Events The Journal of Negro History is founded by Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of "Black History" and "Negro History Week." A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce is published. In 2001, the book would be one of three books by Joyce to be named as part of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books The Awakening of Hezekiah Jones - John Edward Bruce The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story - George A. Moore Chicago Poems - Carl Sandburg England's Effort - Mary Augusta Ward Lady Connie - Mary Augusta Ward The Leatherwood God - William Dean Howells Maria Chapdelaine - Louis Hemon The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard - Grace King A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce Relativity - Albert Einstein Windy McPherson's Son - Sherwood Anderson The Winged Victory - Sarah Grand You Know Me - Ring Lardner Births April 15 - Helene Hanff, author May 21 - Harold Robbins (+ 1997) May 28 - Walker Percy (+ 1990) July 14 - Natalia Ginzburg, author September 13 - Roald Dahl, author October 16 - David Gascoyne, author and poet Deaths February 6 - Rubén Darío, writer February 28 - Henry James, writer October 7 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet November 14 - Saki, author November 15 - Molly Elliot Seawell, novelist November 22 - Jack London, author Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (Swedish language|Swedish)
Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (Swedish language|Swedish)