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Overview of the events of 1931 in literature
Overview of the events of 1931 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1931 .
Events
January 10 – A rare copy of
Edgar Allan Poe 's
Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Other Poems and first editions of
The Scarlet Letter and
Moby-Dick are stolen from
New York Public Library by Samuel Dupree, on behalf of a crooked New York antiquarian book dealer, Harry Gold.
[1]
January 26 – The play
Green Grow the Lilacs by
Cherokee playwright
Lynn Riggs , opens on
Broadway . It is later adapted as
Oklahoma! by
Rodgers and Hammerstein .
[2]
March 27 – The English novelist
Arnold Bennett dies of
typhoid in London, shortly after a visit to Paris, where he drank local water in an attempt to prove it was safe.
[3]
April 11 –
Gerald Brenan and
Gamel Woolsey make a form of marriage in Rome.
[4]
June 1 – The
Near v. Minnesota case in the
Supreme Court of the United States affirms the principle that
prior restraint is unconstitutional.
July 4 –
James Joyce marries his long-time partner
Nora Barnacle at
Kensington
register office in London.
October 4 – The
Dick Tracy
comic strip first appears, created by
cartoonist
Chester Gould .
[5]
October 5 – The first U.K. performance of
Oscar Wilde 's tragedy
Salome (1891) is given at the
Savoy Theatre , London, with
Nancy Price as producer and as Herodias, and her daughter
Joan Maude in the title role.
[6]
November –
Federico García Lorca is appointed by the leftist
Second Spanish Republic as director of a touring theatre company, Teatro Universitario La Barraca (The Shack), charged with taking a portable stage into rural areas to introduce audiences to classical Spanish theatre without charge.
[7]
unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Non-fiction
Births
January 4 –
José Triana , Cuban poet (d.
2018 )
[26]
January 6
January 9 –
Algis Budrys , Lithuanian-American science fiction author (died
2008 )
[28]
January 10 –
Peter Barnes , English playwright (died
2004 )
[29]
January 17 –
Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), German journalist and science fiction author (died
2000 )
January 20 –
Sawako Ariyoshi , Japanese novelist (died
1984 )
[30]
January 24 –
Leonard Baker , American historian and Pulitzer-winning author (died
1984 )
[31]
January 27
February 2 –
Walter Burkert , German writer (died
2015 )
[35]
February 9 –
Thomas Bernhard , Dutch-born Austrian author (died
1989 )
February 11 –
Larry Merchant , American author and boxing commentator
February 12 –
Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch-American crime writer (died
2008 )
[36]
February 18
February 19 –
Robert Sobel , American business writer (died
1999 )
March 2 –
Tom Wolfe , American novelist (died
2018 )
[38]
March 11
March 16 –
Augusto Boal , Brazilian theater director and writer (died
2009 )
March 22 –
Leslie Thomas , Welsh novelist (died
2014 )
[40]
March 26 –
Alison Prince , English-born Scottish children's writer and biographer (died
2019 )
April 1 –
Rolf Hochhuth , German dramatist (died
2020 )
[41]
April 12 –
Chico Anysio , Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer (died
2012 )
April 15 –
Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet and translator (died
2015 )
[42]
April 21 –
Gabriel de Broglie , French historian
April 29 –
Robert Gottlieb , American editor
May 2 –
Ruth Fainlight , American-born poet, short story writer, translator and librettist
[43]
May 7 –
Gene Wolfe , American science fiction and fantasy writer (died
2019 )
[44]
May 23 –
Barbara Barrie , American actress and writer
June 12 –
Robin Cook (Derek Raymond), English crime novelist (died
1994 )
June 21 –
Patricia Goedicke , American poet (died
2006 )
[45]
June 26 –
Colin Wilson , British novelist and philosopher (died
2013 )
[46]
July 4 –
Sébastien Japrisot , French novelist and screenwriter (died
2003 )
July 6 –
Emily Nasrallah , Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (died
2018 )
[47]
July 7 –
David Eddings , American novelist (died 2009)
July 10
July 14 –
E. V. Thompson , English novelist (died
2012 )
July 15 –
Clive Cussler , American thriller writer and underwater explorer (died
2020 )
[50]
July 17 –
Caroline Graham , English playwright, screenwriter and novelist
August 2 –
Karl Miller , British writer and literary editor (died
2014 )
August 12 –
William Goldman , American novelist and screenwriter (died
2018 )
August 14 –
Frederic Raphael , American-born English screenwriter, novelist and non-fiction author
[51]
August 16 –
Marion Patrick Jones , Trinidadian writer (died
2016 )
August 22 -
Maurice Gee , New Zealand novelist
September 14 –
Ivan Klíma , Czech novelist and dramatist
September 15 –
Kalim Siddiqui , Pakistani-born British writer and Islamic activist (died
1996 )
September 22
October 8 –
Dennis Silk , American-born English writer on literature and cricket, and first-class cricketer (died
2019 )
[53]
October 13 –
Janice Elliott , English novelist and children's writer (died
1995 )
October 19 –
John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell), English spy novelist (died
2020 )
[54]
October 22 –
Ann Rule , American true-crime writer (died
2015 )
[55]
[56]
October 23 –
James McNeish , New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer (died
2016 )
November 3 –
Arun Sarma , Assamese playwright and novelist (died
2017 )
November 18 –
Nikoloz Janashia , Georgian historian (died
1982 )
November 28 –
Tomi Ungerer , Alsatian illustrator and writer (died
2019 )
December 2 –
Nigel Calder , British science writer (died
2014 )
December 15 –
Klaus Rifbjerg , Danish writer (died
2015 )
[57]
December 17 –
Krystyna Boglar , Polish writer known mostly for her work for children and young adults (died
2019 )
[58]
December 31 –
Bob Shaw , Irish science-fiction writer (died
1996 )
[59]
Deaths
[March 25]- [Ida B. Wells], American journalist and novelist (born [1862 in literature|1862]
March 27 –
Arnold Bennett , English novelist (born
1867 )
[61]
April 4 –
André Michelin , French originator of
Michelin Guides (born
1853 )
[62]
April 10 –
Khalil Gibran , Lebanese-born American poet (born
1883 )
[63]
June 29 –
Nérée Beauchemin , French-Canadian poet (born
1850 )
July 2 –
Harald Høffding , Danish philosopher (born
1843 )
[64]
July 14 –
Vasile Cijevschi , Bessarabian Romanian soldier, journalist and short-story writer (born
1880 )
August 1 –
Bertha McNamara , German-born Australian pamphleteer and bookseller (born
1853 )
August 15 –
Delfín Chamorro , Spanish poet and language teacher (born
1863 )
August 27 –
Frank Harris , Irish-born American author and editor (born
1856 )
[65]
August 31 –
Hall Caine ,
Manx novelist and dramatist (born
1853 )
[66]
September 9 –
Matilda Cugler-Poni , Romanian poet (born
1851 )
September 24 –
Ethel Hillyer Harris , author (born
1859 )
September 30 –
Jane Meade Welch , American historian (born
1854 )
October 13 –
Ernst Didring , Swedish novelist (born
1868 )
October 21 –
Arthur Schnitzler , Austrian dramatist (born
1862 )
October 27 –
Lucas Malet (Mary St Leger Kingsley), English novelist (born
1852 )
November 3 –
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín , Uruguayan epic poet (born
1855 )
November 5 –
Ole Edvart Rolvaag , Norwegian American writer (born
1876 )
November 19 –
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩), Chinese poet (air accident, born
1897 )
December 5 –
Vachel Lindsay , American poet (born
1879 )
[67]
December 10 –
Enrico Corradini , Italian novelist, essayist and journalist (born
1865 )
December 26 –
Melvil Dewey , American inventor of library classification system (born
1851 )
[68]
December 27 –
Alfred Perceval Graves , Irish author and collector of songs and ballads (born
1846 )
[69]
December 31 –
Ieronim Yasinsky , Russian writer, poet and essayist (born
1850
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