See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• The Able McLaughlins - Margaret Wilson
• The Art Spirit - Robert Henri
• Cane - Jean Toomer
• La Coscienza di Zeno - Italo Svevo
• Deirdre - James Stephens
• Faint Perfume - Zona Gale
• The Great Roxhythe – Georgette Heyer
• Harmonium - Wallace Stevens
• The House at Pooh Corner - A.A. Milne
• The Inimitable Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
• Knock - Jules Romains
• A Lost Lady - Willa Cather
• Love and the Philosopher - Marie Corelli
• Many Marriages - Sherwood Anderson
• Men Like Gods - H. G. Wells
• New Hampshire - Robert Frost
• Riceyman Steps - Arnold Bennett
• Seven Trails - Max Brand
• The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
• The Woman of Knockaloe - Hall Caine

Margaret Wilson (1882-1973) was an American novelist. ... Robert Henri, by Gertrude Kasebier (1900) Snow in New York 1902, oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Robert Henri (June 25, 1865 - July 12, 1929) was an American painter notable for his teaching and leadership of the Ashcan School movement in art. ... Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894–March 30, 1967) was a poet, novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ... La Coscienza di Zeno (Confessions of Zeno, Conscience of Zeno, or Zenos Conscience) is an Italian novel by Italo Svevo. ... Aron Ettore Schmitz (December 19, 1861 – September 13, 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian Jewish businessman and author of novels, plays, and short stories, who converted to Roman Catholicism after marrying Livia Veneziani. ... James Stephens (February 9, 1882–December 26, 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. ... Zona Gale (August 26, 1874-1938) was an American writer. ... Georgette Heyer, (pronounced hair), (August 16, 1902 – July 4, 1974) was a historical romance and detective story novelist. ... This article is on the musical instrument; for information on other kinds of harmonia, see harmonium (disambiguation). ... Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American Modernist poet. ... The House at Pooh Corner (1928) is the second volume of stories about Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne. ... Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 _ January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, is an English author best known for his books about the talking stuffed bear; Winnie the Pooh and for various childrens poems, some of which also feature Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. ... The Inimitable Jeeves is a collection of eleven Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse. ... P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (pronounced WOOD-house) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Jules Romains, real name Louis-henri-jean Farigoule (August 26, 1885 - August 14, 1972) is a French author and the founder of unanimism. ... Willa Cathers A Lost Lady was first published in 1923. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. ... Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 - April 21, 1924), was a British novelist. ... Many Marriages is a 1923 Sherwood Anderson novel, largely plotless and considered by many to be the beginning of his decline as a writer. ... Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. ... H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Time Machine. ... New Hampshire is a 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of poems written by Robert Frost. ... Portrait of Frost c. ... Riceyman Steps- Cover of 1991 Penguin edition Riceyman Steps is the title of a novel by British novelist Arnold Bennett, first published in 1923. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... Frederick Schiller Faust May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944 was an American western fiction author. ... The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Loftings Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. ... Hugh John Lofting (Maidenhead, Berkshire, England January 14, 1886 - Topanga, California September 26, 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle - one of the classics of childrens literature. ... 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. ...

New drama

• Elmer Rice - The Adding Machine
• George Bernard Shaw - Saint Joan

Elmer Rice photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Elmer Rice (1892 - 1967) was an early 20th century Jewish-American playwright. ... The Adding Machine was a 1923 play by Elmer Rice, and is generally considered to be the first American Expressionist play. ... George Bernard Shaw (George) Bernard Shaw[1] (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and the Academy Award in 1938 for Pygmalion. ... Saint Joan is a 1923 play by G. Bernard Shaw that he wrote shortly after the Roman Catholic Church canonized Joan of Arc. ...

Poetry

• William Carlos Williams - Go Go; Spring and All
• E.e.cummings - Tulips and Chimneys
• Sukumar Ray - Abol Tabol

William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with Modernism and Imagism. ... Alternate meanings: See Go go (disambiguation) Go Go is a form of funk music which arose in the 1980s in Washington D.C.. In the late 1970s, funk had gone electronic, influenced by then popular disco acts, and began using drum machines, synthesizers and other instruments that many purists derided. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962) was an American poet and writer. ... Tulips and Chimneys is a collection of poetry by E. E. Cummings, published in 1926. ... A well-known photo of Sukumar Ray Sukumar Ray (Bangla:সুকুমার রায়) (1887-1923) was a Bengali nonsense poet, story writer and playwrite. ... Abol tabol (Weird and random) is a collection of poems and rhymes by Sukumar Ray. ...

Births

• January 6 - Jacobo Timerman, writer (d. 1999)
• January 10 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer (d. 1986)
• January 16 - Anthony Hecht, poet (d. 2004)
• January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky, writer (d. 1981)
• January 31 - Norman Mailer, writer and journalist
• February 2 - James Dickey, poet, author (d. 1997)
• February 9 - Brendan Behan, author (d. 1964)
• March 30 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
• May 1 - Joseph Heller, novelist (d. 1999)
• May 21 - Dorothy Hewett, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2002)

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacobo ben Nathan Timerman (January 6, 1923 - November 11, 1999) was a publisher and author. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony Ivan Hecht, (January 16, 1923-October 20, 2004), was an American poet. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned from the golden age of American live television in the 1950s to have a successful career as a playwright and screenwriter for Hollywood. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist,journalist, playwright,screen writer and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States poet and novelist. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Brendan Francis Behan (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (February 9, 1923 - March 20, 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... Milton Acorn (March 30, 1923 - August 20, 1986), nicknamed The Peoples Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic Catch-22. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Dorothy Coade Hewett, (May 21, 1923 – August 25, 2002), was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist, and playwright. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Deaths

• January 3 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
• January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, writer (b. 1888)

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek ( ) (IPA: ) (April 30, 1883 – January 3, 1923) was a Czech humorist and satirist who became well-known mainly for his world-famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I, which has been translated... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Katherine Mansfield (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp October 14, 1888 in New Zealand; died January 9, 1923) was a famous author. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Awards

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize: Arnold Bennett, Riceyman Steps
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle
• Nobel Prize for Literature: William Butler Yeats
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Owen Davis, Icebound
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay: The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs from Thistles: Eight Sonnets in American Poetry, 1922. A Miscellany
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Willa Cather - One of Ours