Literature year 1906

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Overview of the literary years
Further events

Events

prose

Robert Musil's first novel The Confusions of the Zöglings Törless is published.
Josefine Mutzenbacher
Under the wheel : Hermann Hesse
Andreas Vöst : Ludwig Thoma
The jungle : Upton Sinclair
The wonderful journey of little Nils Holgersson with the wild geese : Selma Lagerlöf
The divine and the human and Kornej Wasiljew : Lev Tolstoy
Rainer Maria Rilke's 1899 story Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke is published.

drama

November 20 : Under the direction of Max Reinhardt , the premiere of Frank Wedekind's drama Spring Awakening takes place at the Berlin Kammerspiele , which he completed in 1891.

November 24 : The drama enemies of Maxim Gorky is directed by Victor Barnowsky premiered at the Little Theater in Berlin. The piece, which is banned from performance in Russia, will also be banned in Germany after the last performance on December 7th .

Awards ceremonies

The Italian Giosuè Carducci received the Nobel Prize for Literature “not only in recognition of his rich scholarship and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the plastic energy, the freshness of style and the lyrical power that distinguish his poetic masterpieces” .

Born

First half of the year

January 5 : Matsumoto Takashi , Japanese writer († 1956 )
January 6 : Eberhard Wolfgang Möller , German writer and playwright († 1972 )
January 9 : Karl Bruckner , Austrian writer († 1982 )
January 22 : Robert E. Howard , American fantasy writer († 1936 )
January 27 : Karl Ludwig Gerok , German organist, composer and author († 1975 )
January 30th : Carl Merz , Austrian cabaret artist and writer († 1979 )
February 2 : Felix Lützkendorf , German screenwriter († 1990 )
February 8 : Henry Roth , American writer († 1995 )
February 9 : André Kostolany , American financial expert, journalist and writer († 1999 )
February 27 : Erich Kern , Austrian writer and publicist († 1991 )
March 9 : Heinz Rein , German writer († 1991 )
March 16 : Francisco Ayala , Spanish writer and sociologist († 2009 )
March 26 : Herbert Günther , German writer and poet († 1978 )
March 31 : Vinzenz Erath , German narrator († 1976 )
April 13 : Samuel Beckett , Irish writer, Nobel Prize for Literature († 1989 )
April 27 : Hermann Mörchen , German philosopher, religious and literary scholar († 1990 )
April 28 : Pierre Boileau , French crime novelist († 1989 )
May 16 : Arturo Uslar Pietri , Venezuelan writer, diplomat and politician († 2001 )
May 19 : Gerd Bucerius , German publisher and politician († 1995 )
May 29 : Terence Hanbury White , English writer († 1964 )
June 12 : Sandro Penna , Italian poet and storyteller († 1977 )
June 20 : Stanley Burnshaw , American poet, critic, publisher, editor and author († 2005 )
June 22nd : Billy Wilder , American screenwriter, director and producer († 2002 )
June 23 : Wolfgang Koeppen , German writer († 1996 )
June 24th : Hans Jaray , Austrian chamber actor, director and author († 1990 )
June 26 : Stefan Andres , German writer († 1970 )
June 27 : Vernon Phillips Watkins , Welsh poet († 1967 )
June 27 : Catherine Cookson , British writer († 1998 )

Second half of the year

July 2 : Jan Petersen , German writer († 1969 )
July 18 : Clifford Odets , American playwright and actor († 1963 )
July 26 : Leonhard Jansen , German writer († 1995 )
August 10 : Herybert Menzel , German poet and writer († 1945 )
August 15 : Clemens Laar , German writer († 1960 )
August 28 : Louis Parrot , French poet, essayist, journalist and translator († 1948 )
August 30 : Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford , British historian, journalist and writer († 2002 )
September 1 : Joaquín Balaguer , writer and head of state of the Dominican Republic († 2002 )
September 4 : Wayne D. Overholser , American western writer († 1996 )
September 5 : Peter Mieg , Swiss composer, painter and writer († 1990 )
September 19 : Carla Hansen , Danish writer († 2001 )
September 20 : Ishizuka Tomoji , Japanese writer († 1986 )
September 25 : Madeleine Bourdouxhe , Belgian writer († 1996 )
September 29 : Henry Nash Smith , American cultural and literary scholar († 1986 )
September 30th : Michael Innes , Scottish crime novelist († 1994 )
October 10 : Klaus Mehnert , German scientist and writer († 1984 )
October 10 : RK Narayan , English-speaking Indian writer († 2001 )
October 12 : Julio Tahier , Argentine writer and director († 2004 )
October 14 : Hannah Arendt , Jewish, German-American political theorist and publicist († 1975 )
October 14 : Hubertus Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg , German politician and journalist († 1984 )
October 16 : Dino Buzzati , Italian writer († 1972 )
October 16 : León Klimovsky , Argentinian director and screenwriter († 1996 )
October 20 : Sakaguchi Ango , Japanese narrator and essayist († 1955 )
October 29 : Franziska Bilek , German draftsman and caricaturist († 1991 )
October 31 : Lilo Linke , German writer and reporter († 1963 )
November 2 : Luchino Visconti , Italian writer, theater and film director († 1976 )
November 4 : Sterling North , American writer († 1974 )
November 16 : Henri Charrière , French writer († 1973 )
November 18 : Sait Faik , Turkish writer († 1954 )
November 18 : Klaus Mann , German writer († 1949 )
November 23 : Karl Otto Paetel , German journalist and publicist, National Bolshevik († 1975 )
November 28 : Dmitri Sergejewitsch Lichatschow , Russian philologist and Slavist († 1999 )
November 30th : John Dickson Carr , American crime novelist († 1977 )
December 7th : Eduard Zak , Austrian writer, translator and critic († 1979 )
December 7th : Erika Fuchs , German translator († 2005 )
December 10 : Itō Shizuo , Japanese lyric poet († 1953 )
December 13 : Laurens van der Post , South African writer († 1996 )
December 14 : Helmut Bornefeld , German church musician, composer, organ expert, graphic artist and author († 1990 )
December 20 : Léopold Sédar Senghor , Senegalese poet and politician († 2001 )
December 24th : Wolfgang Kayser , German philologist and literary scholar († 1960 )

Died

January 8 : Édouard Blau , French librettist and writer (* 1836 )
February 9 : Paul Laurence Dunbar , American writer and poet (* 1872 )
February 10 : Anton Hermann Albrecht , German Protestant theologian and poet (* 1835 )
February 19 : Wilhelm Heyd , German librarian and historian (* 1823 )
March 1 : Moritz Heyne , German Germanist and lexicographer (* 1837 )
March 10 : Eugen Richter , German politician (* 1838 )
March 17 : Konrad Beyer , German poet and literary historian (* 1834 )
April 6 : Alexander Lange Kielland , Norwegian author (* 1849 )
April 11 : Francis Pharcellus Church , American journalist, editor and publisher (* 1839 )
May 9 : Fritz Stavenhagen , Low German playwright (* 1876 )
May 20 : Claire von Glümer , German writer and translator (* 1825 )
May 23 : Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian writer and playwright (* 1828 )
June 11 : Heinrich Hart , German writer and naturalistic literary and theater critic (* 1855 )
June 29 : Albert Sorel , French writer (* 1842 )
June 30th : Jean Lorrain , French poet and writer of symbolism (* 1855 )
July 24 : Ferdinand von Saar , Austrian writer, playwright and lyric poet (* 1833 )
September 22nd : Oscar Levertin , Swedish writer (* 1862 )
November 4 : Ernst Förstemann , German archivist, librarian and historian (* 1822 )
November 7th : Heinrich Seidel , German engineer and writer (* 1842 )
November 20 : Jakob Julius David , Austrian journalist and writer (* 1859 )

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