Literature year 1932
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
New releases
Novels, short stories
- Andreas or The United - Hugo von Hofmannsthal (posthumous)
- Arthur Aronymus. My father's story - Else Lasker-Schüler
- Brave New World (also in German udT world - where? A novel of the future ) - Aldous Huxley
- Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
- A serious life - Heinrich Mann
- The Companions - Anna Seghers
- Giants. An adventure book - Alfred Döblin
- A Glastonbury Romance - John Cowper Powys
- The great herd (dEA) - Jean Giono
- The Huguenot (first book edition) - Ricarda Huch
- Huguenau or objectivity - Hermann Broch
- India (dEA) - EM Forster
- In Our Time (dEA) - Ernest Hemingway
- Jean le Bleu - Jean Giono
- The Jewish War - Lion Feuchtwanger
- Youth on the Landstrasse Berlin - Ernst Haffner
- Little man - now what? - Hans Fallada
- The artificial silk girl - Irmgard Keun
- Light in August - William Faulkner
- The Man Without Qualities (Vol. 2) - Robert Musil
- The Morgenlandfahrt - Hermann Hesse
- Night flight (dEA) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Peril at End House - Agatha Christie
- Radetzky March - Joseph Roth
- The return of Filip Latinovicz - Miroslav Krleža
- The Second - Arthur Schnitzler (posthumous)
- Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence (new translation by Georg Goyert )
- Stoffel flies over the sea - Erika Mann
- The Thirteen Problems - Agatha Christie
- Tõde ja õigus (Vol. 4 of 5) - Anton Hansen Tammsaare
- The Dream of the Red Chamber (partial translation) - Cao Xueqin
- Meeting point in infinity - Klaus Mann
- Voyage au bout de la nuit - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Novels about " Maigret " (German title)
- Maigret with the Flemish - Georges Simenon
- Maigret in the house of unrest
- Maigret in the Liberty Bar
- Maigret and the shadow play
- Maigret and the mysterious captain
- Maigret and the madman from Bergerac
- Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre affair
Dramas
- Faith love hope - Ödön von Horváth
- The holy Johanna der Schlachthöfe (WP as an abridged radio play version) - Bertolt Brecht and co-authors
- Yegor Bulychov and others - Maxim Gorky
- Casimir and Karoline - Ödön von Horváth
- Crazy Jourdain (1932) - Mikhail Bulgakov
- Before sunset - Gerhart Hauptmann
Non-fiction
- Church dogmatics , 1st part (KD I / 1): Doctrine of the Word of God - Karl Barth
- The coming poison and fire war and its effects on the civilian population - Gertrud Woker
- The 15th and last volume of the Real Lexicon of Prehistory appears with the register .
Other works
- The worker. Dominion and form - Ernst Jünger
- The guarantee - Kurt Weill (music); Libretto: Caspar Neher
- Death in the Afternoon - Ernest Hemingway
- Flesh (film) - Script collaboration: William Faulkner
- Aviators, say hello to the sun - Walter Reisch (text); Artist: Hans Albers
- FP1 does not answer (film) - based on the novel of the same name by Kurt Siodmak
- Singing between the chairs (poems) - Erich Kästner
- Child of this time (autobiography) - Klaus Mann
- Kuhle Wampe or: Who Owns the World? (Film) - Script: Bertolt Brecht , Ernst Ottwalt
- Scarface (film) - Written by Ben Hecht
- Sigelwara Land (1st part) - JRR Tolkien
- Diary of Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf - Selma Lagerlöf
- Ursonate (full score) - Kurt Schwitters
- Venus in Silk (Operetta) - Robert Stolz (Music)
- Why I am not a Christian (DEA) - Bertrand Russell
- When the little violets bloom (Singspiel) - Robert Stolz (music)
Others
- The American Scholar , American quarterly
- The Civilization of the American Indian , American scientific book series
- Topolino , Italian comic magazine
- The White Raven , German literary magazine published until 1934
- Welt am Sonnabend , German women's magazine
- Journal for social research , published from year 2 (1933) in Paris and New York City in emigration
- The first book is published in Wepsi .
- The Gebrüder Knabe Verlag is founded in Weimar .
- In April, Franz Thierfelder founded a "Goethe Institute of the German Academy for the advanced training of foreign German teachers" in Munich , the forerunner of today's Goethe Institute .
To be hired ...
- Die Aktion , German literary and political magazine
- Der Sturm , German art and literature magazine
- Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst , German art journal (with the supplement art chronicle and art literature )
- Das Alte Reich , German book series with selected sources on German culture
- Sharq , Iranian literary magazine
Anniversaries
people
- January 13: Horatio Alger's 100th birthday
- January 27: Lewis Carroll's 100th birthday
- March 22nd: 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- April 15: 100th birthday of Wilhelm Busch
- April 19: 100th birthday of José Echegaray
- June 11: 100th birthday of Jules Vallès
- August 16: 100th birthday of Wilhelm Wundt
- Emilio Castelar's 100th birthday September 7th:
- September 21: 100th anniversary of Walter Scott's death
- Émile Gaboriau's 100th birthday November 9:
- November 24th: 300th birthday of Baruch de Spinoza
- November 28: Leslie Stephen's 100th birthday
- November 29th: 100th birthday of Louisa May Alcott
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's 100th birthday December 8:
Works
- August 13, 1732: First performance of Voltaire's tragedy Zaïre in Paris
- January 13, 1782: First performance of the drama The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller in Mannheim
- March 23, 1782: The epistolary novel Dangerous Liaisons of Laclos appears.
- 1782: Marquis de Sade writes the dialogue between a priest and a dying man in prison .
- 1832: Le Curé de Tours , La Transaction , Maître Cornélius (book edition), further novellas and first Tolldreiste stories by Balzac appear.
- 1832: The stories Metzengerstein and The Duc de L'Omelette by Edgar Allan Poe appear.
- 1832: The stories Terrible Vengeance , The Bewitched Place , The Night Before Christmas and Iwan Fjodorowitsch Schponjka and his aunty by Nikolai Gogol appear.
- 1832: The stories Roger Malvin's Burial and My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne appear.
- 1832: The ballad The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson appears (dated 1833).
- November 22, 1832: First performance of the drama Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo in Paris
- 1882 appear:
- The novellas Gustav Adolfs Page and Plautus in the nunnery as well as poems , including The Roman Fountain , The Feet in Fire , by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
- Mademoiselle Fifi , La Bûche , Marroca , Le Saut du berger , Mon oncle Sosthène , Pierrot , Ma femme (among others) by Guy de Maupassant
- The Princess Ligovskaya (fragment) by Mikhail Lermontov (posthumous)
- Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , Vol. 4: Spreeland ; L'Adultera ; Schach von Wuthenow (preprint) by Theodor Fontane
- Plisch and Plum by Wilhelm Busch
- Heidepeters Gabriel and Die Dorfschöne by Peter Rosegger
- The Jangada (dEA) by Jules Verne
- A fine house by Émile Zola
- The happy science of Friedrich Nietzsche
- God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin (posthumous)
Others
- 1682: Foundation of the (still existing) JB Metzler Verlag in Stuttgart
Anniversaries (selection)
Born in 1932
January - March
- Lewis John Carlino , American film and theater writer and director († 2020) January 1:
- Paul Virilio , French philosopher and essayist († 2018) January 4th:
- Umberto Eco , Italian writer, philosopher and semiotic († 2016) January 5:
- Max Gallo , French writer, historian and politician († 2017) January 7th:
- January 15: F. Springer , Dutch writer and diplomat († 2011)
- January 16: Keiko Ai , Japanese writer
- January 18: Robert Anton Wilson , American writer († 2007)
- January 19: Emmanuelle Arsan , French writer († 2005)
- January 19: George MacBeth , Scottish poet and writer († 1992)
- January 19: François Maspero , French writer, publisher and translator († 2015)
- January 20: Finn Alnæs , Norwegian writer († 1991)
- January 20: Heberto Padilla , Cuban poet († 2000)
- January 25: Ernst Vollrath , German political philosopher († 2004)
- January 28: Virginia Ramey Mollenkott , American author
- January 31: Michael Degen , German actor and writer
- Franz Kamphaus , German theologian and author February 2:
- Stuart Hall , British sociologist and cultural theorist († 2014) February 3:
- Robert Coover , American writer February 4:
- Joseph H. Delaney , American science fiction writer († 1999) February 5:
- Uwe Timm , German libertarian-oriented author († 2014) February 5:
- Ernst Herhaus , German writer († 2010) February 6:
- François Truffaut , French film director, film critic and essayist († 1984) February 6:
- February 14: Alexander Kluge , German filmmaker and writer
- February 15: Josef Brukner , Czech writer and translator († 2015)
- February 16: Aharon Appelfeld , Israeli writer († 2018)
- February 16: Inge Debelts , German writer (mostly Low German) († 2019)
- February 19: Alberto Dines , Brazilian journalist and author († 2018)
- February 20: Johann Georg Reißmüller , German journalist and book author († 2018)
- February 20: Wolfgang Weiß , German English studies and Shakespeare researcher († 2019)
- February 28: Achim Block , German classical philologist and author († 2019)
- Hermann Jandl , Austrian poet and writer († 2017) March 1:
- Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist and writer († 2007) March 4:
- Kenneth W. Hassler , American science fiction writer († 1999) March 8:
- March 10: Marilyn Yalom , American literary scholar and gender researcher († 2019)
- March 11th: Thelma Elisabeth von Freymann , Finnish-German educator and author
- March 12th: Annemarie Zornack , German poet and writer
- March 14: Miroslav Antić , Yugoslav writer († 1986)
- March 15: Rita Joe , Indian-Canadian poet († 2007)
- March 15: Albert Pütz , German lawyer and writer († 2008)
- March 18: Friedrich Gorenstein , Russian writer and screenwriter († 2002)
- March 18: John Updike , American writer († 2009)
- March 20: Jack Cady , American science fiction, fantasy and horror author († 2004)
- March 24: Georg J. Morava , Czech-Austrian writer, literary historian and biographer († 2012)
- March 24th: Lothar Otto , German cartoonist and book illustrator († 2019)
- March 25: Wiesław Myśliwski , Polish writer
- March 28: Gisela Karau , German writer († 2010)
- March 28: Sven Lindqvist , Swedish writer († 2019)
- March 30th: Ted Morgan , French-American writer, biographer and journalist
- March 31: Tullio De Mauro , Italian linguist, lexicographer and translator († 2017)
- March 31: John Jakes , American writer
- March 31: Nagisa Ōshima , Japanese film director and author († 2013)
April June
- Joanna Chmielewska , Polish writer († 2013) April 2:
- Dennis L. McKiernan , American writer April 4:
- Andrei Tarkowski , Soviet filmmaker and author († 1986) April 4:
- Bora Ćosić , Serbian writer April 5:
- Jochen Ziem , German writer († 1994) April 5:
- Günter Herburger , German writer († 2018) April 6:
- Carlos Rasch , German science fiction writer April 6:
- Bruce Alexander Cook , American writer († 2003) April 7:
- April 16: Gottfried Bachl , Austrian theologian and author († 2020)
- April 16: Eberhard Panitz , German writer
- April 16: Jupp Weindich , German cultural scientist, theater director, theater director and author († 2013)
- April 17th: Rolf Schneider , German writer
- April 18: Hanns Grössel , German translator, literary critic and editor († 2012)
- April 22nd: Aino Pervik , Estonian writer and translator
- April 23: Joan Lingard , Scottish-British writer
- April 26: Tom Wittgen , German writer, esp. Crime writer
- Klaus Lüderssen , German lawyer, legal sociologist and essayist († 2016) May 2:
- Arvo Salo , Finnish writer and playwright († 2011) May 2:
- Sandra Antonova , Sami writer, poet and translator († 2014) May 5:
- Johannes Gross , German publicist and journalist († 1999) May 6:
- Alexander Thynn , British nobleman and author († 2020) May 6:
- Arnulf Baring , German political scientist, contemporary historian and author († 2019) May 8:
- Peter von Tramin , Austrian writer († 1981) May 9:
- May 11: Sigrid Heuck , German author for children and young people († 2014)
- May 11: Francisco Umbral , Spanish writer († 2007)
- May 17: Carlos Somigliana , Argentine playwright († 1987)
- May 19: Paul Erdman , American author († 2007)
- May 19: Elena Poniatowska , Mexican writer and journalist
- May 21: Gabriele Wohmann , German writer († 2015)
- May 23: John Lyons , British linguist and biographer († 2020)
- May 24: Arnold Wesker , British playwright († 2016)
- May 25: John Gregory Dunne , American writer, literary critic and essayist († 2003)
- May 27: Ralph Blum , American author († 2016)
- May 28: Senji Kuroi , Japanese writer
- May 31: Johann Baptist Müller , German political scientist and author († 2017)
- Makoto Oda , Japanese writer, essayist and translator († 2007) June 2:
- Cecilia Lindqvist , Swedish sinologist and writer June 4th:
- Thomas Reschke , German Slavist and translator June 4th:
- Rainer Tölle , German psychiatrist, neurologist and author († 2014) June 4:
- Christy Brown , Irish painter and author († 1981) June 5:
- Kit Reed , American writer († 2017) June 7:
- Hans G Helms , German writer and composer († 2012) June 8:
- June 10: Marc Fumaroli , French philologist, literary scholar, historian and essayist († 2020)
- June 11: Athol Fugard , South African novelist and playwright
- June 11: Gert Prokop , German writer († 1994)
- June 13: Ove Allansson , Swedish writer († 2016)
- June 16: Elfriede Gerstl , Austrian writer († 2009)
- June 18: Geoffrey Hill , British poet († 2016)
- June 18: Günter Seuren , German writer († 2003)
- June 19: Mark Adlard , British writer
- June 19: Brian N. Ball , British science fiction writer
- June 20: Hannes Hüttner , German children's and non-fiction author († 2014)
- June 20: Robert Roshdestvensky , Soviet poet († 1994)
- June 23: Edmund Wilkens , German writer († 2005)
- June 25: Giovanni Bruno Vicario , Italian psychologist and writer († 2020)
- June 29: Lothar Reher , German book designer († 2018)
- June 29: Ror Wolf , German writer and visual artist († 2020)
- June 30th: Mongo Beti , Cameroonian writer († 2001)
July September
- Jan de Zanger , Dutch author, poet and translator († 1991) July 4th:
- TJ Bass , American science fiction writer († 2011) July 7:
- Marguerite Derrida , French psychoanalyst and translator († 2020) July 7th:
- July 10: Jürgen Becker , German writer
- July 10: Christa Vetter , German radio play dramaturge and editor († 2018)
- July 13: Hubert Reeves , Canadian astrophysicist and non-fiction author
- July 14: Jerrold Katz , American philosopher and linguist († 2002)
- July 16: Christopher John Koch , Australian writer († 2013)
- July 17: Walter Hedemann , German songwriter and writer († 2019)
- July 18: Yevgeny Yevtushenko , Soviet or Russian poet and writer († 2017)
- July 18: Ákos Kertész , Hungarian writer
- July 20: Gerhard Goebel , German Romance scholar, literary scholar and translator († 2009)
- July 21: Horst Pillau , German writer and playwright
- July 22: Tom Robbins , American writer
- July 25: Charles Handy , Irish business and social philosopher and author
- July 25: Jürgen Wittdorf , German painter, graphic artist and book illustrator († 2018)
- July 29: Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin , Irish writer (writing in Irish; † 1985)
- July 31: Charles Chadwick , British writer
- July 31: John Searle , American philosopher
- Hans-Jürgen Fröhlich , German writer († 1986) August 4:
- Guillermo Mordillo , Argentine cartoonist († 2019) August 4th:
- Vincenzo Accame , Italian poet, essayist and translator († 1999) August 6:
- Alfons Nossol , Polish-German theologian and author August 8:
- August 10: Rui Knopfli , Mozambican poet and writer († 1997)
- August 10: Vladimír Páral , Czech writer
- August 11th: Chester Anderson , American poet and science fiction author († 1991)
- August 11: Fernando Arrabal , Spanish-French writer, poet and playwright
- August 14: Lee Hoffman , American writer († 2007)
- August 15: Robert L. Forward , American science fiction writer († 2002)
- August 16: Richard Eder , American journalist, theater, literary and film critic († 2014)
- August 16: Christopher Okigbo , Nigerian poet and librarian († 1967)
- August 17: VS Naipaul , British writer and Nobel Prize for Literature († 2018)
- August 17th: Jean-Jacques Sempé , French cartoonist
- August 19: Barbara Wersba , American author for young people and children († 2018)
- August 20: Vasily Aksjonow , Soviet or Russian writer († 2009)
- August 26: Lygia Bojunga Nunes , Brazilian author for children and young people
- August 26: Olov Svedelid , Swedish writer († 2008)
- August 27: Antonia Fraser , British writer
- August 28: Brigitte Thurm , German theater scholar, theater critic, writer, poet and essayist
- August 30: Reimar Müller , German classical philologist, philosophy and cultural historian († 2020)
- August 30: Martin Stöhr , German Protestant theologian and author († 2019)
- Lenrie Peters , Gambian surgeon, poet and writer († 2009) September 1:
- Malcolm Bradbury , British writer and literary scholar († 2000) September 7:
- Einar Sanden , Estonian writer and publisher († 2007) September 8:
- Javier Tomeo , Spanish writer († 2013) September 9:
- September 12: Werner Dürrson , German writer and translator († 2008)
- September 14: Gerd Fuchs , German writer († 2016)
- September 17: Robert B. Parker , American writer († 2010)
- September 18: Muzaffer İlhan Erdost , Turkish writer and publisher († 2020)
- September 18: Ulrich Gregor , German film historian
- September 19: Stefanie Zweig , German writer († 2014)
- September 20: Nora Sayre , American journalist, critic and essayist († 2001)
- September 24th: Joanne Greenberg (pen name Hannah Green ), American writer
- September 24: Rolf Tiedemann , German philosopher, philologist and editor († 2018)
- September 25: J. Hunter Holly , American science fiction writer († 1982)
- September 26: Karl Heinz Bohrer , German literary theorist and publicist
- September 26: Vladimir Voinowitsch , Soviet or Russian writer († 2018)
- September 28: Michael Coney , British-Canadian science fiction author († 2005)
- September 28: Víctor Jara , Chilean poet, musician and theater director († 1973)
- September 30th: Shintarō Ishihara , Japanese writer and politician
- September 30th: Hiroyuki Itsuki , Japanese writer
October - December
- Helgi Muller , Estonian poet and translator († 1971) October 5:
- Ingrid Uebe , German children's and youth author († 2018) October 7th:
- October 10: Willi H. Grün , German specialist and novelist († 2016)
- October 10: Dimiter Inkiow , Bulgarian-German children's author, playwright and satirist († 2006)
- October 10: Jochanan Trilse-Finkelstein , German philosopher, literary and theater scholar, writer and publicist († 2017)
- October 11: Saul Friedländer , Israeli historian and author
- October 11: Johan Goudsblom , Dutch (cultural) sociologist († 2020)
- October 11: Michael Theunissen , German philosopher († 2015)
- October 15: Dietrich Kuhlbrodt , German lawyer, author and actor
- October 16: Guðbergur Bergsson , Icelandic writer and translator
- October 17: Jürgen Manthey , German writer, literary scholar and translator († 2018)
- October 17th: Christian Karlson Stead , New Zealand writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, ...
- October 20: Hans Czuma , Austrian philosopher († 2016)
- October 20: Michael McClure , American poet, writer, playwright († 2020)
- October 23: Wassili Below , Soviet writer († 2012)
- October 24th: Josef Duss-von Werdt , Swiss psychologist and author on mediation († 2019)
- October 27: Sylvia Plath , American writer († 1963)
- October 29th: Harald Hartung , German literary scholar, poet, writer, essayist and editor
- October 30th: Louis Malle , French film director and screenwriter († 1995)
- Dirk Lüken , German composer, church musician, poet and writer († 2020) November 1:
- René Major , French psychoanalyst and author November 1st:
- Edgar Reitz , German film director and author November 1st:
- Manfred Streubel , German poet and children's book writer († 1992) November 5:
- Vladimir Volkoff , French writer († 2005) November 7:
- Jean-Philippe Bernigaud , French publisher († 2017) November 8:
- Ben Bova , American science fiction writer and editor November 8:
- November 12: Jens Pauli Heinesen , Faroese writer († 2011)
- November 15: Alvin Plantinga , American philosopher
- November 21: Beryl Bainbridge , British writer († 2010)
- November 24: Claudio Naranjo , American psychiatrist, therapist and author († 2019)
- November 30th: Gérard Lauzier , French filmmaker and author († 2008)
- Sergio Bonelli , Italian comic book author and publisher († 2011) December 2:
- Claus Hammel , German playwright († 1990) December 4:
- Jacques Roubaud , French writer December 5th:
- Pentti Linkola , Finnish deep ecologist and author († 2020) December 7th:
- Rosemary Rogers , American writer († 2019) December 7:
- December 12: Egon Richter , German journalist and writer († 2016)
- December 13: Vamik D. Volkan , American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, peace and conflict researcher
- December 14: Hans Fischer , German ethnologist († 2019)
- December 16: Quentin Blake , British cartoonist, illustrator and children's author
- December 17: Konrad Bayer , Austrian writer († 1964)
- December 21: UR Ananthamurthy , Indian writer († 2014)
- December 21: Hansgerd Schulte , German Germanist, university professor in Paris and author († 2019)
- December 22: Emili Teixidor , Catalan writer († 2012)
- December 24th: Fritz Deppert , German poet, writer and translator
- December 25: Jun Etō , Japanese literary critic and essayist († 1999)
- December 28: Manuel Puig , Argentine writer and filmmaker († 1990)
- December 29: Choi Il-nam , South Korean writer
- December 31: Felix Rexhausen , German journalist and writer († 1992)
- anonymous: Abdoulaye Mamani , Nigerien poet and writer († 1993)
- anonymous: Frank Kobina Parkes , Ghanaian poet († 2004)
- anonymous: Oskar N. Sahlberg , German literary scholar and psychotherapist († 2005)
- anonymous: Danielle Sarréra , fictional French author († 1949)
Died in 1932
- January 28: Sophus Michaëlis , Danish poet and writer (* 1865)
- February 10: Edgar Wallace , British writer (* 1875)
- Jaume Collell i Bancells , Catalan priest, poet and writer (* 1846) March 1:
- March 15: Friedrich Radszuweit , German gay activist and writer (* 1876)
- March 19: Georg Dehio , influential German art historian (* 1850)
- March 19: Richard Specht , Austrian poet, playwright, writer, music journalist (* 1870)
- April 23: Laura Kieler , Norwegian-Danish writer (* 1849)
- Anton Wildgans , Austrian poet and playwright (* 1881) May 3:
- May 22: Isabella Augusta Gregory , Irish playwright and prose writer (* 1852)
- May 30th: Wilhelm Fischer , Austrian writer (* 1846)
- Elise Aun , Estonian poet, narrator and translator (* 1863) June 2:
- Heinrich Eggersglüß , German local poet (* 1875) July 6th:
- Kenneth Grahame , British writer (* 1859) July 6:
- July 11: Wilhelm Cremer , German writer and translator (* 1874)
- July 15: CJ Langenhoven , South African writer, poet, playwright, essayist, ... (* 1873)
- July 20: René Bazin , French writer (* 1853)
- July 25: Cyriel Buysse , Belgian writer who writes in Flemish (* 1859)
- August 11: Stepan Vasylchenko , Ukrainian writer (* 1879)
- August 11: Maximilian Voloshin , Russian-Ukrainian poet and painter (* 1877)
- August 20: Paul Keller , German writer (* 1873)
- Jóhann Jónsson , Icelandic poet and writer (* 1896) September 1:
- September 20: Max Slevogt , German painter, graphic artist and book illustrator (* 1868)
- Arthur Kahane , German-speaking writer and dramaturge in Berlin (* 1872) October 7:
- November 15: Charles W. Chesnutt , American writer, poet and essayist (* 1858)
- November 23: Henry S. Whitehead , American author of horror and fantasy literature (* 1882)
- Angelo Nessi , Swiss journalist, author and librettist (* 1873) December 2:
- Amadeu Vives i Roig , Catalan composer and writer (* 1871) December 2:
- Gustav Meyrink , Austrian writer and translator (* 1868) December 4:
- Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain , Bengali feminist writer (* 1880) December 9:
- December 16: Max Paschke , German publisher (* 1868)
- December 27: Arvid Järnefelt , Finnish writer (* 1861)
Literature prizes 1932
German literary prizes
- Poet Prize of the City of Munich : Ruth Schaumann
- Georg Büchner Prize (selection): Albert H. Rausch (pseud. Henry Benrath )
- Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main : Gerhart Hauptmann
- Kleist Prize : Richard Billinger for Rauhnacht and Else Lasker-Schüler "for their poetic life's work"
- People's Prize for German Poetry / Raabe Prize : Ernst Wiechert for The Maid of Jürgen Doskocil
International literary prizes
- Bellman Prize (for the years 1932–1942): Albert Engström
- CW van der Hoogtprijs : Johan Fabricius for comedians trokken voorbij
- Grand Prix Gobert (selection): François 1er by Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix
- Grand Prix du Roman : Claire by Jacques Chardonne
- Samfundet De Nio Grand Prix : Emilia Fogelklou
- Hawthornden Prize : The Fountain by Charles Morgan
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction): Boomerang by Helen Simpson
- Nobel Prize in Literature : John Galsworthy
- O. Henry Prize : An End to Dreams by Stephen Vincent Benét
- Prix Goncourt / Roman : Les Loups by Guy Mazeline
- Prix Renaudot : Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Prix du roman populiste (selection): Les hommes de bonne volonté (Vol. 1 and 2) by Jules Romains
- Pulitzer Prize / Story : My Experiences in the World War by John J. Pershing
- Pulitzer Prize / Novel : The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- Pulitzer Prize / Theater : Of Thee I Sing (Musical)
- Swiss Schiller Foundation - Prize for a single work: Montagna by Giuseppe Zoppi
- Tollanderska priset : Emil Zilliacus
Individual evidence
- ↑ Founding of a Goethe Institute of the German Academy ... on historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de, accessed on June 3, 2019 (pdf)
- ↑ Goethe Medal (see under 1961: "Dr. Dr. Franz Thierfelder, founder of the Goethe-Institut 1932") on goethe.de, accessed on June 3, 2019 (pdf)