See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• After The Storm - Annie Greene Nelson
• And Now Tomorrow - Rachel Field
• Black Alibi - Cornell Woolrich
• Black Lamb and Grey Falcon - Rebecca West
• Cross Creek - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• David - Earl Birney
• Floods of Spring - Henry Bellamann
• Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier
• The Matchlock Gun - Walter D. Edmonds
• Picketing Hell - Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
• The Last Time I Saw Paris - Elliot Paul
• The Poky Little Puppy - Janette Sebring Lowrey
• The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas
• The Stranger (L'Étranger) - Albert Camus
• The Strong City - Taylor Caldwell
• To Be a Pilgrim - Joyce Cary
• West with the Night - Beryl Markham

Jump to: navigation, search After The Storm is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Monica, released in the United States on June 17, 2003 (see 2003 in music) on J Records. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rachel Field (born September 19, 1894; died March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and author of childrens fiction. ... Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (December 4, 1903 - September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... Dame Rebecca West, DBE was the pseudonym of Cecily (or Cicily) Isabel Fairfield (December 21, 1892- March 15, 1983), a British-Irish feminist and writer famous for her novels and for her relationship with H. G. Wells. ... Cross Creek is a 1983 film with Rip Torn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 13, 1953) is an American author who lived in remote rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. ... Frenchmans Creek is a 1942 historical novel by Daphne du Maurier. ... Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE (May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was one of the most successful Cornish novelists of all time. ... In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy. ... Walter Wat Dumaux Edmonds (July 15, 1903 - January 24, 1998) was an American author noted for his historical novels, including the popular Drums Along the Mohawk of 1936 which was later made into a movie. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. ... Elliot Harold Paul (February 10, 1891-April 7, 1958), was an American journalist and author. ... The Poky Little Puppy is a childrens book written by Janette Sebring Lowrey and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. ... The Robe, a 1952 historical novel featuring the Crucifixion, written by Lloyd C. Douglas, is more familiar as a 1953 Biblical epic film which tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. ... Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. ... The Stranger, also translated as The Outsider, (the original French version is called LÉtranger) (1942) is a novel by Albert Camus. ... Jump to: navigation, search Albert Camus Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries (with Jean-Paul Sartre) of existentialism. ... Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. ... Time magazine cover featuring Joyce Cary, October 20, 1952 This article is about the male author Joyce Cary. ... Beryl Markham (October 26, 1902 - August 3, 1986), was a British author and adventurer. ...

Births

• January 31 - Derek Jarman, director, writer (+ 1994)
• March 2 - John Irving, novelist
• April 1 - Samuel R. Delany, novelist and critic
• April 4 - Kitty Kelley, journalist and biographer
• April 6 - Barry Levinson, screenwriter, director and producer
• July 17 - Tim Brooke-Taylor, comedy writer and actor
• August 2 - Isabel Allende, novelist
• August 7 - Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days author
• October 23 - Michael Crichton, author
• October 23 - Douglas Dunn, poet
• December 6 - Peter Handke, Austrian novelist
• date unknown - Gladys Cardiff, poet
• date unknown - Craig Thomas, novelist

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 - February 19, 1994) was a British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name). ... Jump to: navigation, search April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Samuel Ray Chip Delany, Jr. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Author Kitty Kelley Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling biographies of celebrities and politicians--which have led to her international--and controversial--reputation as the first lady of the unauthorized biography genre. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor Photo: April 2000 Tim Brooke-Taylor (born July 17, 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio, and as one of the panel members of the comedy radio show Im Sorry I... Jump to: navigation, search August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search Isabel Allende Isabel Allende Llona (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer whose books have been translated into many languages. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor (born Gary Edward Keillor on August 7, 1942) is an American author, humorist, musician, and radio personality. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Crichton Dr. John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942, pronounced )) is an author, film producer and television producer. ... Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE, (born October 23, 1942) is a Scottish poet, academic and critic. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Handke (born December 6, 1942) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright. ... Gladys Cardiff (born 1942) is a poet and academic, with interests in Native American, African American and American literature. ... Craig David Thomas (born 1942) is a Welsh author of thrillers, notably the Mitchell Gant series. ...

Deaths

• April 24 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables novelist
• June - Moses Annenberg, publisher
• September 19 - Condé Nast, magazine publisher
• October 20 - Friedrich Münzer, classical scholar
• date unknown - Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, Greyfriars Bobby author

Jump to: navigation, search April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery, also known as simply L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... Jump to: navigation, search June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... Moses Annenberg (1877-1942) was a major U.S. newspaper publisher, who purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1936. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... Condé Montrose Nast, born March 26, 1873 in New York City, United States, died there on September 19, 1942, was the founder of Condé Nast Publications, a major American magazine publisher. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... Friedrich Münzer (22 April 1868 - 20 October 1942) was a German classical scholar noted for the development of prosopography, particularly for his demonstrations of how family relationships in ancient Rome connected to political struggles. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863-1942) was an American author, journalist and teacher. ...

Awards

• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Walter D. Edmonds, The Matchlock Gun
• Nobel Prize for literature: not awarded
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Rose Benet, The Dust Which Is God
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life