Literature year 1943

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Literature year 1943
Thomas Mann completes his novel - Tetralogy Joseph and his brothers .
The first edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's short story The Little Prince appears in New York City .	Else Lasker-Schüler publishes her last volume of poems, Mein bluues Klavier , in Jerusalem .

Events

prose

• January 4th : In exile in California, Thomas Mann completes his novel - Tetralogy Joseph and his brothers . The tetralogy includes the novels:

1. The stories of Jacob (date of origin: December 1926 - October 1930)
2. The young Joseph (date of origin: January 1931 - June 1932)
3. Joseph in Egypt (Date of origin: July 1932 - 23 August 1936)
4. Joseph the breadwinner (date of creation: August 10, 1940 - January 4, 1943).

• April 6 : The first edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's short story The Little Prince is published in New York City with his own illustrations, both in the French original ( Le Petit Prince ) and in an English translation ( The Little Prince ) by Katherine Woods. Since Saint-Exupéry already has a contract with the publisher Éditions Gallimard , the latter is suing the American publisher.

• Simone de Beauvoir's first novel, L'Invitée, is published in Paris .
• The short story The Sword of Roald Dahl appears in the journal The Atlantic Monthly .

Poetry

• Else Lasker-Schüler publishes her last volume of poems, Mein bluues Klavier , in Jerusalem . The volume contains 32 poems, 18 of which have been published earlier, and a short prose text. It also contains the elegy My blue piano, first published in 1937 .

drama

• February 4th : Bertolt Brechts with the collaboration of Ruth Berlau and Margarete Steffin composed play The Good Man of Sezuan has its world premiere at the Schauspielhaus Zurich . Directs this epic drama leads Leonard Steckel .
• September 9th : Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo premieres in Zurich.

Periodicals

• January: The year after homosexuality was decriminalized, the first edition of the gay magazine Der Kreis appears in Switzerland . The first editor and editor is the actor Karl Meier .

religion

• September 30th : Pope Pius XII. publishes the encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu . The third of the Bible encyclicals deals with the use of the Bible and Bible explanations and admits scientific and historical errors in the Bible.

Awards ceremonies

• Frost Medal : Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Grand Schiller Prize : Peider Lansel
• Johann Peter Hebel Prize : Jakob Schaffner
• Nobel Prize for Literature : no award
• O Henry Prize : Livvie Is Back by Eudora Welty
• Premio Atenea (selection): Aguas abajo by Marta Brunet
• Prix ​​Goncourt / Roman : Passage de l'Homme by Marius Grout
• Pulitzer Prizes (selection):
  • Novel: Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair
  • Drama: The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
  • Seal: A Witness Tree by Robert Frost

Born

January to April

• 0January 3 : Reinhold Massag , German author and actor († 1999 )
• 0January 4th : Emil Zopfi , Swiss author
• 0January 6 : Osvaldo Soriano , Argentine writer and journalist († 1997 )
• 0January 9 : Peter Zurek , Austrian journalist († 2013 )
• January 10 : Peter Strauch , German theologian, book author and songwriter
• January 11th : Eduardo Mendoza , Spanish writer
• January 14th : Oscar Bronner , Austrian newspaper editor and painter
• January 20 : Einar Førde , Norwegian social democratic politician and journalist († 2004 )
• January 22nd : Wilhelm Genazino , German writer († 2018 )
• January 25 : Agata Hikari , Japanese writer († 1992 )
• January 28 : Manfred Jendryschik , German narrator, poet, essayist and editor

• 0February 4th : Otto Lohmüller , German painter, sculptor and author of Boy Scout adventure books
• 0February 5 : Michael Mann , American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 0February 7th : Danilo Arbilla Frachia , Uruguayan journalist
• 0February 7th : Finnbogi Ísakson , Faroese journalist, writer and politician († 2005 )
• February 13 : Friedrich Christian Delius , German writer
• February 14 : Ischa Meijer , Dutch journalist, writer and talk show host († 1995 )
• February 15 : Elke Heidenreich , German author, cabaret artist, presenter and journalist
• February 20 : Diana L. Paxson , American historical fantasy novelist
• February 21 : Lyudmila Ulitskaya , Russian writer
• February 22 : Eduard Limonow , Russian writer and politician († 2020 )
• February 28 : Gerda Anger-Schmidt , Austrian children's book author († 2017 )

• 0March 1 : Jürgen Alexander Heß , German illustrator († 2001 )
• 0March 1st : Franz Hohler , Swiss writer, cabaret artist and songwriter
• 0March 2 : Peter Straub , American writer
• 0March 6th : Gert Sudholt , German publicist and publisher
• March 12th : Mina Assadi , Persian poet and author
• March 13 : André Téchiné , French screenwriter and film director
• March 14 : Marie Hüllenkremer , German journalist and politician († 2004 )
• March 20 : Gerard Malanga , American writer, photographer and filmmaker
• March 26 : Paolo Maurensig , Italian writer
• March 26 : Robert Woodward , American journalist and reporter
• March 29 : Eric Idle , British actor, film producer, director, composer and writer

• 0April 2 : Troels Kløvedal , Danish writer († 2018 )
• 0April 4 : Michael Schneider , German writer
• 0April 5 : Werner J. Egli , Swiss writer
• April 19 : Gudrun Reinboth , German writer
• April 22nd : Janet Evanovich , American writer
• April 22nd : Louise Glück , American poet and essayist
• April 24th : Dick Matena , Dutch comic artist and author
• April 30 : David Zane Mairowitz , European-American writer

May to August

• 0May 7 : Peter Carey , Australian writer
• 0May 8 : Pat Barker , British writer and historian
• May 18 : Jacques-Pierre Amette , French writer
• May 20 : Justin Cartwright , British writer of South African descent († 2018 )
• May 31 : Jonis Agee , American writer

• June 10 : Peter Kurzck , German writer († 2013 )
• June 10 : Volker Wahl , German archivist and historian
• June 14th : Jeanine Meerapfel , Argentinian-German film director, screenwriter and film lecturer
• June 22 : Thomas Elsaesser , German film historian, essayist and biographer († 2019 )
• June 23 : Paul Kersten , German writer and radio editor († 2020 )
• June 28 : Ryszard Krynicki , Polish poet, translator of German poetry and publisher
• June 30th : Hartmann von der Tann , German journalist

• July 15 : Doris Runge , German writer
• July 16 : Reinaldo Arenas , Cuban writer († 1990 )
• July 16 : Walter Schenker , Swiss writer († 2018 )
• July 23 : Irina Liebmann , German writer
• July 27 : Sō Aono , Japanese writer
• July 27 : Dirk Hoeges , German Romanist, historian, translator and publisher († 2020 )
• July 29th : Jürg Jegge , Swiss moderator, educator and writer
• July 30th : Horst Neißer , German writer, publisher and librarian

• 0August 2 : Rainer Nägele , American literary scholar
• 0August 3 : Steven Millhauser , American writer
• 0August 7 : Franz Josef Wagner , German tabloid journalist
• 0August 9 : Bernhard C. Wintzek , German publicist († 2018 )
• August 14 : Herbert Exenberger , Austrian librarian and publicist († 2009 )
• August 14 : Wolf Wondratschek , German writer
• August 23 : Nelson DeMille , American writer
• August 26 : Angelika Mechtel , German writer († 2000 )

September to December

• September 12 : Michael Ondaatje , Canadian writer
• September 13 : Åke Arne Gunder Andersson , Swedish writer and cultural journalist
• September 21 : Klaus Kordon , German writer
• September 24 : Antonio Tabucchi , Italian writer, literary scholar and translator († 2012 )
• September 26 : Helga Lippelt , German writer

• 0October 6 : Joachim Walther , German writer († 2020 )
• 0October 8 : RL Stine , American children's author
• 0October 9 : Barbara Beuys , German writer
• October 12 : Heinrich Pachl , German cabaret artist, actor, author and filmmaker († 2012 )
• October 13 : Rick Boyer , American writer
• October 23 : Jorge Arbeleche , Uruguayan writer, essayist and lecturer
• October 26 : João Casimiro Namorado de Aguiar , Portuguese writer († 2010 )

• 0November 6 : Sasha Sokolov , Russian writer
• 0November 7 : Stephen Greenblatt , American literary scholar
• 0November 9 : Michael Kunze , German songwriter, writer and librettist
• November 22 : William Kotzwinkle , American writer
• November 30th : Michail Krausnick , German writer († 2019 )
• November 30th : Terrence Malick , American screenwriter, director, and film producer
• November 30 : Joel Shatzky , American writer and literature professor († 2020 )

• 0December 3 : Nili Mirsky , Israeli translator († 2018 )
• 0December 9 : Michael Krüger , German writer, poet, publisher and translator
• December 13th : Arturo Ripstein , Mexican director, producer and screenwriter
• December 16 : Frank Göhre , German writer
• December 17th : Ludger Lütkehaus , German philosopher and literary scholar († 2019 )
• December 23 : Bárður Jákupsson , Faroese painter, graphic artist and author of art books
• December 24th : Godehard Schramm , German writer, storyteller and radio editor

Exact date of birth unknown

• Eric Åkerlund , Swedish writer and teacher
• Gerd Appenzeller , German journalist
• Davi Arrigucci Júnior , Brazilian author and literary scholar
• Christine Evans , English poet
• Razeq Fani , Afghan poet and writer († 2007 )
• Sven-Åke Johansson , Swedish composer, musician, author and visual artist
• Jutta Motz , German writer
• Lothar Schneider , German cartoonist
• Josef Winiger , Swiss translator and author

Died

Date of death secured

• January 13 : Rudolf Huch , German lawyer and writer (* 1862 )
• January 13 : Else Ury , German writer and children's book author (* 1877 )
• January 30th : Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi , French writer, journalist and theater manager (* 1865 )

• 0February 3 : Rudolf Herzog , German journalist and writer (* 1869 )
• 0February 3 : Otto Schmeil , German botanist, educator and specialist book author (* 1860 )
• 0February 6 : Bogislav von Selchow , German writer and naval officer (* 1877 )
• February 12 : Kurata Hyakuzō , Japanese writer (* 1891 )
• February 16 : Mildred Harnack , American-German literary scholar, resistance fighter (* 1902 )

• 0March 5 : Bedřich Václavek , Czech literary critic and theorist (* 1897 )
• March 15 : Karl Schönherr , Austrian playwright (* 1867 )

• April 16 : Carlos Arniches y Barrera , Spanish playwright and writer (* 1866 )

• May 17 : Johanna Elberskirchen , German author and feminist activist (* 1864 )

• June 12 : Hanns Heinz Ewers , German writer (* 1871 )
• June 24th : Otto Rühle , German politician and writer (* 1874 )
• June 24th : Alice Rühle-Gerstel , German writer (* 1894 )

• July 30th : Anna Croissant-Rust , German writer (* 1860 )

• 0August 5 : Adam Kuckhoff , German writer, resistance fighter (* 1887 )
• August 12 : Kurt Eggers , German writer and Nazi cultural politician (* 1905 )
• August 21 : Henrik Pontoppidan , Danish writer (* 1857 )

• 0September 6th : Omar Cáceres , Chilean poet (* 1904 )

• 0October 7th : Marguerite Radclyffe Hall , British writer (* 1880 )
• 0October 8 : Otto Erler , German playwright (* 1872 )
• October 22nd : Josef Venantius von Wöss , Austrian church musician, composer and publisher's editor (* 1863 )
• October 24 : Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , Canadian poet and essayist (* 1912 )

• 0November 5 : Elza Pliekšāne , Latvian poet and playwright (* 1865 )
• November 19 : Georg Hermann , German writer (* 1871 )
• November 21 : Ernst zu Reventlow , German naval officer, writer and politician (* 1869 )
• November 23 : Wilhelm von Arnim-Lützlow , German author (* 1879 )
• November 23 : Bruno Satori-Neumann , German theater scholar (* 1886 )
• November 26 : Charles GD Roberts , Canadian poet and writer (* 1860 )

• 0December 2 : Johan Nordahl Grieg , Norwegian writer, poet, playwright and journalist (* 1902 )
• December 22nd : Beatrix Potter , English children's book author (* 1866 )
• December 29 : Martin Faßbender , German professor, publicist and politician (* 1856 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Wassili Iwanowitsch Anutschin , Russian ethnographer and journalist (* 1875 )
• Emir Emin Arslan , Ottoman politician, diplomat, writer and publisher (* 1868 )
• Yusif Vəzir Çəmənzəminli , Azerbaijani writer and statesman (* 1887 )

Web links

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