Literature year 1916

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Literature year 1916
James Joyce publishes the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man .	The Swede Verner von Heidenstam receives the Nobel Prize for Literature .

Events

Dadaism

Hugo Ball at a performance in Cabaret Voltaire , 1916

Hugo Ball , Emmy Hennings , Tristan Tzara , Richard Huelsenbeck , Marcel Janco and Hans Arp found the artistic and literary movement of Dadaism in Zurich . Dada is characterized by the rejection of “conventional” art or art forms and bourgeois ideals. The Dada gave considerable impulses to the art of the modern up to today's contemporary art .

prose

Short stories

April: The short story Easy Breath by Ivan Bunin appears in the Moscow newspaper Russkoje slowo .
May: The short story Kasimir Stanislawowitsch by Ivan Bunin appears in the Petrograd magazine Letopis .
May: The short story Enoch Soames of Max Beerbohm published in The Century Magazine .
November 18 : In the US newspaper The Saturday Evening Post first appears Jeeves Takes Charge ( Jeeves takes the helm ) of PG Wodehouse , the short story that the first meeting of Bertie and Jeeves portrays.

Short stories and novels

December 29 : James Joyce published the autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ( A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ). In the Bildungsroman he applies the narrative technique of the stream of consciousness for the first time to the thoughts of his alter ego Stephen Dedalus .

The historical novel The Three Jumps of Wang-lun by Alfred Döblin is published in Berlin .
The novella Der Jaukler von Bologna by Franz Karl Ginzkey is published in Leipzig .
The novel Mäeküla piimamees by Eduard Vilde appears.

The Clan of Munes , original cover 1916

With The Clan of Munes appear at Charles Scribner's Sons , the only novel by the painter and illustrator Frederick Judd Waugh . Despite positive reviews, the 56-page self-illustrated book remains a slow seller and Waugh buys the remaining copies back from the publisher.

Poetry

Peter Rosegger and Ottokar Kernstock write a volume of poetry with nationalistic war poetry.

drama

The comedy The Faithful Maid by Bruno Frank will premiere and will appear in print.
The tragedy Winter Ballad of Gerhart Hauptmann created.
The chamber opera Savitri by Gustav Holst is premiered.

Scientific works

The Hungarian philosopher Georg Lukács publishes the literary theoretical study The theory of the novel . It is considered to be one of the most important contributions to the theory of the novel .

Awards ceremonies

The Swedish poet Verner von Heidenstam received the Nobel Prize for Literature for his series of novels, Karolinerna , “as recognition of his importance as a spokesman for a new era in our beautiful literature” .

Totius was the first to receive the Hertzogprys for Trekkerswee .

Born

January to April

January 10 : Bernard Binlin Dadié , Ivorian French-speaking writer († 2019 )
January 16 : Kyra Stromberg , German essayist, biographer and translator († 2006 )
January 18 : Horst Adamietz , German journalist († 1985 )
January 28 : Vergílio Ferreira , Portuguese writer († 1996 )

February 11 : Seweryna Szmaglewska , Polish writer († 1992 )

0March 4 : Giorgio Bassani , Italian writer and publicist († 2000 )
0March 8 : Manuel van Loggem , Dutch writer († 1998 )
0March 8 : Robert Wolfgang Schnell , German writer († 1986 )
March 15 : Gomikawa Jumpei , Japanese writer († 1995 )
March 15 : Blas de Otero , Spanish poet († 1979 )
March 17th : Volodia Teitelboim , Chilean writer († 2008 )
March 26 : Sterling Hayden , American actor and author († 1986 )
March 30th : Carl Helmut Steckner , German painter, journalist and regional researcher († 2003 )

0April 1 : Otto Schulmeister , Austrian publicist and editor-in-chief († 2001 )
April 10 : Hans-Egon Hass , German specialist in German studies and editor († 1969 )
April 13 : Finn Søeborg , Danish writer and humorist († 1992 )
April 26 : Morris L. West , Australian writer († 1999 )

May to August

0May 3 : Pierre Emmanuel , French poet and cultural representative († 1984 )
0May 6 : Geneviève Callerot , French writer
0May 6 : Andrée Clair , French writer († 1982 )
0May 8 : Burton R. Pollin , American literary scholar and Edgar Allan Poe researcher († 2009 )
May 10 : Alfred Weidenmann , German author and director († 2000 )
May 11 : Camilo José Cela , Spanish writer and Nobel Prize winner († 2002 )
May 17 : Lenka Reinerová , German-Czech writer and journalist († 2008 )
May 21 : Harold Robbins , American writer († 1997 )
May 24th : Hans Kasper , German writer († 1990 )
May 28 : Walker Percy , American writer († 1990 )
May 31 : Bernard Lewis , British-American publicist and historian († 2018 )

0June 9 : Jurij Brězan , Sorbian writer († 2006 )
June 16 : Ebenezer Ako-Adjei , Ghanaian politician, lawyer, publisher and journalist († 2002 )
June 29 : Runer Jonsson , Swedish writer and journalist († 2006 )
June 30 : Karl Neumann , German writer for children and young people († 1985 )

0July 6 : Harold Norse , American author, poet († 2009 )
0July 6 : Unica Zürn , German draftsman and prose writer († 1970 )
July 14 : Natalia Ginzburg , Italian author († 1991 )
July 24 : John D. MacDonald , American writer († 1986 )
July 27 : Elizabeth Hardwick , American literary critic and writer († 2007 )

0August 6 : Ernst Schwarz , Austrian sinologist, poet, essayist and translator († 2003 )
August 11 : Élisabeth Burnod , French-speaking Swiss writer († 1979 )
August 12 : Ralph Nelson , American director and screenwriter († 1987 )
August 23 : Günter Sachse , German writer († 2008 )
August 27 : Lis Kleeberg , German writer († 2019 )
August 28 : Jack Vance , American science fiction writer († 2013 )

September to December

0September 2 : Liu Baiyu , Chinese writer and cultural politician († 2005 )
September 12 : Mary Stewart , British writer († 2014 )
September 13 : Roald Dahl , Welsh writer († 1990 )
September 20 : Paul Parin , Swiss psychoanalyst and writer († 2009 )
September 21 : Françoise Giroud , French writer († 2003 )
September 25 : Jessica Anderson , Australian writer († 2010 )
September 27 : S. Yizhar , Israeli writer († 2006 )
September 29 : İsmet Kür , Turkish writer († 2013 )

0October 1 : Debora Vaarandi , Estonian poet and translator († 2007 )
0October 2 : Asta Willmann , Estonian writer († 1984 )
0October 3 : James Herriot , British veterinarian and writer († 1995 )
0October 6 : Vern Sneider , American writer († 1981 )
October 12 : Wilhelm Muster , Austrian writer and literary translator († 1994 )
October 16 : Werner Buxa , German officer and author († 1998 )
October 23 : Maria Rosseels , Flemish-Belgian writer and journalist († 2005 )
October 25 : Max Caflisch , Swiss typographer, book designer and type expert († 2004 )
October 27 : Kazimierz Brandys , Polish writer († 2000 )
October 27 : Heinz Zache , German children's book author

0November 3 : Harry Lampert , American cartoonist and author († 2004 )
0November 3 : Anna Sebastian , Austrian writer in English († 1953 )
0November 8 : Peter Weiss , German writer, painter and graphic artist († 1982 )
0November 9 : Helmut Wandmaker , German entrepreneur and book author († 2007 )
November 12 : Talbot Rothwell , British author and screenwriter († 1981 )
November 14 : Sherwood Schwartz , American television producer and screenwriter († 2011 )
November 16 : Miroslav Šašek , Czechoslovak children's author and illustrator († 1980 )
November 17 : Shelby Foote , American writer and historian († 2005 )
November 20 : Thomas McGrath , American writer and poet († 1990 )
November 24 : Forrest J Ackerman , American editor, publisher and author († 2008 )

0December 9 : Wolfgang Hildesheimer , German writer and painter († 1991 )
December 14 : Shirley Jackson , American writer († 1965 )
December 19 : Manoel de Barros , Brazilian writer and poet († 2014 )
December 20 : Gonzalo Rojas , Chilean poet († 2011 )
December 23 : Dino Risi , Italian film director and screenwriter († 2008 )
December 26 : Rüdiger Proske , German journalist and book author († 2010 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Edward Sidney Aarons , American writer († 1975 )
Abdullah Afeef Didi , Maldivian translator and politician († 1993 )
Albrecht Bürkle , German editor, editor and publisher († 1963 )
Takis Varvitsiotis , Greek poet and translator († 2011 )

Died

First half of the year

Rubén Darios grave

February 6 : Rubén Darío , Nicaraguan writer (* 1867 )
February 8 : Gustav Falke , German writer (* 1853 )
February 17th : Maurice Vignaux , French world billiards champion and specialist book author (* 1846 )
February 20 : Klas Pontus Arnoldson , Swedish journalist, politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (* 1844 )
February 28 : Henry James , British writer (* 1843 )

March 2 : Elisabeth zu Wied , Queen of Romania and writer under the name Carmen Sylva (* 1843 )
March 12 : Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Austrian writer (* 1830 )

April 30 : Paul Schlenther , German theater critic, writer and theater director (* 1854 )
May 10 : Robert Kraft , German writer (* 1869 )
May 13 : Sholem Alejchem , Yiddish writer (* 1859 )
May 13 : Margaret Benson , British Egyptologist and author (* 1865 )
May 17 : Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden , German explorer, theosophist and writer (* 1846 )
May 28 : Ivan Franko , Ukrainian poet (* 1856 )
May 29 : Jan Otto , Czech publisher (* 1841 )
May 31 : Gorch Fock , German poet (* 1880 )
June 23 : Heinrich Hansjakob , German folk writer (* 1837 )

Second half of the year

July 4th : Alan Seeger , American poet (* 1888 )
July 6 : Kurd Adler , German poet (* 1892 )
July 9 : Ueda Bin , Japanese literary scholar, poet and translator (* 1874 )
July 18 : Mite Kremnitz , German writer (* 1852 )

August 9 : Lily Braun , German writer (* 1865 )
August 13 : Pierre de Ségur , French writer (* 1853 )
August 17 : Johann Hinrich Fehrs , German narrator and poet (* 1838 )
August 27 : Petar Kočić , Bosnian-Serbian writer (* 1877 )

October 6 : Karl von Schlözer , German diplomat and writer (* 1854 )
November 14th : Saki , British writer (* 1870 )

Bust of Henryk Sienkiewicz 'in the Domine Quo Vadis church? on the Via Appia Antica in Rome

November 15 : Henryk Sienkiewicz , Polish writer (* 1846 )

Jack and Charmian London's grave site in the grounds of their farm, now Jack London State Historic Park

November 22nd : Jack London , American writer (* 1876 )
November 27 : Émile Verhaeren , Belgian poet (* 1855 )

December 5 : Gustav Sack , German writer, poet and playwright (* 1885 )
December 9 : Natsume Sōseki , Japanese writer (* 1867 )
December 14th : Norbert von Hellingrath , German Germanist and Hölderlin expert (* 1888 )
December 20 : Ödön Rádl , Romanian-Hungarian lawyer and writer (* 1856 )
December 25th : Wilhelmine von Hillern , German actress and writer (* 1836 )

Exact date of death unknown

Felix Schloemp , German writer, satirist and editor (* 1880 )

Web links

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