See also: 1914 in literature, other events of 1915, 1916 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1915 in literature, other events of 1916, 1917 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Russian poet Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), published his first book of poems titled "Radumitsa."
• In Flanders Fields is written by Canadian poet John McCrae.

Sergei Yesenin Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled Esenin (Russian: Сергей Александрович Есенин; October 3, 1895 – December 28, 1925) was a famous Russian lyrical poet. ... Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance In Flanders Fields is one of the most famous poems about World War I, in the form of a French rondeau. ... Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, doctor, author and artist and soldier during World War I, who wrote the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields. McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, attending the Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute. ...

New books

• The Forged Note - Oscar Micheaux
• The Genius - Theodore Dreiser
• The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
• Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - T.S. Eliot
• The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
• North of Boston - Robert Frost
• Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham
• The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
• The Song of the Lark - Willa Cather

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 Good Soldier is a 1915 novel by Ford Madox Ford. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. ... Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860–August 17, 1935) was a prominent feminist writer. ... The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Composed February 1910 - July 1911) is the main poem in the book Prufrock and Other Observations published by T. S. Eliot in 1917, which marked the start of his career as a writer. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Metamorphosis - First edition 1915 Illustration: Ottomar Starke The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung) is a novella (a work of middling length between a short story and a novel) written by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The... -1... Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ... Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by William Somerset Maugham. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... The Rainbow was a 1915 novel by British author D.H. Lawrence. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... The Song of the Lark is the third book by American author Willa Cather. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent female American authors. ...

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Romain Rolland (French)

The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Romain Rolland (January 29, 1866 - December 30, 1944) was a French writer. ...

Births

• March 18 - Richard Condon, novelist
• June 7 - Graham Ingels, comic-book artist
• July 1 - Alun Lewis, war poet
• July 7 - Margaret Walker, poet and novelist
• July 14 - Jerome Lawrence, dramatist
• July 31 - Herbert Aptheker, historian
• August 19 - Ring Lardner Jr., journalist and scriptwriter, one of the "Hollywood Ten"
• November 8 - G. S. Fraser, poet and critic
• December 22 - David Martin, poet
• December 27 - John Cornford, poet

March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Richard Thomas Condon (born March 18, 1915 in New York, New York; died April 9, 1996 in Dallas, Texas), was a satirical novelist best known for conspiratorial tales such as The Manchurian Candidate. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Graham Ingels (June 7, 1915- April 4, 1991) was a comic-book artist best known for his work at the EC Comics company in the 1950s, notably on the Al Feldstein-edited horror titles The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror and Tales from the Crypt. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Alun Lewis (July 1, 1915 - March 5, 1944), was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915-November 30, 1998) was an American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Jerome Lawrence Schwartz (July 14, 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio - February 29, 2004 in Malibu, California) was an American playwright. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... Herbert Aptheker Herbert Aptheker (July 31, 1915 - March 17, 2003) was an internationally known U.S. Marxist historian and political activist. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ring Lardner Jr. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... George Sutherland Fraser (8 November 1915 - 3 January 1980) was a Scottish poet and literary critic, and academic. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... David Martin (22 December 1915 - 1 July 1997), known as a Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary (then part of Austro-Hungary). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Rupert John Cornford (27 December 1915 – 28 December 1936) was an English poet and communist. ...

Deaths

• January 3 - James Elroy Flecker, poet, novelist and dramatist
• February 4 - Mary Elizabeth Braddon, novelist
• May 26 - Julian Grenfell, war poet
• November 15 - Booker T. Washington, writer and educator