Literature year 1914

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Literature year 1914
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes his novel Tarzan of the Apes .	The vortizistische literary magazine Blast first appears.

Events

prose

Selma Lagerlöf's novel The Emperor of Portugal appears.
Hermann Hesse's novel Roßhalde is published.

By Else Lasker-Schüler , the "story book" appears The Prince of Thebes .

James Joyce

The short story collection Dubliners ( Dublin ) by James Joyce is first published. According to the author, 40 publishers had previously refused to publish the cycle of 15 short stories created between 1904 and 1907 .

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs ' novel Tarzan of the Apes ( Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in a book edition).
The science fiction novel Liberated World is published by HG Wells .

The novel Kokoro is published by Natsume Sōseki .

essay

November: Thomas Mann published the essay Thoughts in War .

drama

February 2nd : The comedy Der Snob by Carl Sternberg has its world premiere under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater Berlin . It follows the scandal piece Die Hose as the second part of a trilogy .

Periodicals

January 1st : Ullstein Verlag takes over the Vossische Zeitung .
June: The first edition of vortizistischen literary magazine Blast appears. The second edition, published in July 1915 , will also be her last.

The final edition of the Pioneer

The final issue of unity

August 8 : The weekly newspaper Die Einigkeit appears for the last time. Ten days later, following a police ban, the localist Free Association of German Trade Unions (FVdG) was suspended. Another union organ, The Pioneer , had its final edition on August 5th . This magazine is also banned because of its radical anti-militarism .

Exhibitions

May to October: The international exhibition for the book trade and graphics (Bugra) takes place in the leading German “book city” Leipzig . The exhibition is organized by the German Book Trade Association. The initiator of the exhibition is Max Seliger , director of the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Industry in Leipzig, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the institution he heads. Ludwig Volkmann , the chairman of the book trade association, is elected president of the exhibition .

The entrance to the Bugra exhibition in Straße des 18. Oktober

Awards ceremonies

The Nobel Prize for Literature is not awarded.

Born

January to April

0January 9 : John Ferraby , British author († 1973 )
January 11 : Otto Gritschneder , German city councilor, lawyer and author in Munich († 2005 )
January 13 : Joseph Gillain , Belgian comic artist and author († 1980 )
January 18 : Arno Schmidt , German writer and translator († 1979 )
January 24th : Georges Cravenne , French journalist, publicist, advertising specialist and film producer († 2009 )
January 29 : Fukazawa Shichirō , Japanese writer († 1987 )

0February 4 : Alfred Andersch , German writer and radio editor († 1980 )
0February 5 : William S. Burroughs , American writer († 1997 )
February 17 : Julia de Burgos , Puerto Rican poet († 1953 )
February 22 : KO Götz , German painter and poet († 2017 )
February 24 : David Langdon , English cartoonist and illustrator († 2011 )

0March 1 : Ralph Ellison , American author († 1994 )
March 17 : Aida Tsunao , Japanese poet († 1990 )
March 17 : Günter Hofé , German publishing director and writer († 1988 )
March 18 : Thaddäus Troll , German writer († 1980 )
March 27 : Budd Schulberg , American writer and screenwriter († 2009 )
March 28 : Bohumil Hrabal , Czech writer († 1997 )
March 31 : Octavio Paz , Mexican writer and diplomat († 1998 )

0April 1 : Willi Meinck , German writer († 1993 )
0April 4 : Marguerite Duras , French writer, screenwriter and film director († 1996 )
April 11 : Sidney Geist , American painter, sculptor, author and art professor († 2005 )
April 13 : Orhan Veli , Turkish poet and innovator of Turkish poetry († 1950 )
April 22nd : Hans Baumann , German poet, songwriter, author of children's and young adult books († 1988 )
April 24 : Loe de Jong , Dutch historian and journalist († 2005 )
April 26 : Bernard Malamud , American writer († 1986 )
April 29 : Walter Janka , German dramaturge and publisher († 1994 )

May to August

0May 8 : Romain Gary , French writer († 1980 )
0May 9 : Josef Müller-Brockmann , graphic designer, typographer, author and teacher († 1996 )
0May 9 : Peter Wehle , Austrian composer, author and cabaret artist († 1986 )
May 11 : Onelio Jorge Cardoso , Cuban writer and journalist († 1986 )
May 12 : Bertus Aafjes , Dutch writer († 1993 )
May 13 : Gregor von Rezzori , Austrian writer and film actor († 1998 )
May 22 : Vance Packard , American publicist († 1996 )
May 24 : George Tabori , Hungarian-British author and theater director († 2007 )
May 30 : Jiří Marek , Czech writer († 1994 )

0June 5 : Felix Aprahamian , British music critic and author († 2005 )
0June 5 : George D. Painter , British incunabula researcher, biographer and translator († 2005 )
0June 7th : Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , Indian film director, screenwriter and journalist († 1987 )
0June 7th : Ernst Bader , German song writer and composer († 1999 )
0June 8 : Kurt Barthel , German writer, poet, playwright, dramaturge, cultural politician († 1967 )
June 10 : Oktay Rifat , Turkish writer († 1988 )
June 17 : John Hersey , American writer and journalist († 1993 )

July 17 : James Purdy , American writer († 2009 )
July 30 : Béatrix Beck , French writer († 2008 )
July 31 : Bernt von Kügelgen , German journalist († 2002 )

0August 2 : Kinoshita Junji , Japanese writer († 2006 )
0August 7th : Vojtěch Cach , Czech author and playwright († 1980 )
0August 9 : Tove Jansson , Finnish writer († 2001 )
August 23 : Sigi Sommer , German chronicler and journalist († 1996 )
August 26 : Julio Cortázar , Argentine writer († 1984 )

September to December

0September 1 : Krystyna Żywulska , Polish writer († 1993 )
0September 5 : Nicanor Parra , Chilean poet († 2018 )
0September 7th : Thomas Viktor Adolph , German journalist († 1997 )
September 15 : Adolfo Bioy Casares , Argentine writer († 1999 )
September 15 : Orhan Kemal , Turkish writer († 1970 )
September 19 : Hal Draper , American socialist, Marxism researcher, author and translator († 1990 )
September 22 : Hōjō Tamio , Japanese writer († 1937 )
September 24 : Jiří Kolář , Czech poet and visual artist († 2002 )
September 29 : Tsuji Ryōichi , Japanese writer († 2013 )

0October 1 : Daniel J. Boorstin , American historian and writer, director of the Library of Congress († 2004 )
0October 3 : Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , Polish journalist, writer and patriot († 2005 )
October 17 : Jerry Siegel , American author and co-inventor of the comic book Superman († 1996 )
October 20 : Mario Luzi , Italian poet († 2005 )
October 21 : Martin Gardner , American writer and mathematician († 2010 )
October 23 : Otto Koenig , Austrian behavioral scientist, zoologist and writer († 1992 )
October 25 : John Berryman , American poet († 1972 )
October 27 : Dylan Thomas , Welsh poet († 1953 )

0November 1 : Yamazaki Hōdai , Japanese writer († 1985 )
0November 2 : Dale Wasserman , American writer († 2008 )
0November 7 : Raphael Aloysius Lafferty , American science fiction and fantasy writer († 2002 )
November 11 : Howard Fast , American writer († 2003 )
November 13 : William Gibson , American playwright († 2008 )
November 13 : John Latouche , American writer and librettist († 1956 )
November 14 : Eric Crozier , English opera director and librettist († 1994 )
November 16 : Rajmund Kupareo , Croatian writer, poet, playwright and essayist († 1996 )
November 17 : Christa Johannsen , German writer († 1981 )
November 18 : Anatols Imermanis , Latvian writer († 1998 )

0December 5 : Stanisław Dygat , Polish writer († 1978 )
0December 5 : Odette Joyeux , French writer († 2000 )
0December 5 : Hans Hellmut Kirst , German writer († 1989 )
December 12 : Patrick O'Brian , British writer († 2000 )
December 14 : Rainer Hildebrandt , German freedom fighter, historian, author and publicist († 2004 )
December 24th : Herbert Reinecker , German journalist and author († 2007 )
December 27 : Giuseppe Berto , Italian writer († 1978 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Lou Fine , American comic book artist and illustrator († 1971 )
Jón Helgason , Icelandic writer († 1981 )
Sterjo Spasse , Albanian writer († 1989 )

Died

Date of death secured

January 19 : Heinrich Rudolf Genée , German writer (* 1824 )
March 16 : Gaston Calmette , French journalist, director of the daily Le Figaro (* 1858 ), shot by Henriette Caillaux
March 25 : Frédéric Mistral , French poet and linguist (* 1830 )
March 31 : Hubert von Herkomer , English painter, sculptor, musician and writer (* 1849 )
March 31 : Christian Morgenstern , German poet and writer (* 1871 )
April 2 : Paul Heyse , German writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (* 1830 )

July 6 : Delmira Agustini , Uruguayan poet (* 1886 )
July 11 : Julius Rodenberg , German writer (* 1831 )

September 5 : Charles Péguy , French writer (* 1873 )
September 22 : Alain-Fournier , French writer (* 1886 )
September 25 : Alfred Lichtenstein , German poet (* 1889 )
September 26 : Hermann Löns , German writer (* 1866 )
September 26 : Ernst Wilhelm Lotz , German Expressionist poet (* 1890 )

October 7 : Gabriel Montoya , French chansonnier and poet (* 1868 )
October 24 : Gustav Wied , Danish writer (* 1858 )
October 30 : Ernst Stadler , Alsatian poet (* 1883 )

November 3 : Georg Trakl , Austrian poet (* 1887 )
November 14 : Marie Karchow-Lindner , German actress, journalist and patron (* 1842 )
December 23 : Hugo Zuckermann , German writer and Zionist (* 1881 )

Exact date of death unknown

Probably in January: Ambrose Bierce , American narrator (* 1842 )
LT Meade , Irish writer (* 1854 )

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