Literature year 1938

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Overview of the literary years
Further events

Literature year 1938
The presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature by the King of Sweden to Pearl S. Buck
The American writer Pearl S. Buck
receives the
Nobel Prize for Literature .
Ödön von Horváth's tomb in the Heiligenstadt cemetery
Ödön von Horváth was killed by a falling branch while
emigrating to Paris .

Memorial plaque for Egon Friedell at his home in Vienna
Egon Friedell commits suicide
for fear of being arrested by the SA .

Events

prose

English-language literature

Daphne du Maurier

German-language literature

Literature in other languages

Poetry

drama

Comic

Awards ceremonies

Born

January to April

May to August

September to December

Exact date of birth unknown

Died

Carl von Ossietzky's grave in Berlin
Memorial plaque to Ödön von Horváth's place of death in Paris

Web links

Portal: Literature  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the topic of literature
Commons : 1938 books  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
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Commons : 1938 newspapers  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files