<<Up
Contents
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
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)
wikipedia.org
dumped 2003-03-17 with
terodump