1937 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• January 9 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.

New Books

• The Citadel - A.J. Cronin
• Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie
• Diary of a Country Priest - Georges Bernanos
• The Good Society - Walter Lippmann
• The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
• Life and Death of a Spanish Town - Elliot Paul
• Light Woman - Zona Gale
• More Joy in Heaven - Morley Callaghan
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• The Old Bunch - Meyer Levin
• Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen
• Roller Skates - Ruth Sawyer
• Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon
• Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
• These Low Grounds - Waters Edward Turpin
• Uncommon Danger - Eric Ambler
• The Years - Virginia Woolf

Births

• May 8 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist
• May 13 - Roger Zelazny, American writer of fantasy and science fiction
• November 17 - Peter Cook, comedian, satirist and writer

Deaths

• March 15 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer
• June 19 - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist
• August 11 - Edith Wharton, writer
• December 26 - Ivor Gurney, war poet

Awards

• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates
• Nobel Prize for literature: Roger Martin du Gard
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman, You Can't Take It With You
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Frost: A Further Range
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind