Events New Books Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery Ann Veronica - H.G. Wells Balthazar - Anatole France Daphne - Mary Augusta Ward La Derive - André Billy L'Enchanteur Pourrissant - Guillaume Apollinaire Fraternity - John Galsworthy The History of Mr. Polly - H.G. Wells La Jeune Fille bien élevée - René Boylesve The Outcast Manufacturers - Charles Hoy Fort The Promise of American Life - Herbert Croly The Song of Songs - Hermann Sudermann The White Prophet - Hall Caine Births Miep Gies, Anne Frank friend, biographer April 8 - John Fante, novelist July 28 - Malcolm Lowry, British novelist July 30 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author Deaths April 12 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, British poet May 18 - George Meredith, novelist and poet Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Selma Lagerlöf
New Books Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery Ann Veronica - H.G. Wells Balthazar - Anatole France Daphne - Mary Augusta Ward La Derive - André Billy L'Enchanteur Pourrissant - Guillaume Apollinaire Fraternity - John Galsworthy The History of Mr. Polly - H.G. Wells La Jeune Fille bien élevée - René Boylesve The Outcast Manufacturers - Charles Hoy Fort The Promise of American Life - Herbert Croly The Song of Songs - Hermann Sudermann The White Prophet - Hall Caine Births Miep Gies, Anne Frank friend, biographer April 8 - John Fante, novelist July 28 - Malcolm Lowry, British novelist July 30 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author Deaths April 12 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, British poet May 18 - George Meredith, novelist and poet Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Selma Lagerlöf