Literature year 1917
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Overview of the literary
years Further events
Literature year 1917 | |
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The Siuru literary group is founded in Estonia . | |
Leonard and Virginia Woolf found The Hogarth Press publishing house in their living room . |
Events
prose
- March 8 : The British publishing house Methuen Publishing publishes the short story collection The Man with Two Left Feet by PG Wodehouse . The short stories contained therein were published in British and US magazines and journals such as The Strand Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post between 1914 and 1916 .
- The German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen wrote his autobiography Der Rote Kampfflieger , which will appear for the first time in October.
- The story Loop Ears by Ivan Bunin appears in Volume 7 of the Slovo anthology in Moscow.
- The dialogue The Stranger and the Farmer by Lev Tolstoy appears posthumously in a daily newspaper .
- In the field hospital after the Battle of the Somme , JRR Tolkien wrote the first drafts for his later work The Silmarillion .
- Franz Kafka wrote the story The Bucket Rider .
- HP Lovecraft writes the short story Dagon .
- The first edition of Der Mensch ist gut , a collection of five stories by Leonhard Frank , is published in Zurich.
- By Arthur Schnitzler , the narrative appears Graesler, spa doctor .
- The story Neuland is published by Hans Dominik .
- By Robert Walser , the narrative appears The walk and the short story collection poets life .
- By Joseph Conrad , the short novel appears The Shadow Line in book form.
- As a German translation appearing revolt of the angels of Anatole France .
- The Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte are published by Horacio Quiroga .
- The verse epic Holy Night by Ludwig Thoma appears .
- By Knut Hamsun , the novel appears Growth of the Soil .
- By Alfred Doblin the romanpoetologische essay appears Remarks about the novel .
- The novel Griseldis is published by Hedwig Courths-Mahler .
Poetry
- By William Butler Yeats collection of poems appear The Wild Swans at Coole with the same title poem .
- Edward Marsh publishes the third anthology Georgian Poetry .
drama
- January : The first print of the four-act verse drama Gondla by Nikolai Gumiljow takes place in the magazine Russkaja Mysl ( Russischer Gedanke ) .
- January 29th : Georg Kaiser's expressionist stage play Die Bürger von Calais is premiered at the New Theater in Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Arthur Hellmer . The play was a great success with the public and brought the author his artistic breakthrough.
- April 26 : Hugo von Hofmannsthal's comedy Die Lästigen premieres in the Kammerspiele of the German Theater in Berlin.
- April 28 : The 1912 created expressionistic play from morning to midnight of Georg Kaiser will be premiered in Munich.
- May 18 : The ballet parade based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau is premiered in Paris.
- June 18 : The drama So it is of Luigi Pirandello experienced its premiere in Milan.
- November 14 : The Comedy Fink and lilac bush by Arthur Schnitzler premiered in Vienna.
- December 17th : The drama The Sisters and the Stranger by Bruno Frank is premiered in Munich.
Periodicals
- January: The magazine of Dadaism and incipient surrealism, published by the French artist Francis Picabia , named 391, appears for the first time in Barcelona. Contributors include Louis Aragon , Robert Desnos , Marcel Duchamp , Paul Éluard , Max Jacob , Man Ray , Philippe Soupault and Tristan Tzara . In the same year issues of the magazine appeared in New York.
- April / May: The competing ladies' magazine The Blind Man , edited by Marcel Duchamp , Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood , ceases to appear after the second issue due to a lost bet. Authors include Walter Arensberg , Mina Loy , Francis Picabia , Joseph Stella and Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia . A third edition appears under the name Rongwrong in New York.
- July 31 : The New Republican Papers , a conservative weekly magazine, appear for the first time in Switzerland .
- The Russian satirical weekly Budilnik appears for the last time.
religion
- May 27th : Latin church law is codified for the first time in the Codex Iuris Canonici .
Literary prizes
- June 4 : The Pulitzer Prize , one of the most prestigious awards for journalism and literature in the United States, donated by journalist and newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer , is presented in four categories for the first time at Columbia University .
- Nobel Prize in Literature : Karl Gjellerup , Henrik Pontoppidan
- Prix Goncourt : La Flamme au poing by Henry Malherbe
Others
- Spring: The Siuru literary group is founded in Estonia .
- Leonard and Virginia Woolf found the publishing house The Hogarth Press in their living room with a second-hand platen printing press . In July the first delivery of Two Stories , a 34-page booklet, each containing a story of the spouses, The Mark on the Wall by Virginia and Three Jews by Leonard Woolf , begins .
- By Rascher Verlag in is Zurich , the Swiss Library founded as a book series with German Swiss literature.
Born
January to April
- January 1 : Erwin Axer , Polish theater director and director, columnist and writer († 2012 )
- January 3 : Alexander Spoerl , German writer († 1978 )
- January 5 : Robert Antelme , French writer († 1990 )
- January 5 : Fred Wander , Austrian writer († 2006 )
- January 6 : Maeve Brennan , Irish-American journalist and writer († 1993 )
- January 13 : Sergio Grieco , Italian film director and screenwriter († 1982 )
- January 17 : Matéo Maximoff , French Rome writer († 1999 )
- January 22nd : Rainer Brambach , Swiss writer († 1983 )
- January 30th : Paul Frère , Belgian racing driver, journalist and author († 2008 )
- February 11 : Sidney Sheldon , American writer and screenwriter († 2007 )
- February 19 : Carson McCullers , American writer († 1967 )
- February 19 : Margarete Neumann , German poet and writer († 2002 )
- February 22 : Jane Bowles , American writer († 1973 )
- February 25 : Anthony Burgess , British writer († 1993 )
- February 25 : Stanley Bennett Hough , British writer († 1998 )
- February 28 : Max Jones , British jazz writer and journalist († 1993 )
- March 1 : Robert Lowell , American poet († 1977 )
- March 1 : Fadwa Touqan , Palestinian poet († 2003 )
- March 8 : Leslie Fiedler , American literary scholar and critic († 2003 )
- March 9 : Walter Hilsbecher , German writer († 2015 )
- March 9 : Ian Watt , British literary critic and literary historian († 1999 )
- March 11 : Göran Schildt , Finnish-Swedish author († 2009 )
- March 14 : Jack Davis , Australian playwright and poet († 2000 )
- March 14 : José Osvaldo de Meira Penna , Brazilian writer and diplomat († 2017 )
- March 16 : Gordian Troeller , Luxembourg documentary filmmaker and author († 2003 )
- March 17 : Charles L. Fontenay , American science fiction writer († 2007 )
- March 20 : Gottfried Schädlich , German officer and writer († 2007 )
- March 22nd : Zuzanna Ginczanka , Polish poet († 1944 )
- March 30 : Jack Trevor Story , British writer († 1991 )
- April 2 : Iris von Roten , Swiss lawyer, journalist and women's rights activist († 1990 )
- April 5 : Robert Bloch , American author († 1994 )
- April 6 : Leonora Carrington , British-Mexican painter and writer († 2011 )
- April 8 : Leo Sievers , German journalist and writer († 2009 )
- April 9 : Johannes Bobrowski , German poet, narrator, re-poet and essayist († 1965 )
- April 9 : Rolf Kauka , German comic artist and publisher (father of Fix and Foxi ) († 2000 )
- April 12 : Alexander Shalimov , Soviet science fiction author († 1991 )
- April 18 : Shimao Toshio , Japanese writer († 1986 )
- April 20 : Maaliaaraq Vebæk , Greenlandic writer († 2012 )
- April 22nd : Leo Abse , Welsh lawyer, politician, gay rights activist and author († 2008 )
- April 25 : Louis Mahrer , Austrian writer († 1977 )
- April 28 : Robert Woodruff Anderson , American novelist, playwright and screenwriter († 2009 )
May to August
- May 8 : Miguel Bernad , Filipino clergyman and journalist († 2009 )
- May 9 : Fay Kanin , American screenwriter and film producer († 2013 )
- May 10 : Kurt Brand , German science fiction writer († 1991 )
- May 16 : Juan Rulfo , Mexican writer († 1986 )
- May 26 : Isabella Nadolny , German writer († 2004 )
- June 2 : Heinz Sielmann , German animal filmmaker and author († 2006 )
- June 7 : Gwendolyn Brooks , American writer († 2000 )
- June 9 : Eric Hobsbawm , British polymath († 2012 )
- June 13 : Rodolfo Celletti , Italian music critic and writer († 2004 )
- June 13 : Augusto Roa Bastos , Paraguayan novelist († 2005 )
- June 14th : Lise Nørgaard , Danish journalist, writer and screenwriter
- June 14 : Gilbert Prouteau , French writer († 2012 )
- June 17 : Lorenz Mack , Austrian writer and publicist († 1991 )
- June 20 : Felice Filippini , Swiss writer, translator, book illustrator and painter († 1988 )
- June 20 : Gerhard Meier , Swiss writer († 2008 )
- June 24th : Juri Elperin , Russian-German translator, writer and essayist († 2015 )
- July 10 : Leo Lipski , Polish writer († 1997 )
- July 14 : Arthur Laurents , American writer († 2011 )
- July 14 : Fritz Seibert , German journalist and book author († ≈ 2005 )
- July 15 : Robert Conquest , British historian and writer († 2015 )
- July 16 : Jytte Borberg , Danish writer († 2007 )
- July 17 : Margarete Mitscherlich , Danish-German psychoanalyst, doctor and author († 2012 )
- August 11 : Inge Aicher-Scholl , German cultural worker and writer; Sister of the Scholl siblings († 1998 )
- August 12 : Ebba Haslund , Norwegian writer († 2009 )
- August 13 : Kurt Wendlandt , German author and book illustrator († 1998 )
- August 14 : Georges Haldas , French-speaking Swiss poet and writer († 2010 )
- August 22 : Per Anders Fogelström , Swedish writer († 1998 )
- August 23 : Itō Keiichi , Japanese writer († 2016 )
- August 26 : Walther Killy , German literary scholar († 1995 )
September to December
- September 1 : Heddy Pross-Weerth , German translator, literary critic and essayist († 2004 )
- September 7 : Jenny Aloni , German-Israeli writer († 1993 )
- September 10 : Miguel Serrano , Chilean politician and writer († 2009 )
- September 12 : Han Suyin , Chinese doctor and English-speaking writer († 2012 )
- September 21 : Ernst Vasovec , Austrian writer († 1993 )
- September 27 : Louis Auchincloss , American writer († 2010 )
- October 4th : Violeta Parra , Chilean folklore musician and songwriter († 1967 )
- October 5 : Magda Szabó , Hungarian writer († 2007 )
- October 12 : Walter Klein , Austrian-German writer († 1987 )
- October 13 : Hugo Lindo , Salvadoran writer, diplomat and politician († 1985 )
- October 19 : Kalcidon Agius , Maltese writer, playwright and politician († 2006 )
- October 20 : Stéphane Hessel , French resistance fighter, diplomat and author († 2013 )
- October 21 : Lindanor Celina , Brazilian writer († 2003 )
- October 21 : Hans-Peter Weissfeld , German author of trivial literature
- November 11 : Jiří Žák , Czech journalist and writer († 1986 )
- November 15 : André Deutsch , British publisher († 2000 )
- November 15 : John Whiting , British playwright († 1963 )
- November 23 : John Newland , American film director, actor and screenwriter († 2000 )
- November 24 : Novella Hamilton Richards , Antiguan writer and politician († 1986 )
- December 16 : Arthur C. Clarke , British science fiction writer († 2008 )
- December 21 : Diana Athill , British author and literary critic
- December 21 : Heinrich Böll , German writer and Nobel Prize for Literature († 1985 )
- December 22 : Marthe Gosteli , Swiss journalist and women's rights activist († 2017 )
- December 28 : Mouloud Mammeri , Algerian-Kabyle writer, anthropologist and linguist († 1989 )
Died
- January 10 : Martha Fontane , daughter of Theodor Fontane and role model for several of his fictional characters (* 1860 )
- January 21 : Francesc Badenes i Dalmau , Valencian poet and writer (* 1858 or 1859 )
- January 21 : Jakob Knudsen , Danish writer (* 1858 )
- February 2 : Sophie Beier , German writer (* 1870 )
- February 11 : Charlotte Lady Blennerhassett , German writer and historian (* 1843 )
- February 16 : Octave Mirbeau , French writer (* 1848 )
- March 3 : Hermine Villinger , German writer (* 1849 )
- March 14th : Antonio Vanegas Arroyo , Mexican publisher (* 1852 )
- March 15 : Kristofer Randers , Norwegian writer (* 1851 )
- March 29 : Otto Müller , German publisher and botanist (* 1837 )
- April 14th : Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof , founder of Esperanto (* 1859 )
- April 23 : Karl Altrichter , German writer (* 1844 )
- April 24 : Oscar Blumenthal , German writer and playwright (* 1852 )
- April 26 : Emil Barber , Upper Lusatian natural scientist and dialect poet (* 1857 )
- May 9 : Karel Tůma , Czech journalist and writer (* 1843 )
- May 16 : Vladislav Petković Dis , Serbian poet (* 1880 )
- June 17th : Ernst Stöhr , Austrian painter, poet and musician (* 1860 )
- July 31 : Hedd Wyn , Welsh-speaking British poet (* 1887 )
- October 1 : Ivan Aguéli , Swedish wanderer, painter and author (* 1869 )
- October 16 : Walter Flex , German poet (* 1887 )
- October 27 : August Wilmanns , German classical philologist and librarian (* 1833 )
- October 31 : Margarete Lenk , German writer (* 1841 )
- November 3 : Léon Bloy , French writer (* 1846 )
- November 15 : Émile Durkheim , French sociologist, ethnologist and author (* 1858 )
- November 18 : Adrien Bertrand , French writer (* 1888 )
- December 8 : Mendele Moicher Sforim , Russian Yiddish-Hebrew writer (* 1836 )
- December 26 : Friedrich Lange , German journalist and politician (* 1852 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Books 1917 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Magazine 1917 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Newspapers 1917 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files