1914 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).
• November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.

New Books

• Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich - Stephen Leacock
• Chicago - Carl Sandburg
• Concerning a vow - Rhoda Broughton
• Delia Blanchflower - Mary Augusta Ward
• Dubliners - James Joyce
• Mending Wall - Robert Frost
• Notes of a Son and Brother - Henry James
• Our Mr. Wrenn - Sinclair Lewis
• The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France
• Ruggles of Red Gap - Harry Leon Wilson
• The Titan - Theodore Dreiser
• Vandover and the Brute - Frank Norris
• When William Came - Saki
• The World Set Free - H. G. Wells

Births

• February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (+ 1997)
• March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (+ 1994)
• May 8 - Romain Gary, writer (+ 1980)
• August 9 - Tove Jansson, children's author
• October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (+ 1953)

Deaths

• April 7 - Edith Maude Eaton, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded