Literature year 1909

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Literature year 1909
Selma Lagerlöf receives the Nobel Prize for Literature .	Thomas Mann completes the novel Royal Highness .

Events

futurism

The futuristic manifesto in Le Figaro

February 20 : The Italian writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes his futuristic manifesto in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro , thereby founding futurism .

prose

February: Thomas Mann completes the novel Royal Highness after four years of work . The work, in which Mann processed the romance that preceded his wedding with Katia Mann in February 1905, was published first in the Neue Rundschau and finally in October by S. Fischer Verlag .
Spring: The journal novel Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser is published by Bruno Cassirer in Berlin. The reviews are very different.
September 23 : The first part of the serial novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ( The Phantom of the Opera ) by the French journalist and writer Gaston Leroux is published in the newspaper Le Gaulois . The last part appears on January 8, 1910.

In the November issue of The Oxford and Cambridge Review published EM Foster the science fiction short story The Machine Stops ( The machine is stationary ).

The psychological novel Pitt and Fox . The love paths of the Sintrup brothers by Friedrich Huch appears in Munich.

The fantastic novel The Other Side by Alfred Kubin is published by G. Müller in Munich and Leipzig.

The fictitious correspondence of a Bavarian member of the state parliament from Ludwig Thoma , which has been published in loose succession in recent years , is collected by Albert Langen and published in Munich.

Spring: The fictional novel Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser is published by Bruno Cassirer in Berlin.

Lyman Frank Baum publishes the children's book The Road to Oz ( Dorothy on Magic Paths ), another novel from the Wizard of Oz series.

drama

5th January : The world premiere of the play Komtesse Mizzi or The Family Day by Arthur Schnitzler takes place at the Volkstheater in Vienna.
September 29th : The comedy Når den ny vin blomstrer ( When the young wine blooms ) by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , the final piece by the Norwegian author, has its world premiere in Oslo.
December 23 : The world premiere of the Impressionist discussion comedy The Concert by Hermann Bahr will be directed by Otto Brahm at the Lessing Theater in Berlin.

Translations

Stefan George translates Shakespeare's sonnets into German .

Awards ceremonies

The Swede Selma Lagerlöf received the Nobel Prize for Literature “because of the noble idealism, the wealth of imagination and the soulful representation that characterize her poetry” .

Others

The protective association of German writers is founded.

Born

January to April

January 17th : Elisabeth Hering , German writer († 1999 )
February 16 : Sophie Dorothee von Podewils , German narrator and poet († 1979 )
February 18 : Dido Sotiriou , Greek writer († 2004 )
February 20 : Heinz Erhardt , comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, poet († 1979 )
February 21 : Elsie Attenhofer , Swiss cabaret artist, actress, writer and diseuse († 1999 )
February 24 : August Derleth , American horror story writer († 1971 )
February 24 : Heinrich Härtle , German journalist († 1986 )
February 25 : Ernst Erich Noth , American literary scholar and writer († 1983 )
March 1 : René Gardi , Swiss travel writer, photographer and filmmaker († 2000 )
March 6 : Stanisław Jerzy Lec , Polish poet and aphorist († 1966 )
March 6 : Ōoka Shōhei , Japanese writer († 1988 )
March 7th : Gian Paolo Callegari , Italian playwright, screenwriter and film director († 1982 )
March 7th : Léo Malet , French crime novel writer († 1996 )
March 11 : Max Lüthi , Swiss literary scholar and fairytale interpreter († 1991 )
March 27 : Golo Mann , German historian, writer and philosopher († 1994 )
March 28 : Nelson Algren , American writer († 1981 )
March 29 : Hanada Kiyoteru , Japanese literary critic († 1974 )
April 2 : Osmar White , Australian journalist, correspondent and writer († 1991 )
April 7 : Robert Pilchowski , Swiss writer († 1990 )
April 8 : John Fante , American writer († 1983 )
April 12 : Walter Schmiele , German freelance writer and translator († 1998 )
April 13 : Eudora Welty , American writer and photographer († 2001 )
April 20 : Dorothea Zeemann , Austrian writer († 1993 )
April 24 : Bernhard Grzimek , veterinarian, animal filmmaker, author and editor of animal books († 1987 )

May to August

May 1 : Giannis Ritsos , Greek writer († 1990 )
May 8 : Otto Zierer , German writer († 1983 )
May 16 : František Kožík , Czech writer, representative of Esperanto († 1997 )
May 24 : Louis Fürnberg , German writer, poet and musician († 1957 )
May 26 : Richard Maibaum , American screenwriter († 1991 )
May 29 : Neil R. Jones , American science fiction writer († 1988 )
May 30th : Gustav Kampendonk , German screenwriter († 1966 )
June 4 : Hans-Otto Meissner , German diplomat and writer († 1992 )
June 4th : Hanuš Burger , theater, film and television director and screenwriter († 1990 )
June 9 : José Luis López-Aranguren , Spanish philosopher and essayist († 1996 )
June 12 : Wolfgang Frank , German writer († 1980 )
June 13 : Vladimír Neff , Czech writer, translator, screenwriter († 1983 )
June 13 : Diedrich Wattenberg , German astronomer and publicist († 1996 )
June 14 : Burl Ives , American folk singer, author and actor († 1995 )
June 18 : Willy Kramp , German writer († 1986 )
June 19 : Dazai Osamu , Japanese writer († 1948 )
June 28 : Eric Ambler , British writer († 1998 )
June 30 : Juan Bosch , Dominican politician, head of state and writer († 2001 )
July 1 : Juan Carlos Onetti , Uruguayan writer († 1994 )
July 27 : Hilde Domin , German poet († 2006 )
July 28 : Aenne Burda , German publisher († 2005 )
July 28 : Theodor Ottawa , Austrian journalist and writer († 1972 )
July 28 : Malcolm Lowry , English writer († 1957 )
July 29 : Chester Himes , American writer († 1984 )
July 30 : Cyril Northcote Parkinson , British historian and publicist († 1993 )
August 3 : Walter van Tilburg Clark , American writer († 1971 )
August 4 : Otto Steiger , Swiss writer († 2005 )
August 19 : Jerzy Andrzejewski , Polish writer († 1983 )
August 23 : Lisa Fittko , Austrian writer and resistance fighter († 2005 )
August 23 : Fritz Spiesser , German writer († 1971 )

September to December

September 2 : Harro Schulze-Boysen , German officer, publicist and resistance fighter († 1942 )
September 5 : Fritz Martini , German Germanist and literary historian († 1991 )
September 11 : Joachim Fernau , Prussian writer and painter († 1988 )
September 15 : Hans-Jürgen Nierentz , German writer and television director († 1995 )
September 17 : Max Wehrli , Swiss Germanist and literary historian († 1998 )
September 20 : Josef Korbel , Czechoslovak diplomat and author († 1977 )
September 28 : Al Capp , American comic artist and author († 1979 )
October 2 : David Hempstead , American film producer and screenwriter († 1983 )
October 6 : Emil Rudolf Greulich , German writer († 2005 )
October 11 : Hellmut Holthaus , German editor and writer († 1966 )
October 12 : Dorothy Livesay , Canadian poet († 1996 )
October 18 : Norberto Bobbio , Italian legal philosopher and publicist († 2004 )
October 31 : Arnold Sundgaard , American writer and librettist († 2006 )
November 2 : Heinz Richter , German engineer and author († 1972 )
November 10 : Robert Arthur , American author († 1969 )
November 16 : Mado Michio , Japanese poet of children's songs († 2014 )
November 16 : Max Zimmering , German writer († 1973 )
November 26 : Eugène Ionesco , French playwright († 1994 )
November 29 : Frank Zwillinger , Austrian writer († 1989 )
December 2nd : Marion Countess Dönhoff , German journalist († 2002 )
December 8 : Erich Hornsmann , German lawyer, non-fiction author and environmental activist († 1999 )
December 9 : Roberto Beracochea , Argentinian writer († 1988 )
December 15 : Hans Ernst Schneider , German literary scholar († 1999 )
December 23 : Nakazato Tsuneko , Japanese writer († 1987 )
December 26 : Herbert Rittlinger , German adventurer and author († 1978 )

Died

January 15 : Ernst von Wildenbruch , German poet and playwright (* 1845 )
February 20 : Eginhard von Barfus , German writer (* 1825 )
March 6 : Gustaf af Geijerstam , Swedish writer (* 1858 )
March 12 : Frieda von Bülow , German writer (* 1857 )
March 12 : Herrmann Julius Meyer , German publisher (* 1826 )
March 21 : Rudolf Gottschall , German writer and literary critic (* 1823 )
March 24 : John Millington Synge , Irish writer (* 1871 )
April 10 : Algernon Charles Swinburne , British poet (* 1837 )
May 9 : Augusta Jane Evans Wilson , American writer (* 1835 )
May 10 : Futabatei Shimei , Japanese writer and translator of Russian literature (* 1864 )
May 18 : George Meredith , British writer (* 1828 )
July 11 : Hans Hoffmann , German writer (* 1848 )
July 21 : Gustav Karpeles , German-Jewish publicist and literary historian (* 1848 )
July 22nd : Detlev von Liliencron , German poet and writer (* 1844 )
October 16 : Jakub Bart-Ćišinski , Sorbian poet (* 1856 )
October 30 : Leopold Sonnemann , German journalist and publisher (* 1831 )
December 16 : Lina Morgenstern , German writer, women's rights activist and social activist (* 1830 )

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