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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1943'''. |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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*[[January 4]] – [[Thomas Mann]] completes ''Joseph der Ernährer'' (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his ''[[Joseph and His Brothers]] (Joseph und seine Brüder)'' [[tetralogy]], on which he began in December [[1926 in literature|1926]]. |
*[[January 4]] – [[Thomas Mann]] completes ''Joseph der Ernährer'' (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his ''[[Joseph and His Brothers]] (Joseph und seine Brüder)'' [[tetralogy]], on which he began in December [[1926 in literature|1926]]. |
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*[[February 4]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Good Person of Szechwan]] (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)'' takes place at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willett |first=John | |
*[[February 4]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Good Person of Szechwan]] (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)'' takes place at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willett |first=John |author-link=John Willett |orig-year=1967 |title=The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects |edition=3rd rev. |location=London |publisher=Methuen |year=1977 |isbn=0-413-34360-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 51] |url=https://archive.org/details/theatreofbertolt0000will/page/51 }}</ref> |
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*March – The self-illustrated children's [[novella]] ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by the exiled French aviator [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], the all-time [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book]] originated in French, is published in New York. |
*March – The self-illustrated children's [[novella]] ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by the exiled French aviator [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], the all-time [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book]] originated in French, is published in New York. |
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*May – A strongly [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] production of Shakespeare's ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is staged at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]], with [[Werner Krauss]] as [[Shylock]]. |
*May – A strongly [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] production of Shakespeare's ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is staged at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]], with [[Werner Krauss]] as [[Shylock]]. |
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⚫ | *[[June 30]] – Having transferred from the [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]] to the [[United States Navy]] and served eight days of active duty [[Jack Kerouac]] is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJUVIHPlgMkC&pg=RA11-PA19|year=2009|publisher=National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=11}}</ref> In [[New York City]], he, [[William S. Burroughs]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]] become friends. |
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*September |
*September |
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**[[George Orwell]] resigns from the [[BBC]] to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]''. |
**[[George Orwell]] resigns from the [[BBC]] to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]''. |
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**Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable [[State Archives of Naples]].<ref name=OBB>{{Cite book | |
**Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable [[State Archives of Naples]].<ref name=OBB>{{Cite book |author-link=Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking |first=Kenneth |last=Baker |title=On the Burning of Books |location=London |publisher=Unicorn |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-910787-11-3 |pages=138–40}}</ref> |
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*[[September 9]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo]]'' (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing and playing the title role. |
*[[September 9]] – The première of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo]]'' (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]] in [[Switzerland]], with [[Leonard Steckel]] directing and playing the title role. |
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*October – [[Tristan Bernard]] is arrested, but subsequently released from the [[Drancy internment camp]] in France after public protests.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leslie A. Sprout|title=The Musical Legacy of Wartime France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTUlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA214|date=25 May 2013|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-27530-0|pages=214}}</ref> |
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*[[October 14]] – The contents of [[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]] in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops. |
*[[October 14]] – The contents of [[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]] in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops. |
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*December |
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**[[Philip Larkin]], with a degree from the [[University of Oxford]], takes his first post as a librarian in [[Wellington, Shropshire]]. |
**[[Philip Larkin]], with a degree from the [[University of Oxford]], takes his first post as a librarian in [[Wellington, Shropshire]]. |
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**[[Philip Van Doren Stern]] sends copies of his story "[[The Greatest Gift (story)|The Greatest Gift]]" to friends as a Christmas card. |
**[[Philip Van Doren Stern]] sends copies of his story "[[The Greatest Gift (story)|The Greatest Gift]]" to friends as a Christmas card. |
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*[[December 22]] – |
*[[December 22]] – On the death of children's writer and illustrator [[Beatrix Potter]] at [[Near Sawrey]], over {{convert|4,000|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land in the English [[Lake District]] are bequeathed to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]] (the Heelis Bequest).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Judy Taylor|author2=Elizabeth M. Battrick|author3=Anne Stevenson Hobbs|author4=Joyce Irene Whalley|author5=Beatrix Potter|title=Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: The Artist and Her World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjFbAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=F. Warne|isbn=978-0-7232-3561-3|pages=203–4}}</ref> |
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**[[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.<ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Harry Schneiderman]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyYOAQAAMAAJ|title=Who's who in World Jewry|author2=Itzhak J. Carmin|year=1987|isbn=978-0-9618272-0-5|page=309}}</ref> |
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*[[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen. |
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*[[Tristan Bernard]] is released from the [[Drancy internment camp]] in France after public protests. |
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==New books== |
==New books== |
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===Fiction=== |
===Fiction=== |
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*[[Lars Ahlin]] – ''Tåbb with the Manifesto ([[:sv:Tåbb med manifestet|Tåbb med manifestet]])'' |
*[[Lars Ahlin]] – ''Tåbb with the Manifesto ([[:sv:Tåbb med manifestet|Tåbb med manifestet]])'' |
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*[[Sabahattin Ali]] – ''Madonna in a Fur Coat ([[:tr:Kürk Mantolu Madonna|Kürk Mantolu Madonna]])'' |
*[[Sabahattin Ali]] – ''Madonna in a Fur Coat ([[:tr:Kürk Mantolu Madonna|Kürk Mantolu Madonna]])'' |
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*[[Charlotte Armstrong]] – ''[[The Case of the Weird Sisters]]'' |
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*[[Sholem Asch]] – ''The Apostle'' |
*[[Sholem Asch]] – ''The Apostle'' |
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*[[Marcel Aymé]] – ''The Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)'' |
*[[Marcel Aymé]] – ''The Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)'' |
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*[[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Small Back Room (novel)|The Small Back Room]]'' |
*[[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Small Back Room (novel)|The Small Back Room]]'' |
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*[[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]] – ''[[Premalekhanam]]'' |
*[[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]] – ''[[Premalekhanam]]'' |
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*[[Vicki Baum]] – ''[[Hotel Berlin (novel)|Hotel Berlin]]'' |
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*[[Henry Bellamann]] – ''Victoria Grandolet'' |
*[[Henry Bellamann]] – ''Victoria Grandolet'' |
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*[[Georges Bernanos]] – ''[[Monsieur Ouine]]'' |
*[[Georges Bernanos]] – ''[[Monsieur Ouine]]'' |
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*[[Marjorie Bowen]] – ''[[Airing in a Closed Carriage]]'' |
*[[Marjorie Bowen]] – ''[[Airing in a Closed Carriage]]'' |
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*[[Ivan Bunin]] – ''[[Dark Avenues]]'' («Тёмные аллеи», ''Tyomnyye allei'', short stories, first edition) |
*[[Ivan Bunin]] – ''[[Dark Avenues]]'' («Тёмные аллеи», ''Tyomnyye allei'', short stories, first edition) |
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*[[Gerald Butler (writer)|Gerald Butler]] – ''[[Their Rainbow Had Black Edges]]'' |
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*[[Victor Canning]] – ''[[Green Battlefield]]'' |
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*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[She Died A Lady]]'' |
*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[She Died A Lady]]'' |
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*[[Raymond Chandler]] – ''[[The Lady in the Lake]]'' |
*[[Raymond Chandler]] – ''[[The Lady in the Lake]]'' |
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*[[Peter Cheyney]] – ''[[You Can Always Duck]]'' |
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*[[Colette]] – ''Le Képi'' |
*[[Colette]] – ''Le Képi'' |
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*[[Freeman Wills Crofts]] – ''[[The Affair at Little Wokeham]]'' |
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*[[Simone de Beauvoir]] – ''[[She Came to Stay]] (L'Invitée)'' |
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*[[Pierre Drieu La Rochelle]] – ''[[The Man on Horseback]] (L'Homme à cheval)'' |
*[[Pierre Drieu La Rochelle]] – ''[[The Man on Horseback]] (L'Homme à cheval)'' |
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*[[Howard Fast]] – ''Citizen [[Tom Paine]]'' |
*[[Howard Fast]] – ''Citizen [[Tom Paine]]'' |
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*[[Carlo Emilio Gadda]] – ''Gli anni'' |
*[[Carlo Emilio Gadda]] – ''Gli anni'' |
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*[[Jean Genet]] (anonymously) – ''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]] (Notre Dame des Fleurs)'' |
*[[Jean Genet]] (anonymously) – ''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]] (Notre Dame des Fleurs)'' |
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*[[Anthony Gilbert (author)|Anthony Gilbert]] – ''[[The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball]]'' |
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*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]'' |
*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[I, Claudius|Claudius the God]]'' |
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*[[Elizabeth Janet Gray]] – ''[[Adam of the Road]]'' |
*[[Elizabeth Janet Gray]] – ''[[Adam of the Road]]'' |
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*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Ministry of Fear]]'' |
*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Ministry of Fear]]'' |
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*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[The Glass Bead Game]] (Das Glasperlenspiel)'' |
*[[Hermann Hesse]] – ''[[The Glass Bead Game]] (Das Glasperlenspiel)'' |
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*[[Anne Hocking]] – ''[[Nile Green (novel)|Nile Green]]'' |
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*[[Dorothy B. Hughes]] – ''[[The Blackbirder]]'' |
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*[[Michael Innes]] – ''[[The Weight of the Evidence]]'' |
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*[[Aleksander Kamiński]] (as Juliusz Górecki) – ''[[Kamienie na szaniec]]'' (Stones for the Rampart) |
*[[Aleksander Kamiński]] (as Juliusz Górecki) – ''[[Kamienie na szaniec]]'' (Stones for the Rampart) |
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*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[Perelandra]]'' |
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[Perelandra]]'' |
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*[[Clarice Lispector]] – ''[[Near to the Wild Heart]] (Perto do coração selvagem)'' |
*[[Clarice Lispector]] – ''[[Near to the Wild Heart]] (Perto do coração selvagem)'' |
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*[[Richard Llewellyn]] – ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (novel)|None but the Lonely Heart]]'' |
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*[[E. C. R. Lorac]] – ''[[Death Came Softly]]'' |
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*[[H. P. Lovecraft]] – ''[[Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection)|Beyond the Wall of Sleep]]'' (collection) |
*[[H. P. Lovecraft]] – ''[[Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection)|Beyond the Wall of Sleep]]'' (collection) |
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*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[Keep the Home Guard Turning]]'' |
*[[Compton Mackenzie]] – ''[[Keep the Home Guard Turning]]'' |
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*[[Naguib Mahfouz]] – ''[[Rhadopis of Nubia]]'' |
*[[Naguib Mahfouz]] – ''[[Rhadopis of Nubia]]'' |
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*[[Ngaio Marsh]] – ''[[Colour Scheme]]'' |
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*[[Bruce Marshall (writer)|Bruce Marshall]] – ''[[Yellow Tapers for Paris]]'' |
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*[[Gladys Mitchell]] |
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**''[[Sunset Over Soho]]'' |
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**''[[The Worsted Viper]]'' |
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*[[C. L. Moore]] – ''[[Earth's Last Citadel]]'' |
*[[C. L. Moore]] – ''[[Earth's Last Citadel]]'' |
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*[[Robert Musil]] (died 1942) – ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]'' (''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'', publication concludes, uncompleted) |
*[[Robert Musil]] (died 1942) – ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]'' (''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'', publication concludes, uncompleted) |
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*[[E. Phillips Oppenheim]] – ''Mr. Mirakel'' |
*[[E. Phillips Oppenheim]] – ''Mr. Mirakel'' |
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*[[Roger Peyrefitte]] – ''[[Les Amitiés particulières]]'' (Special Friendships) |
*[[Roger Peyrefitte]] – ''[[Les Amitiés particulières]]'' (Special Friendships) |
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*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[Daylight on Saturday]]'' |
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*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[There Was an Old Woman (novel)|There Was an Old Woman]]'' |
*[[Ellery Queen]] – ''[[There Was an Old Woman (novel)|There Was an Old Woman]]'' |
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*[[Ayn Rand]] – ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' |
*[[Ayn Rand]] – ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' |
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*[[Mary Renault]] – ''The Friendly Young Ladies'' |
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*[[Betty Smith]] – ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' |
*[[Betty Smith]] – ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' |
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*[[Margit Söderholm]] – ''[[Sunshine Follows Rain (novel)|Sunshine Follows Rain]] (Driver dagg faller regn)'' |
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* [[Cecil Street]] |
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** ''[[Dead on the Track]]'' |
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** ''[[Men Die at Cyprus Lodge]]'' |
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*[[Antal Szerb]] – ''The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)'' |
*[[Antal Szerb]] – ''The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)'' |
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*[[Phoebe Atwood Taylor]] |
*[[Phoebe Atwood Taylor]] |
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**''[[File for Record]]'' (as Alice Tilton) |
**''[[File for Record]]'' (as Alice Tilton) |
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*[[Kylie Tennant]] – ''Ride on Stranger'' |
*[[Kylie Tennant]] – ''Ride on Stranger'' |
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*[[Denton Welch]] – ''[[Maiden Voyage (novel)|Maiden Voyage]]'' |
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*[[H. G. Wells]] – ''[[Crux Ansata]]'' |
*[[H. G. Wells]] – ''[[Crux Ansata]]'' |
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*[[Dorothy Whipple]] – ''They Were Sisters'' |
*[[Dorothy Whipple]] – ''[[They Were Sisters (novel)|They Were Sisters]]'' |
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*[[Chancellor Williams]] – ''The Raven'' |
*[[Chancellor Williams]] – ''The Raven'' |
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*[[Virginia Woolf]] (suicide 1941) – ''[[A Haunted House and Other Short Stories]]'' |
*[[Virginia Woolf]] (suicide 1941) – ''[[A Haunted House and Other Short Stories]]'' |
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*[[M. J. Molloy]] – ''Old Road'' |
*[[M. J. Molloy]] – ''Old Road'' |
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*[[Armijn Pane]] – ''[[Kami, Perempuan]]'' (We, the Women) |
*[[Armijn Pane]] – ''[[Kami, Perempuan]]'' (We, the Women) |
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*[[J. B. Priestley]] – ''[[They Came to a City (play)|They Came to a City]]'' |
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*[[Terence Rattigan]] - ''[[While the Sun Shines (play)|While the Sun Shines]]'' |
*[[Terence Rattigan]] - ''[[While the Sun Shines (play)|While the Sun Shines]]'' |
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*[[Nelson Rodrigues]] – ''Vestido de Noiva'' (The Wedding Dress) |
*[[Nelson Rodrigues]] – ''Vestido de Noiva'' (The Wedding Dress) |
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*[[Louis Hjelmslev]] – ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)'' |
*[[Louis Hjelmslev]] – ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)'' |
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*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[The Abolition of Man]]'' |
*[[C. S. Lewis]] – ''[[The Abolition of Man]]'' |
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*[[John Neal (writer)|John Neal]] – ''Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793-1876)'' (edited by Harold Edward Dickson)<ref>{{cite book | last = Sears | first = Donald A. | title = John Neal | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1978 | isbn = 9780805772302 | page = 147}}</ref> |
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*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – ''[[The Nature and Destiny of Man]]'' |
*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – ''[[The Nature and Destiny of Man]]'' |
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*[[Martin Noth]] – ''Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament'' |
*[[Martin Noth]] – ''Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament'' |
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*[[N. Porsenna]] – ''Visul Profetic'' (On the Prophetic Dream) |
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*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Being and Nothingness]] (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)'' |
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Being and Nothingness]] (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)'' |
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*[[Joseph Schumpeter|J. A. Schumpeter]] – ''Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy'' |
*[[Joseph Schumpeter|J. A. Schumpeter]] – ''Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy'' |
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*[[I. C. Vissarion]] – ''Energie mecanică în lumea în care ne găsim'' (Mechanic Energy for This World We Now Inhabit) |
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*[[Edna Walling]] – ''Gardens in Australia'' |
*[[Edna Walling]] – ''Gardens in Australia'' |
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*[[William Foote Whyte]] – ''[[Street Corner Society]]'' |
*[[William Foote Whyte]] – ''[[Street Corner Society]]'' |
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**[[Jesús Torbado]], Spanish novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]]) |
**[[Jesús Torbado]], Spanish novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]]) |
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**[[Priit Vesilind]], Estonian-American author and photographer |
**[[Priit Vesilind]], Estonian-American author and photographer |
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*[[January 6]] – [[Francis M. Nevins]], American mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/isbn_1561602671_17/page/160/mode/2up?q=%22January+6%2C+1943%22+%22Francis+Michael+Nevins%22 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Vol. 97]''. New Providence, NJ: Martindale-Hubbell. 1997. p. LS160B. {{ISBN|1561602671}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/francis-m-nevins "Francis M. Nevins"]. [[Poetry Foundation]]. Retrieved March 18, 2024.</ref> |
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*[[January 8]] – [[Charles Murray (political scientist)|Charles Murray]], American political science writer (''[[The Bell Curve]]'') |
*[[January 8]] – [[Charles Murray (political scientist)|Charles Murray]], American political science writer (''[[The Bell Curve]]'') |
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*[[January 11]] – [[Jim Hightower]], American radio host and author |
*[[January 11]] – [[Jim Hightower]], American radio host and author |
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*[[April 6]] – [[Max Clifford]], English publicist |
*[[April 6]] – [[Max Clifford]], English publicist |
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*[[April 17]] – [[Gwynne Dyer]], Canadian journalist |
*[[April 17]] – [[Gwynne Dyer]], Canadian journalist |
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*[[April 22]] – [[Louise Glück]], American poet, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (died [[2023 in literature|2023]]) |
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*[[April 30]] – [[Paul Jennings (Australian author)|Paul Jennings]], English-born Australian children's author |
*[[April 30]] – [[Paul Jennings (Australian author)|Paul Jennings]], English-born Australian children's author |
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*[[May 5]] – [[Michael Palin]], English comedy writer and television broadcaster |
*[[May 5]] – [[Michael Palin]], English comedy writer and television broadcaster |
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*[[November 5]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, writer and actor |
*[[November 5]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, writer and actor |
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*[[November 6]] – [[Berlie Doherty]] (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer |
*[[November 6]] – [[Berlie Doherty]] (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer |
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*[[November 7]] – [[Stephen Greenblatt]], |
*[[November 7]] – [[Stephen Greenblatt]], American Shakespeare scholar |
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*[[November 12]] – [[Wallace Shawn]], American actor and dramatist |
*[[November 12]] – [[Wallace Shawn]], American actor and dramatist |
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*[[December 9]] – [[Joanna Trollope]], English novelist |
*[[December 9]] – [[Joanna Trollope]], English novelist |
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**[[Christine Evans (poet)|Christine Evans]], Welsh poet in English<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/130004/ |title=List Of Writers: EVANS, CHRISTINE |publisher=Academi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515214922/http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/130004/ |archive-date=15 May 2008 |df=dmy}}</ref> |
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**[[Vicki Feaver]], English poet and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Carol Ann Duffy|author2=Vicki Feaver|author3=Eavan Boland|title=Carol Ann Duffy, Vicki Feaver, Eavan Boland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QW6mAAAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-058740-1}}</ref> |
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*[[Christine Evans (poet)|Christine Evans]], Welsh poet in English |
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**[[Hadrawi]] (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Henry Louis Gates|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA535|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|pages=535}}</ref> |
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*[[Vicki Feaver]], English poet and academic |
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**[[Ebrahim Hussein]], Tanzanian playwright in Swahili<ref>{{cite book|author1=B. W. Andrzejewski|author2=S. Pilaszewicz|author3=W. Tyloch|title=Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfH2A6AhZ7wC&pg=PA477|date=21 November 1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-25646-9|pages=477}}</ref> |
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*[[Hadrawi]] (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet |
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*[[Ebrahim Hussein]], Tanzanian playwright in Swahili |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[January 3]] – [[F. M. Cornford]], English [[Classics|classicist]] and poet (born [[1874 in literature|1874]]) |
*[[January 3]] – [[F. M. Cornford]], English [[Classics|classicist]] and poet (born [[1874 in literature|1874]]) |
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*[[January 9]] – [[R. G. Collingwood]], English philosopher and historian (born [[1889 in literature|1889]]) |
*[[January 9]] – [[R. G. Collingwood]], English philosopher and historian (born [[1889 in literature|1889]]) |
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*[[January 13]] – [[Else Ury]], German children's fiction writer (killed in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; born [[1877 in literature|1877]]) |
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*[[February 1]] – [[Lola Szereszewska]], Polish-Jewish poet and journalist (born [[1895 in literature|1895]]) |
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*[[March 10]] – [[Laurence Binyon]], English poet and scholar (born [[1869 in literature|1869]]) |
*[[March 10]] – [[Laurence Binyon]], English poet and scholar (born [[1869 in literature|1869]]) |
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*[[March 13]] – [[Stephen Vincent Benét]], American author (born [[1898 in literature|1898]]) |
*[[March 13]] – [[Stephen Vincent Benét]], American author (born [[1898 in literature|1898]]) |
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*[[April 7]] – [[Jovan Dučić]], Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born [[1871 in literature|1871]]) |
*[[April 7]] – [[Jovan Dučić]], Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born [[1871 in literature|1871]]) |
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*[[April 29]] – [[Sidney Keyes]], English poet (killed in action |
*[[April 29]] – [[Sidney Keyes]], English poet (killed in action; born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
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*[[April 30]] – [[Beatrice Webb]], English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born [[1858 in literature|1858]]) |
*[[April 30]] – [[Beatrice Webb]], English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born [[1858 in literature|1858]]) |
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*[[May 27]] – [[Arthur Mee]], English encyclopedist and writer (born [[1875 in literature|1875]]) |
*[[May 27]] – [[Arthur Mee]], English encyclopedist and writer (born [[1875 in literature|1875]]) |
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*[[June 17]] – [[Annie S. Swan]] ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born [[1859 in literature|1859]]) |
*[[June 17]] – [[Annie S. Swan]] ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born [[1859 in literature|1859]]) |
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*[[June 28]] – [[Frida Uhl]], Austrian writer and translator (born [[1872 in literature|1872]]) |
*[[June 28]] – [[Frida Uhl]], Austrian writer and translator (born [[1872 in literature|1872]]) |
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*[[July 18]] – [[Miyake Kaho]], Japanese novelist, essayist and poet (born [[1868 in literature|1868]]) |
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*[[August |
*c. [[August 8]] – [[Haig Acterian]] (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action; born [[1904 in literature|1904]]) |
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*[[August 12]] – [[Kurt Eggers]], Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action; born [[1905 in literature|1905]]) |
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*[[August 22]] – [[Virgilio Dávila]], Puerto Rican poet and politician (born [[1869 in literature|1869]]) |
*[[August 22]] – [[Virgilio Dávila]], Puerto Rican poet and politician (born [[1869 in literature|1869]]) |
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*[[August 24]] – [[Simone Weil]], French philosopher (born [[1909 in literature|1909]]) |
*[[August 24]] – [[Simone Weil]], French philosopher (born [[1909 in literature|1909]]) |
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*[[October 3]] – [[Ida Lee]], Australian historian and poet (born [[1865 in literature|1865]]) |
*[[October 3]] – [[Ida Lee]], Australian historian and poet (born [[1865 in literature|1865]]) |
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*[[October 7]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English novelist and poet (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall, Radclyffe |year=2002 |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html |last=Glasgow |first=Joanne |periodical=[[glbtq.com]] | |
*[[October 7]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English novelist and poet (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall, Radclyffe |year=2002 |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html |last=Glasgow |first=Joanne |periodical=[[glbtq.com]] |access-date=2007-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014212345/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/hall_radclyffe.html|archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref> |
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*[[November 19]] – [[:de:Georg Hermann|Georg Hermann]], German fiction writer ( |
*[[November 19]] – [[:de:Georg Hermann|Georg Hermann]], German fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born [[1871 in literature|1871]]) |
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*[[November 27]] – [[Louis Esson]], Australian poet and playwright (born [[1878 in literature|1878]]) |
*[[November 27]] – [[Louis Esson]], Australian poet and playwright (born [[1878 in literature|1878]]) |
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*[[November 30]] – [[Etty Hillesum]], Dutch correspondent |
*[[November 30]] – [[Etty Hillesum]], Dutch correspondent and diarist (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born [[1914 in literature|1914]]) |
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*[[December 2]] |
*[[December 2]] |
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**[[Drummond Allison]], English poet (killed in action |
**[[Drummond Allison]], English poet (killed in action; born [[1921 in literature|1921]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Greacen|title=The Only Emperor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fuv8lmc8ofcC&pg=PA9|year=1994|publisher=Lapwing Publications|isbn=978-1-898472-11-7|pages=9}}</ref> |
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**[[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian poet and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
**[[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian poet and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
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*[[December 22]] – [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's writer and illustrator (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Victoria and Albert Museum |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/biography-beatrix-potter/ |website=www.vam.ac.uk | |
*[[December 22]] – [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's writer and illustrator (born [[1866 in literature|1866]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Victoria and Albert Museum |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/biography-beatrix-potter/ |website=www.vam.ac.uk |access-date=26 March 2019 |date=13 January 2011}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Elizabeth Janet Gray]], ''[[Adam of the Road]]'' |
*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Elizabeth Janet Gray]], ''[[Adam of the Road]]'' |
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*[[Nobel Prize for literature]]: ''not awarded'' |
*[[Nobel Prize for literature]]: ''not awarded'' |
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*[[Prix Goncourt]]: [[Marius Grout]], ''Passage de l'Homme''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lia Nicole Brozgal|author2=Sara Kippur|title=Being Contemporary: French Literature, Culture, and Politics Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIjADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA158|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-1-78138-263-9|pages=158}}</ref> |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Thornton Wilder]], ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Thornton Wilder]], ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Frost]]: ''A Witness Tree'' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Robert Frost]]: ''A Witness Tree'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]]: [[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Dragon's Teeth (novel)|Dragon's Teeth]]'' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]]: [[Upton Sinclair]] – ''[[Dragon's Teeth (novel)|Dragon's Teeth]]'' |
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==In literature== |
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*[[January 1]] – [[Karel Čapek]]'s science fiction novel ''[[The Absolute at Large]]'' (''Továrna na absolutno'', [[1922 in literature|1922]]) opens on this day. |
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*June 31 ''(sic.)'' – [[Len Deighton]]'s novel ''[[Bomber (novel)|Bomber]]'' ([[1970 in literature|1970]]) is set on this day. |
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*Autumn – [[Truman Capote]]'s novella ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' ([[1958 in literature|1958]]) opens at this time. |
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*[[Heinrich Böll]]'s first novel ''[[The Train Was on Time]]'' (''Der Zug war pünktlich'', [[1949 in literature|1949]]) is set during this year. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943.
Events
- January 4 – Thomas Mann completes Joseph der Ernährer (Joseph the Provider) in California, the last of his Joseph and His Brothers (Joseph und seine Brüder) tetralogy, on which he began in December 1926.
- February 4 – The première of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan) takes place at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland, with Leonard Steckel directing.[1]
- March – The self-illustrated children's novella The Little Prince by the exiled French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the all-time best-selling book originated in French, is published in New York.
- May – A strongly antisemitic production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is staged at the Burgtheater in Vienna, with Werner Krauss as Shylock.
- June 30 – Having transferred from the Merchant Marine to the United States Navy and served eight days of active duty Jack Kerouac is honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds.[2] In New York City, he, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg become friends.
- September
- George Orwell resigns from the BBC to become literary editor of the left-wing London paper Tribune.
- Retreating German forces set fire to the library of the Royal Society of Naples, and on September 30 to the Montesano Villa containing the most valuable State Archives of Naples.[3]
- September 9 – The première of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei, 1939) is held at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland, with Leonard Steckel directing and playing the title role.
- October – Tristan Bernard is arrested, but subsequently released from the Drancy internment camp in France after public protests.[4]
- October 14 – The contents of Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica in Rome are looted by Nazi German troops.
- December
- Philip Larkin, with a degree from the University of Oxford, takes his first post as a librarian in Wellington, Shropshire.
- Philip Van Doren Stern sends copies of his story "The Greatest Gift" to friends as a Christmas card.
- December 22 – On the death of children's writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter at Near Sawrey, over 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares) of land in the English Lake District are bequeathed to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (the Heelis Bequest).[5]
- unknown dates
- Isaac Bashevis Singer becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.[6]
- Publication begins of a new comprehensive edition of Friedrich Hölderlin's complete works (the Sämtliche Werke, or Große Stuttgarter Ausgabe).
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States places Richard Wright under surveillance.
New books
Fiction
- Lars Ahlin – Tåbb with the Manifesto (Tåbb med manifestet)
- Sabahattin Ali – Madonna in a Fur Coat (Kürk Mantolu Madonna)
- Charlotte Armstrong – The Case of the Weird Sisters
- Sholem Asch – The Apostle
- Marcel Aymé – The Passer through Walls (Le Passe-muraille)
- Nigel Balchin – The Small Back Room
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer – Premalekhanam
- Vicki Baum – Hotel Berlin
- Henry Bellamann – Victoria Grandolet
- Georges Bernanos – Monsieur Ouine
- Marjorie Bowen – Airing in a Closed Carriage
- Ivan Bunin – Dark Avenues («Тёмные аллеи», Tyomnyye allei, short stories, first edition)
- Gerald Butler – Their Rainbow Had Black Edges
- Victor Canning – Green Battlefield
- John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson) – She Died A Lady
- Raymond Chandler – The Lady in the Lake
- Peter Cheyney – You Can Always Duck
- Colette – Le Képi
- Freeman Wills Crofts – The Affair at Little Wokeham
- Simone de Beauvoir – She Came to Stay (L'Invitée)
- Pierre Drieu La Rochelle – The Man on Horseback (L'Homme à cheval)
- Howard Fast – Citizen Tom Paine
- Carlo Emilio Gadda – Gli anni
- Jean Genet (anonymously) – Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs)
- Anthony Gilbert – The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball
- Robert Graves – Claudius the God
- Elizabeth Janet Gray – Adam of the Road
- Graham Greene – The Ministry of Fear
- Hermann Hesse – The Glass Bead Game (Das Glasperlenspiel)
- Anne Hocking – Nile Green
- Dorothy B. Hughes – The Blackbirder
- Michael Innes – The Weight of the Evidence
- Aleksander Kamiński (as Juliusz Górecki) – Kamienie na szaniec (Stones for the Rampart)
- C. S. Lewis – Perelandra
- Clarice Lispector – Near to the Wild Heart (Perto do coração selvagem)
- Richard Llewellyn – None but the Lonely Heart
- E. C. R. Lorac – Death Came Softly
- H. P. Lovecraft – Beyond the Wall of Sleep (collection)
- Compton Mackenzie – Keep the Home Guard Turning
- Naguib Mahfouz – Rhadopis of Nubia
- Ngaio Marsh – Colour Scheme
- Bruce Marshall – Yellow Tapers for Paris
- Gladys Mitchell
- C. L. Moore – Earth's Last Citadel
- Robert Musil (died 1942) – The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, publication concludes, uncompleted)
- Kate O'Brien – The Last of Summer
- E. Phillips Oppenheim – Mr. Mirakel
- Roger Peyrefitte – Les Amitiés particulières (Special Friendships)
- J. B. Priestley – Daylight on Saturday
- Ellery Queen – There Was an Old Woman
- Ayn Rand – The Fountainhead
- Mary Renault – The Friendly Young Ladies
- Betty Smith – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Margit Söderholm – Sunshine Follows Rain (Driver dagg faller regn)
- Cecil Street
- Antal Szerb – The Queen's Necklace (A királyné nyaklánca)
- Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Going, Going, Gone
- Proof of the Pudding
- File for Record (as Alice Tilton)
- Kylie Tennant – Ride on Stranger
- Denton Welch – Maiden Voyage
- H. G. Wells – Crux Ansata
- Dorothy Whipple – They Were Sisters
- Chancellor Williams – The Raven
- Virginia Woolf (suicide 1941) – A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
Children and young people
- Enid Blyton
- Virginia Lee Burton – The Little House
- Eleanor Estes – Rufus M.
- Roald Dahl – The Gremlins
- Esther Forbes – Johnny Tremaine
- C. S. Forester – The Ship
- Mary Norton – The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons
- Arthur Ransome – The Picts and the Martyrs
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
- Malcolm Saville – Mystery at Witch End (first in the Lone Pine series of twenty books)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder – These Happy Golden Years
Drama
- Bertolt Brecht
- The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan)
- Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei)
- Albert Camus – The Misunderstanding (Le Malentendu)
- Moss Hart – Winged Victory
- Frank Harvey – Brighton Rock
- Fritz Hochwälder – Das Heilige Experiment (The Holy Experiment, The Strong Are Lonely)
- Esther McCracken – Living Room
- Elena Miramova – Dark Eyes
- M. J. Molloy – Old Road
- Armijn Pane – Kami, Perempuan (We, the Women)
- J. B. Priestley – They Came to a City
- Terence Rattigan - While the Sun Shines
- Nelson Rodrigues – Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)
- Jean-Paul Sartre – The Flies (Les Mouches)
- Yang Jiang – As You Desire (Chenxin ruyi)
Non-fiction
- Georges Bataille – L'Expérience intérieure
- James Burnham – The Managerial Revolution
- Julius Evola – The Doctrine of Awakening (La dottrina del risveglio)
- Katharine Butler Hathaway – The Little Locksmith
- Louis Hjelmslev – Prolegomena to a Theory of Language (Omkring sprogteoriens grundlæggelse)
- C. S. Lewis – The Abolition of Man
- John Neal – Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793-1876) (edited by Harold Edward Dickson)[7]
- Reinhold Niebuhr – The Nature and Destiny of Man
- Martin Noth – Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament
- N. Porsenna – Visul Profetic (On the Prophetic Dream)
- Jean-Paul Sartre – Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique)
- J. A. Schumpeter – Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
- I. C. Vissarion – Energie mecanică în lumea în care ne găsim (Mechanic Energy for This World We Now Inhabit)
- Edna Walling – Gardens in Australia
- William Foote Whyte – Street Corner Society
- Stefan Zweig (suicide 1942) – The World of Yesterday (first English edition)
Births
- January 4
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, American political biographer
- Hwang Sok-yong, Korean novelist
- Jesús Torbado, Spanish novelist (died 2018)
- Priit Vesilind, Estonian-American author and photographer
- January 6 – Francis M. Nevins, American mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor[8][9]
- January 8 – Charles Murray, American political science writer (The Bell Curve)
- January 11 – Jim Hightower, American radio host and author
- January 13 – Lorna Sage, English scholar and biographer (died 2001)
- February 8 – Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and academic
- February 15 – Elke Heidenreich, German journalist and writer
- February 16 – Graham Lord, Rhodesian-born English literary biographer and novelist (died 2015)
- February 18 – Graeme Garden, Scottish-born writer, comedian and actor
- February 21 – Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russian fiction writer
- February 22 – Terry Eagleton, English scholar and publicist
- February 27 – Sheila Rowbotham, English feminist author[10]
- March 26 – Bob Woodward, American journalist
- April 6 – Max Clifford, English publicist
- April 17 – Gwynne Dyer, Canadian journalist
- April 22 – Louise Glück, American poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (died 2023)
- April 30 – Paul Jennings, English-born Australian children's author
- May 5 – Michael Palin, English comedy writer and television broadcaster
- May 7 – Peter Carey, Australian novelist
- May 8 – Pat Barker, English novelist
- May 20 – Justin Cartwright, South African-born novelist (died 2018)
- June 7
- Nikki Giovanni, American author, poet and educator
- Michael Pennington, English writer, actor and director
- June 10 – Simon Jenkins, English journalist
- June 15 – Xaviera Hollander, Dutch East Indies-born writer
- July 14 – Christopher Priest, English novelist
- July 16 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban writer (died 1990)
- August 2 – Rose Tremain (Rosemary Thomson), English novelist
- August 30 – Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
- September 12 – Michael Ondaatje, Ceylonese-born Canadian novelist and poet
- September 24 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer, academic and translator (died 2012)
- October 5 – Michael Morpurgo, English children's writer
- October 8 - R. L. Stine, American novelist
- October 9 – L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American fantasy and science fiction writer
- October 17 – Laila al-Othman, Kuwaiti writer
- November 5 – Sam Shepard, American playwright, writer and actor
- November 6 – Berlie Doherty (Beryl Hollingworth), English children's and young-adults' writer
- November 7 – Stephen Greenblatt, American Shakespeare scholar
- November 12 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and dramatist
- December 9 – Joanna Trollope, English novelist
- unknown dates
- Christine Evans, Welsh poet in English[11]
- Vicki Feaver, English poet and academic[12]
- Hadrawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame), Somali poet[13]
- Ebrahim Hussein, Tanzanian playwright in Swahili[14]
Deaths
- January 3 – F. M. Cornford, English classicist and poet (born 1874)
- January 9 – R. G. Collingwood, English philosopher and historian (born 1889)
- January 13 – Else Ury, German children's fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1877)
- February 1 – Lola Szereszewska, Polish-Jewish poet and journalist (born 1895)
- March 10 – Laurence Binyon, English poet and scholar (born 1869)
- March 13 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (born 1898)
- April 7 – Jovan Dučić, Herzegovina Serb poet and diplomat (born 1871)
- April 29 – Sidney Keyes, English poet (killed in action; born 1922)
- April 30 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist, economist and social reformer (born 1858)
- May 27 – Arthur Mee, English encyclopedist and writer (born 1875)
- May 29 – Guido Mazzoni, Italian poet (born 1859)
- June 17 – Annie S. Swan ('David Lyall'), Scottish novelist and journalist (born 1859)
- June 28 – Frida Uhl, Austrian writer and translator (born 1872)
- July 18 – Miyake Kaho, Japanese novelist, essayist and poet (born 1868)
- c. August 8 – Haig Acterian (Mihail), Romanian poet, dramatist and journalist (missing in action; born 1904)
- August 12 – Kurt Eggers, Nazi German writer, poet, songwriter and playwright (killed in action; born 1905)
- August 22 – Virgilio Dávila, Puerto Rican poet and politician (born 1869)
- August 24 – Simone Weil, French philosopher (born 1909)
- October 3 – Ida Lee, Australian historian and poet (born 1865)
- October 7 – Radclyffe Hall, English novelist and poet (born 1880)[15]
- November 19 – Georg Hermann, German fiction writer (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1871)
- November 27 – Louis Esson, Australian poet and playwright (born 1878)
- November 30 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch correspondent and diarist (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; born 1914)
- December 2
- Drummond Allison, English poet (killed in action; born 1921)[16]
- Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet and author (born 1902)
- December 22 – Beatrix Potter, English children's writer and illustrator (born 1866)[17]
Awards
- Frost Medal: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Mary Lavin, Tales from Bective Bridge
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: G. G. Coulton, Fourscore Years
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Elizabeth Janet Gray, Adam of the Road
- Nobel Prize for literature: not awarded
- Prix Goncourt: Marius Grout, Passage de l'Homme[18]
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Frost: A Witness Tree
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Upton Sinclair – Dragon's Teeth
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- ^ Leslie A. Sprout (25 May 2013). The Musical Legacy of Wartime France. Univ of California Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-520-27530-0.
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- ^ Robert Greacen (1994). The Only Emperor. Lapwing Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-898472-11-7.
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