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Overview of the events of 1918 in literature
Overview of the events of 1918 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1918 .
Events
U.S. poster
New books
Fiction
Musical Theatre
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 11 –
Robert C. O'Brien , American novelist (died
1973 )
January 16
January 30 –
Bazilije Pandžić , Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist (died
2019 )
February 1 –
Muriel Spark ,
Scottish novelist (died
2006 )
[6]
February 6 –
Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German novelist, war correspondent and painter (died
2007 )
March 9 –
Mickey Spillane , American mystery writer (died
2006 )
March 10 –
Theodore Cogswell , American science fiction author (died
1987 )
March 15 –
Richard Ellmann , American
literary biographer (died
1987 )
April 23
May 16 –
Juan Rulfo , Mexican author (died
1986 )
June 9 –
Bidhyanath Pokhrel , Nepali poet (died
1994 )
July 9 –
John Heath-Stubbs , English poet and translator (died
2006 )
July 14 –
Arthur Laurents , American novelist and screenwriter (died
2011 )
July 24 –
Antonio Candido , Brazilian literary critic (died
2017 )
August 9 –
Robert Aldrich , American writer and filmmaker (died
1983 )
August 20 –
Jacqueline Susann , American novelist (died
1974 )
August 27 –
Leon Levițchi , Romanian translator (died
1991 )
September 19 –
Penelope Mortimer , Welsh-born English novelist and biographer (died
1999 )
October 19 –
Louis Althusser , French Marxist philosopher (died
1990 )
October 22 –
René de Obaldia , French playwright and poet (died
2022 )
October 29 –
Ștefan Baciu , Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (died
1993 )
November 2 –
Roger Lancelyn Green , English biographer (died
1987 )
November 16 –
Nicholas Moore , English poet (died
1986 )
November 20 –
Naomi Frankel , German-born Israeli novelist (died
2009 )
November 25 –
Peter Opie , English writer on children's literature and lore (died
1982 )
November 29 –
Madeleine L'Engle , American writer for children and teens (died
2007 )
December 7 –
Liu Yichang , Chinese novelist, editor and publisher (died
2018 )
December 11 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian novelist (died
2008 )
December 30 –
Al Purdy , Canadian poet (died
2000 )
Deaths
January 1 –
William Wilfred Campbell , Canadian poet (born
1860 )
January 6 –
Dora Sigerson Shorter , Irish poet, novelist and sculptor (born
1866 )
[7]
January 28 –
John McCrae , Canadian military surgeon and war poet (pneumonia, born
1872 )
[8]
February 8 –
Lascăr Vorel , Romanian visual artist and short story writer (kidney disease, born
1879 )
February 9 –
E. J. Richmond , American novelist and children's writer (born
1825 )
March 19 –
Florence Anderson Clark , American author, newspaper editor, librarian, and university administrator (born
1835 )[
citation needed ]
April 1 –
Isaac Rosenberg , English poet and artist (killed in action, born
1890 )
April –
William Hope Hodgson , English author and essayist (killed in action, born
1877 )
May 8 –
Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg , Austrian writer and traveller (born
1851 )[
citation needed ]
May 27 –
Francis George Fowler , English grammarian (tuberculosis contracted on military service, born
1871 )
[9]
June 10 –
Arrigo Boito (Tobia Gorio), Italian poet and composer (born
1842 )
June 26 –
Peter Rosegger , Austrian poet (born
1843 )[
citation needed ]
June 28 –
Alexander Turnbull , New Zealand bibliophile (born
1868 )
July 22 –
Helen Stuart Campbell , American author, novelist and economist (born
1839 )
[10]
July 26 –
Helen Taggart Clark , American columnist, short story writer, and poet (born
1849 )
July 30 –
Joyce Kilmer , American poet (killed in action, born
1886 )
[11]
August 3 –
Maria Fetherstonhaugh , English novelist, born
1847 )
October 5 –
Robbie Ross , journalist (heart failure; born
1869 )
[12]
October 21 –
Jennie O. Starkey , journalist (pneumonia after influenza; born ca.
1856 )
November 4
November 9 –
Guillaume Apollinaire , French poet, dramatist, novelist and critic (influenza, born
1880 )
[14]
November 14 –
Seumas O'Kelly , Irish journalist and author (born
1881 )
November 24 –
Annie Hall Cudlip , English novelist, journalist and editor (born
1838 )
December 1 –
Margit Kaffka , Hungarian novelist, short story writer and poet (influenza, born
1880 )
December 2 –
Edmond Rostand , French poet and dramatist (influenza; born
1868 )
[15]
December 15 –
Salvatore Farina , Italian novelist (born
1846 )
unknown date —
Eva Kinney Griffith , American journalist, temperance activist, novelist, newspaper editor, and journal publisher (born
1852 )
Awards
References
^ "Miss Marie Corelli's Food Supply: £50 Fine for Hoarding".
The Times . No. 41677. London. 1918-01-03. p. 3.
^ Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (2009).
Chronicle of the Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry: Discussions, Decisions and Documents . Walter de Gruyter. p. 3.
ISBN
978-3-11-023007-9 .
^
a
b Sassoon, Siegfried (1945). Siegfried's Journey, 1916–1920 . London: Faber. pp. 71–84.
^ Henry Adams (1918).
The Education of Henry Adams: an autobiography . Houghton Mifflin Company.
^
Gussow, Mel (April 27, 1996).
"Stirling Silliphant, 78, Writer; Won 'Heat of the Night' Oscar" .
The New York Times .
^ Turner, Jenny (17 April 2006).
"Obituary: Dame Muriel Spark" . the Guardian . Retrieved 11 October 2018 .
^ March, Jessica.
"Shorter, Dora Sigerson" . Dictionary of Irish Biography . Cambridge University Press; Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 2014-02-07 .
^ Holt, Tonie; Valmai (1996). "Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae". Poets of the Great War . Barnsley: Leo Cooper (Reprinted 1999). pp. 54-62.
ISBN
978-0-85052-706-3 .
^
"Francis George Fowler" . The Dover War Memorial Project . Retrieved 2013-02-24 .
^ Moe, Phyllis (1979). "Helen Stuart Campbell profile". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present . Vol. 1. New York, New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 287–89.
^ "Joyce Kilmer Slain on the West Front; Former Member of Times Staff Had Won Sergeantcy In The 165th of Infantry..." The New York Times August 18, 1918.
^
"Ross, Robert Baldwin (RS888RB)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^
"Casualty Details: Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter" .
Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 4 February 2018 .
^ Baxter, John (2009-02-10). Carnal Knowledge: Baxter's Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex. HarperCollins. p. 13.
ISBN
978-0-06-087434-6 .
^ Lesley Henderson; Sarah M. Hall (1995).
Reference Guide to World Literature . St. James Press. p. 1034.
ISBN
978-1-55862-333-0 .
See also