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*[[Random House]], book publishers, is founded in [[New York City]] by [[Bennett Cerf]] and [[Donald Klopfer]]. |
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==Births== |
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*[[January 8]] - [[Charles Tomlinson]], British poet |
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*[[February 1]] - [[Galway Kinnell]], American poet |
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*[[February 21]] - [[Erma Bombeck]], American humorist (d. 1996) |
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*[[May 25]] - [[Robert Ludlum]], American novelist (d. 2001) |
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*[[July 4]] - [[Neil Simon]], American playwright |
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*[[August 23]] - [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch author & illustrator |
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*[[September 30]] - [[W. S. Merwin]], American poet |
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*[[October 16]] - [[Günter Grass]], German novelist |
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*[[December 13]] - [[James Wright (poet)|James Wright]], American poet (d. 1980) |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[March 18]] - [[Philip Wicksteed]], theologian and critic |
*[[March 18]] - [[Philip Wicksteed]], theologian and critic |
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*[[March 31]] - [[Mabel Collins]], theosophist author |
*[[March 31]] - [[Mabel Collins]], British theosophist & author (b. 1851) |
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*[[April 16]] - [[Gaston Leroux]], novelist |
*[[April 16]] - [[Gaston Leroux]], French novelist (b. 1868) |
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*[[May 25]] - [[Henri Hubert]], sociologist |
*[[May 25]] - [[Henri Hubert]], French sociologist (b. 1872) |
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*[[May 29]] - [[Georges Eekhoud]], novelist |
*[[May 29]] - [[Georges Eekhoud]], Belgian novelist (b. 1854) |
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*[[June 1]] - [[J. B. Bury]], historian |
*[[June 1]] - [[J. B. Bury]], Irish historian (b. 1861) |
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*[[June 14]] - [[Jerome K. Jerome]], humorous writer |
*[[June 14]] - [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English humorous writer (b. 1859) |
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*[[July 5]] - [[Lesbia Harford]], poet |
*[[July 5]] - [[Lesbia Harford]], Australian poet (b. 1891) |
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*[[August 13]] - [[James Oliver Curwood]], American |
*[[August 13]] - [[James Oliver Curwood]], American novelist & conservationist (b. 1878) |
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*[[September 14]] - [[Hugo Ball]], poet |
*[[September 14]] - [[Hugo Ball]], German poet (b. 1886) |
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**[[Ricardo Güiraldes]], novelist |
**[[Ricardo Güiraldes]], Argentine novelist & poet (b. 1886) |
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**[[Mary Webb]], novelist |
**[[Mary Webb]], Engligh novelist (b. 1881) |
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*[[December 5]] - [[Fyodor Sologub]], dramatist |
*[[December 5]] - [[Fyodor Sologub]], Russian dramatist & essayist (b. 1863) |
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**[[Adolfo León Gómez]], poet |
**[[Adolfo León Gómez]], Colombian poet (b. 1857) |
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**[[Alfred Remy]], philologist |
**[[Alfred Remy]], American philologist & music writer (b. 1870) |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Francis Brett Young]], ''The Portrait of Clare'' |
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*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography:[[H. A. L. Fisher]], ''[[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|James Bryce]], Viscount Bryce of Dechmont, O.M.'' |
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*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Will James (artist)|Will James]], ''[[Smoky the Cow Horse]]'' |
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*[[Nobel Prize for Literature]]: [[Henri Bergson]] |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Paul Green (playwright)|Paul Green]], ''In Abraham's Bosom'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Leonora Speyer]], ''Fiddler's Farewell'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]]: [[Louis Bromfield]], ''[[Early Autumn]]'' |
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The year 1927 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
- Random House, book publishers, is founded in New York City by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer.
New books
- James Boyd - Marching On
- Nan Britton - The President's Daughter
- Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Outlaw of Torn
- James Branch Cabell - Something About Eve
- Willa Cather - Death Comes for the Archbishop
- Blaise Cendrars - La Confession de Dan Yack
- Agatha Christie - The Big Four
- Jaime de Angulo - The Lariat
- Mazo de la Roche - Jalna
- Franklin W. Dixon - The Tower Treasure
- Arthur Conan Doyle - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
- David Garnett - Go She Must!
- Julien Green - The Closed Garden
- Ernest Hemingway - Hills Like White Elephants
- Will James - Smoky the Cowhorse
- James Weldon Johnson - God's Trombones
- Franz Kafka - Amerika
- Sinclair Lewis - Elmer Gantry
- A. A. Milne - Now We Are Six
- Vilhelm Moberg - Raskens
- Yury Olesha - Envy
- Baroness Orczy - Sir Percy Hits Back
- Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time (final instalment)
- Waverley Lewis Root - King of the Jews
- Upton Sinclair - Oil!
- B. Traven - Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
- Sigrid Undset
- S. S. Van Dine - The Canary Murder Case
- Thornton Wilder - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse
- Arnold Zweig - Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (The Case of Sergeant Grischa)
New drama
- Bertolt Brecht - In The Jungle of Cities (in its final version)
- Federico García Lorca - Mariana Pineda
- Jim Tully - Twenty Below
Poetry
- Robert Desnos - La liberté ou l'amour!
- Allama Iqbal - Zabur-i-Ajam (Persian Psalms)
Non-fiction
- John Dewey - Philosophy and Civilization
- J. W. Dunne - An Experiment with Time
- E. M. Forster - Aspects of the Novel
- Sigmund Freud - The Future of an Illusion (Die Zukunft einer Illusion)
- Martin Heidegger - Being and Time (Sein und Zeit)
- T. E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Bertrand Russell - An Outline of Philosophy
- Helen Waddell - The Wandering Scholars
Births
- January 8 - Charles Tomlinson, British poet
- February 1 - Galway Kinnell, American poet
- February 21 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)
- May 25 - Robert Ludlum, American novelist (d. 2001)
- July 4 - Neil Simon, American playwright
- August 23 - Dick Bruna, Dutch author & illustrator
- September 30 - W. S. Merwin, American poet
- October 16 - Günter Grass, German novelist
- December 13 - James Wright, American poet (d. 1980)
Deaths
- March 18 - Philip Wicksteed, theologian and critic
- March 31 - Mabel Collins, British theosophist & author (b. 1851)
- April 16 - Gaston Leroux, French novelist (b. 1868)
- May 25 - Henri Hubert, French sociologist (b. 1872)
- May 29 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian novelist (b. 1854)
- June 1 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
- June 14 - Jerome K. Jerome, English humorous writer (b. 1859)
- July 5 - Lesbia Harford, Australian poet (b. 1891)
- August 13 - James Oliver Curwood, American novelist & conservationist (b. 1878)
- September 14 - Hugo Ball, German poet (b. 1886)
- October 8
- Ricardo Güiraldes, Argentine novelist & poet (b. 1886)
- Mary Webb, Engligh novelist (b. 1881)
- December 5 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian dramatist & essayist (b. 1863)
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- Adolfo León Gómez, Colombian poet (b. 1857)
- Alfred Remy, American philologist & music writer (b. 1870)
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Francis Brett Young, The Portrait of Clare
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:H. A. L. Fisher, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce of Dechmont, O.M.
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Will James, Smoky the Cow Horse
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Henri Bergson
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Paul Green, In Abraham's Bosom
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Leonora Speyer, Fiddler's Farewell
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Louis Bromfield, Early Autumn