The year 1914 in literature involved some significant events and new books. This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... The table of years in literature is a tabular display of all years in literature, for overview and quick navigation to any year. ... See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1904 in literature, other events of 1905, 1906 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1905 in literature, other events of 1906, 1907 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1906 in literature, other events of 1907, 1908 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1907 in literature, other events of 1908, 1909 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1909 in literature, other events of 1910, 1911 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1911 in literature, other events of 1912, 1913 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1912 in literature, other events of 1913, 1914 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1914 in literature, other events of 1915, 1916 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1915 in literature, other events of 1916, 1917 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1916 in literature, other events of 1917, 1918 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1917 in literature, other events of 1918, 1919 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1919 in literature, other events of 1920, 1921 in literature, List of years in literature. ... See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Britain establishes six copyright libraries to which copies of all books published in the country must be sent: Bodleian Library (Oxford); British Library (London); National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh); National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth); Trinity College, Dublin; and Cambridge University Library. ... // H. E. Monro edits The Poetry Review, journal of the Poetry Recital Society Harriet Munroe founds Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in Chicago (with Ezra Pound as foreign editor); in 1912 she described its policy this way: Ezra Pound, during a meeting with his one-time fiancee Hilda Doolittle in... // Ezra Pound in 1913 Harold Monro founds the Poetry Bookshop in London Ezra Pound travels to London to meet William Butler Yeats, whom he considered the only poet worthy of serious study; from that year until 1916, the two men wintered in the Stone Cottage at Ashdown Forest, with Pound... // The cover of the first edition of BLAST March — The Little Review founded by Margaret Caroline Anderson as part of Chicagos literary renaissance July 2 — BLAST, a short-lived journal of the Vorticist movement, is founded with the publication of the first of its total of two editions The... // The poem Into Battle is published in The Times a few weeks before its author, Julian Grenfell, is killed in battle. ... // July 14 — At the first public soiree at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland, Hugo Ball recited the first Dada manifesto (see text). ... // The Egoist Wilfred Owen, a soldier in World War I, writes Dulce et Decorum Est (published posthumously in 1921). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Face The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 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See also: 1913 in art, other events of 1914, 1915 in art, list of years in art // Events The Baltimore Museum of Art is founded at Johns Hopkins University. ... 1914 in archaeology. ... See also: 1913 in architecture, other events of 1914, 1915 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1913 in music, other events of 1914, 1915 in music and the list of years in music. // Events October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchiellis La Gioconda. ... See also: Other events of 1914 List of years in science . ...

Events

• The literature of World War I makes its first appearance.
• November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
• George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).
• Thomas Hardy married Florence Dugdale.
• Hilaire Belloc becomes editor of Land and Water.
• 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.) 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…."

World War I has inspired great novels, drama and poetry. ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see the New Republic disambiguation page. ... A portrait of George Moore by Édouard Manet George Augustus Moore (February 24, 1852 - January 21, 1933) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. ... See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) — an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement — delineated characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. ... Photograph of Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. ... Land and Water was a British weekly journal published from 1914 to 1920, edited by the well-known Catholic writer Hillaire Belloc and devoted to the progress of the First World War and the events in its immediate aftermath. ... Charles Russell in 1911 Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), known as Pastor Russell, was an American evangelist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who founded what is known as the Bible Student movement. ...

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. 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

The Laughing Dragon of Oz, see Frank Joslyn Baum . ... Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... 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 (May 29, 1874–June 14, 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 Dreiser, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. ... The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser in 1914. ... James Elroy Flecker (November 5, 1884- January 3, 1915) was an English poet, novelist and playwright. ... Anatole France (April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ... Notes of a Son and Brother is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1914. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... For the Irish folk band, see The Dubliners. ... Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16 [O.S. December 4] 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. ... The Adventures of Kathlyn is an American motion picture serial released on December 29, 1913 by the Selig Polyscope Company. ... Benjamin Franklin Norris (5 March 1870, Chicago – 25 October 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. ... Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ... Set in Holland in 1623/1624, The Laughing Cavalier revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel who goes by the name Diogenes. ... Raymond Roussel (Paris, January 20, 1877–Palermo, July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, and probable suicide. ... Locus Solus is a 1914 French novel by Raymond Roussel. ... Saki (December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) was the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. ... Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. ... When William Came is a novel written by British author Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) and published in 1914. ... Carl Sandburg in 1955 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. ... Natsume Soseki on the former 1000 yen note. ... Kokoro (こころ, in kanji 心) is a novel by Natsume Soseki. ... Robert Tressell was a pen name used by Robert Noonan (April 17, 1870–February 3, 1911) for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. ... The only work of Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is regarded as one of the most important novels concerning the class war in Britain at the turn of the 20th century. ... Mary Augusta Ward Huxley and Arnold family tree. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. ... Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1914 play by Harry Leon Wilson, made into a movie several times, mostly famously in 1935. ...

Non-fiction

• Hall Caine — King Albert's Book,

Sir Hall Caine (May 14, 1853 - August 31, 1931) was a British novelist and playwright born Thomas Henry Hall Caine at Runcorn, Cheshire, England and educated in Liverpool. ...

Poetry

• Robert Frost North of Boston

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ...

Births

• February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (d. 1997)
• March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (d. 1994)
• March 28 - Bohumil Hrabal, author (d. 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. 1980)
• June 15 - Lena Kennedy, novelist (d. 1986)
• June 17 - Julián Marías, philosopher and author (d.. 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. 1953)
• December 12 - Patrick O'Brian, historical novelist
• date unknown
  • Leah Bodine Drake, poet (d. 1964)
  • John Masters, novelist
  • Norman Nicholson, poet

is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs (pronounced ), was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913[1] – April 16, 1994) was a scholar and writer. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bohumil Hrabal (March 28, 1914, Brno - February 3, 1997, Prague) was a famous Czech writer. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet, diplomat, and 1990 Nobel Prize winner for literature Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American writer. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Photograph of Jarrell in 1956 Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 - October 15, 1965), was a United States author, writer and poet. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Romain Gary (May 8, 1914 – December 2, 1980) was a French novelist, film director, World War II pilot, and diplomat. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lena Kennedy (June 15, 1914 - 1986), was an English author. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Laurence Edward Alan Laurie Lee, MBE (June 26, 1914 – May 13, 1997) was an English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, raised in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hammond Innes (July 15, 1914 – June 10, 1998) was an English author who wrote over thirty novels, as well as childrens and travel books. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gavin Maxwell (July 15, 1914 - September 6, 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tove Marika Jansson ( ; August 9, 1914 – June 27, 2001) was a Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Patrick OBrian (December 12, 1914 – January 2, 2000; original name Richard Patrick Russ) was a novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on the friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey and an Irish–Catalan... Leah Bodine Drake (1914 – November 21, 1964) was an American poet, editor and critic. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... John Masters (1914–1983) was an English officer in the British Indian Army and novelist. ... Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson, (January 8, 1914 – May 30, 1987), was an English poet, known for his association with the Cumberland town of Millom. ...

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

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 Self-portrait Sir John Tenniel (February 28, 1820 – February 25, 1914) was an English illustrator. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) – believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 - March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait of Paul Heyse, by Adolph von Menzel Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (March 15, 1830 - April 2, 1914) was a distinguished German author. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Edith Maude Eaton, born March 15, 1865 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England - died April 7, 1914 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was an author best known under the Chinese pseudonym, Sui Sin Far. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Aldis Wright (1831-1914) was an English writer and editor. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner), (9 June 1843 in Prague, [then in Austrian Empire] - 21 June 1914 in Vienna, (then in Austria-Hungary), born as Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, and was the first woman to... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alain Fournier (1943-2000) was a computer graphics researcher. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Georg Trakl A poem by Trakl inscribed on a plaque in Mirabell Garden, Salzburg. ... Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katherine Harris Bradley (1848 - 1914) and her niece and ward Emma Edith Cooper (1862 - 1913). ... Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving (1871-1914) was an English dramatist and novelist. ... Charlotte Forten Bridges Grimké (17 August 1837–1914) was an American antislavery activist, poet, educator and abolitionist. ...

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded