted for the Broadway stage as a musical the same year, and made into a movie several Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE ( May 14, 1853 &ndash August 31, 1931) usually known as Hall Caine, was Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word 1997)
- March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Ralph Waldo Ellison ( March 1, 1914 &ndash April 16, 1994) was a Scholar and Writer. 1994)
- March 28 - Bohumil Hrabal, author (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Bohumil Hrabal (ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal ( March 28 1914, Brno - February 3 1997, Prague) was a famous Czech 1997)
- March 31 - Octavio Paz, 1990 Nobel Prize-winning author
- April 26 - Bernard Malamud, novelist
- May 6 - Randall Jarrell, poet
- May 8 - Romain Gary, writer (d. The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Octavio Peazy Paz " ( March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican Writer, Poet, and diplomat Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Bernard Malamud ( April 26 1914, Brooklyn New York &ndash March 18 1986) was an author of novels and short stories Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Randall Jarrell ( May 06, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was a United States Poet, Novelist, Critic Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Romain Gary ( May 8 1914 – December 2 1980) was a French Novelist, Film director, World War II 1980)
- June 15 - Lena Kennedy, novelist (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Lena Kennedy ( June 15, 1914 - August 1 1986 was an English author 1986)
- June 17 - Julián Marías, philosopher and author (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Julián Marías Aguilera ( June 17 1914 &ndash December 15 2005) was a Spanish philosopher. . 2005)
- June 26 - Laurie Lee, poet and novelist
- July 15 - Hammond Innes, adventure novelist
- July 15 - Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author
- August 9 - Tove Jansson, children's author
- October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee MBE ( June 26 1914 – May 13, 1997) was an English Poet, Novelist Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Ralph Hammond Innes ( July 15, 1913 &ndash June 10, 1998) was an English author who wrote over 30 novels as well as children's Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL FZS (Sc, FRGS, FAGS ( 15 July 1914 &ndash 7 September 1969) was a Scottish Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Tove Marika Jansson ( August 9, 1914 – June 27, 2001) was a Finnish Novelist, painter, Illustrator Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 was a Welsh poet who wrote exclusively in English 1953)
- December 12 - Patrick O'Brian, historical novelist
- date unknown
- Leah Bodine Drake, poet (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Patrick O'Brian, CBE ( 12 December 1914 &ndash 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English Leah Bodine Drake (1914 – November 21, 1964) was an American poet editor and critic 1964)
- John Masters, novelist
- Norman Nicholson, poet
Deaths
- February 25 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator of the works of Lewis Carroll
- March 25 - Frédéric Mistral, Nobel Prize-winning author
- April 2 - Paul von Heyse, Nobel Prize-winning author
- April 7 - Edith Maude Eaton, author
- May 19 - William Aldis Wright, writer and editor
- June 21 - Bertha von Suttner, pacifist writer
- September 22 - Alain-Fournier, novelist
- November 3 - Georg Trakl, poet
- date unknown
- Michael Field, author and dramatist
- Laurence Irving, dramatist and novelist
- Charlotte Forten Grimké, poet
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded
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