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1916 in literature
See also:
1915 in literature
,
other events of 1916
,
1917 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
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
- Rub�n Dar�o, 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
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