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* [[Ford Maddox Ford]] publishes ''[[A Man Could Stand Up]]''. It is the third book of a four-volume work titled ''[[Parade's End]]'' published between 1924 and 1928. In [[2001]] the collection would be named as part of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the [[American Modern Library]]. |
* [[Ford Maddox Ford]] publishes ''[[A Man Could Stand Up]]''. It is the third book of a four-volume work titled ''[[Parade's End]]'' published between 1924 and 1928. In [[2001]] the collection would be named as part of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the [[American Modern Library]]. |
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* [[October 14]] - The [[children's literature|children's book]] ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'', by [[A.A. Milne]], is published for the first time. |
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Revision as of 06:26, 15 October 2003
See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- Ford Maddox Ford publishes A Man Could Stand Up. It is the third book of a four-volume work titled Parade's End published between 1924 and 1928. In 2001 the collection would be named as part of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
- October 14 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time.
New Books
- Autobiographies - W. B. Yeats
- The Castle - Franz Kafka
- Early Autumn - Louis Bromfield
- Flight - Walter F. White
- The Haunting Hand - Walter A. Roberts
- A Man Could Stand Up - Ford Maddox Ford
- Petenera's Daughter - Henry Bellamann
- Preface to Life - Zona Gale
- Religion and the Rise of Capitalism - R. H. Tawney
- The Romantic Comedians - Ellen Glasgow
- Shen of the Sea - Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
- The Three Students - Haldane MacFall
- The Ugly Dutchess - Lion Feuchtwanger
- Ulich and Soracha - George A. Moore
- Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
Births
- January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist
- February 15 - Dieter Lattmann, writer and politician
- February 20 - Richard Matheson, author
- March 31 - John Fowles, writer
- April 28 - Harper Lee, US novelist
- June 3 - Allen Ginsberg, US poet (+ 1997)
- July 11 - Frederick Buechner, author
- August 14 - "Goscinny" (René Goscinny), French writer and co-creator of Asterix
Deaths
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Arthur Bowie Chrisman, Shen of the Sea
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Grazia Deledda
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: George Kelly, Craig's Wife
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Amy Lowell, What's O'Clock
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith