Literature year 1919
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Overview of the literature years
Further events
Literature year 1919 | |
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The German writer and women's rights activist Hedwig Dohm dies. |
The Swiss Carl Spitteler receives the Nobel Prize for Literature . |
Events
prose
- April 15 : The novel The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham is published in London.
- By Thomas Mann , the "idyllic" appears Song of the Child .
Poetry
- The book Les Champs magnétiques by André Breton and Philippe Soupault is published as the first work of literary surrealism . The text is also considered one of the most important surrealist works.
- Kurt Schwitters wrote the poem To Anna Blume .
drama
- January 23 : The 1913 drama of the cycle from the bourgeois heroic life by Carl Sternberg has its world premiere under the direction of Gustav Hartung at the Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt am Main. It follows as the third part of the mask trilogy on The Snob . Heinrich George gives the now ennobled Christian mask from Buchow.
- September 30th : With Fritz Kortner in the lead role, the returnee play Die Wandlung by Ernst Toller , staged by Karlheinz Martin, is premiered at the Berlin political-expressionist Theater Tribüne .
- By Bertolt Brecht created among others the pieces The wedding and Drums in the Night .
religion
- November 24 : In the encyclical Paterno iam diu , Pope Benedict XV laments . the plight of children in Central Europe.
Awards ceremonies
- July 10th : The first Hawthornden Prize , the oldest literary prize in Great Britain, takes place in London . The first recipient of the Alice Warrender award is Edward Shanks .
- The Swiss Carl Spitteler received the Nobel Prize for Literature “in particular with regard to his mighty epic 'Olympic Spring'” .
Others
- End of January: The expressionist Dresdner Sezession Gruppe 1919 is founded. In addition to several art exhibitions, a reading with Else Lasker-Schüler will be held in November .
Born
January to April
- January 1 : Daniil Alexandrowitsch Granin , Russian writer († 2017 )
- January 1 : JD Salinger , American writer († 2010 )
- January 6 : Geoffrey Bingham , Australian writer († 2009 )
- 9 January : Hans Lebert , Austrian writer and opera singer († 1993 )
- January 12 : Jan Józef Szczepański , Polish writer († 2003 )
- January 14 : Andy Rooney , American journalist and author († 2011 )
- January 17th : Antonio Mingote , Spanish draftsman and author († 2012 )
- January 29 : NF Simpson , British playwright († 2011 )
- February 1 : Eugen Stadelmann , Austrian teacher and local poet († 1998 )
- February 4 : Krystyna Berwińska , Polish writer († 2016 )
- February 14 : Miroslav Zikmund , Czech world traveler, writer and photographer
- February 21 : Hellmuth Himmel , Austrian Germanist and cabaret writer († 1983 )
- February 22 : Henri Arnoldus , Dutch author († 2002 )
- February 26 : Kuroda Saburō , Japanese poet († 1980 )
- March 8 : Mavor Moore , Canadian author, librettist, composer, music critic and educator, director and producer († 2006 )
- March 19 : Peter Abrahams , South African writer († 2017 )
- March 24 : Lawrence Ferlinghetti , American writer
- March 29 : Robert Lowry , American writer († 1994 )
- April 3 : Reno Nonsens , German satirist and theater director († 2001 )
- April 4 : Josef von Ferenczy , German-Hungarian publisher († 2011 )
- April 21 : Michael Mann , German musician and literary scholar, son of Thomas Mann († 1977 )
- April 23 : Silja Walter , Swiss Benedictine nun and writer († 2011 )
- April 24 : Edgar Jarratt Applewhite , American writer († 2005 )
May to August
- May 1 : John Meredyth Lucas , American screenwriter, film director and film producer († 2002 ) +
- May 11 : John Michael Hayes , American screenwriter († 2008 )
- May 26 : Alfons Dalma , Croatian-Austrian journalist († 1999 )
- June 9th : Gerd Oswald , German film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter († 1989 )
- June 16 : Anna Wimschneider , German farmer and writer († 1993 )
- June 24 : Eugen Oker , German writer and games critic († 2006 )
- July 1 : Hans Bender , German writer and editor († 2015 )
- July 2 : Jean Craighead George , American writer († 2012 )
- July 15 : Iris Murdoch , Anglo-Irish writer and philosopher († 1999 )
- July 19 : Robert Pinget , Swiss writer († 1997 )
- July 19 : Miltos Sachtouris , Greek poet († 2005 )
- July 21 : Wendell Mayes , American screenwriter († 1992 )
- July 27 : Ricardo César Andreu , Argentine actor, comedian and author († 2012 )
- July 31 : Primo Levi , Italian writer and chemist († 1987 )
- August 19 : Qin Mu , Chinese writer († 1992 )
- August 19 : Alfred Schrick , German writer († 2007 )
- August 20 : Walter Bernstein , American screenwriter
- August 29 : János Rácz , Hungarian mathematician, teacher, author († 2005 )
- August 30 : Jiří Orten , Czech poet († 1941 )
- August 31 : Amrita Pritam , Indian poet and writer († 2005 )
September to December
- September 2 : Karl-Ernst Maedel , German non-fiction author († 2004 )
- September 7 : Michael Guttenbrunner , Austrian poet and writer († 2004 )
- September 13 : George Weidenfeld , British journalist, publisher and diplomat († 2016 )
- September 17th : Helmuth Ashley , Austrian director, cameraman and screenwriter
- September 17 : Horst Krüger , German writer († 1999 )
- September 23 : Kaneko Tōta , Japanese poet († 2018 )
- September 26 : Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and writer († 2012 )
- October 1 : Hans Schiefele , German journalist and sports official († 2005 )
- October 5 : Vojtech Zamarovský , Slovak historian, writer and translator († 2006 )
- October 6 : Sawaki Kin'ichi , Japanese writer († 2001 )
- October 22 : Doris Lessing , British writer († 2013 )
- October 23 : Rodrigo Arenas Betancur , Colombian writer and sculptor († 1995 )
- October 27 : Douglas Heyes , American screenwriter and director († 1993 )
- November 3 : Joachim Seyppel , German writer and literary scholar († 2012 )
- November 6th : Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen , Portuguese writer († 2004 )
- November 8 : Philip J. Klass , American electrical engineer and journalist († 2005 )
- November 8 : Anni Kroll , German author and local poet († 2015 )
- November 13 : Katharina Adler , German journalist and publicist († 2010 )
- November 26th : Frederik Pohl , American science fiction author († 2013 )
- November 27 : Kimu Tarusu , Japanese writer († 1997 )
- December 3 : Hans Bunge , German dramaturge, director and author († 1990 )
- December 21 : Ivan Blatný , Czech poet and writer († 1990 )
Died
- January 8 : Peter Altenberg , Austrian writer (* 1859 )
- January 13 : Hans Bielenstein , German-Baltic pastor and writer, Protestant martyr (* 1863 )
- January 24th : Ismail Qemali , Albanian politician and publicist (* 1844 )
- January 27 : Endre Ady de Diósad , Hungarian poet (* 1877 )
- January 28 : Ernst Adam , German writer (* 1879 )
- January 28 : Franz Mehring , German Marxist publicist and politician (* 1846 )
- January 31 : Paul Lindau , German writer, playwright and theater director (* 1839 )
- February 3 : Niwa Jun'ichirō , Japanese translator and writer (* 1852 )
- February 6 : Enrico Golisciani , Italian librettist (* 1848 )
- February 9 : Ludwig Geiger , German-Jewish literary and art historian (* 1848 )
- February 14 : Wiktor Gomulicki , Polish writer (* 1848 )
- February 21 : Kurt Eisner , German politician and writer (* 1867 )
- March 17 : Kenyon Cox , American painter and writer (* 1856 )
- March 22nd : Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Arsenjew , Russian journalist, literary scholar and encyclopaedist (* 1837 )
- May 6 : Lyman Frank Baum , American writer (* 1856 )
- May 17th : Guido von List , Austrian occult author and founder of Ariosophy (* 1848 )
- May 24th : Amado Nervo , Mexican writer, journalist and diplomat (* 1870 )
- June 1 : Hedwig Dohm , German women's rights activist and writer (* 1831 )
- July 8 : Eugen Guglia , Austrian historian, journalist and writer (* 1857 )
- August 10 : Hermann Wette , German doctor and writer (* 1857 )
- September 17 : August Wilhelm Otto Niemann , German writer (* 1839 )
- October 5 : Hugo Kersten , German writer and publicist (* 1892 )
- October 11 : Karl Gjellerup , Danish writer (* 1857 )
- November 4th : Sofja Andrejewna Tolstaja , Russian writer (* 1844 )
- December 8 : Maximilian Schmidt , Bavarian folk writer (* 1832 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Books 1919 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Magazine 1919 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Newspapers 1919 - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files