This article contains information about the literary events and publications of1918.
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Events
edit- January 1– The English novelist and wartime propagandistHall Caineis made a Knight Commander of theOrder of the British Empire(KBE).[1]
- January 2– The English novelistMarie Corelliis convicted under wartime legislation against hoarding food.[2]
- January 18– The first edition ofAussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazineappears.
- January 23– The English poetRobert Gravesmarries the painterNancy Nicholsonin London. The wedding guests includeWilfred Owen,whose first nationally published poem appears three days later ( "Miners" inThe Nation). He will be killed by the end of the year.
- March
- TheTelemachusepisode inJames Joyce'sUlyssesis published in serialized form in the U.S. journalThe Little Review.
- The English novelistAlec Waughis takenprisoner of war.He will be incarcerated inMainz Citadelwith themonologistJ. Milton Hayes,also taken prisoner this year, andHugh Kingsmill.
- April
- Hu Shih,chief advocate of the use of the vernacular inChinese literatureat the time, publishes an essay, "Constructive Literary Revolution – A Literature of National Speech" in the magazineNew Youth (Xin Qingnian)proposing afour-point reformprogram.
- The English writerMay Sinclairintroduces the term "Stream of consciousness"to describe anarrative mode,in a discussion ofDorothy Richardson's novel sequencePilgrimageinThe Egoist.
- May 3– The New Zealand writer and poetKatherine Mansfieldmarries her long-time partnerJohn Middleton MurryatKensingtonregister officein London.
- June
- The 2nd annualPulitzer Prizesare awarded in the United States, including the first award for a novel.[3]
- The English poetBasil Buntingis imprisoned as aconscientious objector.
- August 17– The poetsWilfred OwenandSiegfried Sassoonmeet for the last time, in London, and spend what Sassoon will recall as "the whole of a hot cloudless afternoon together."[4]
- October 3–Siegfried Sassoonvisits his mentorRobbie Rossfor the last time. Sassoon will write later that Ross's goodbye gave him a "presentiment of final farewell."[4]
- November 4–Wilfred Owenis killed in action aged 25, at theSambre–Oise Canal,with only five of his poems published. News of his death reaches his parents inShrewsburya week later onArmistice Day.He is awarded a posthumousMilitary Crossa year later.
- December – ThePoems ofGerard Manley Hopkins(died1889,includingThe Wreck of the Deutschland,1875/1876) are published throughRobert Bridges.Few were published in Hopkins' lifetime, so that this introduces his innovativesprung rhythmandimageryto many readers.
- December 28– EmperorKhải ĐịnhofVietnamdeclares the traditionalChữ nômscript for theVietnamese languageto be replaced by theLatin scriptVietnamese Alpha bet.
- Winter –ParisianfarceurGeorges Feydeaucontracts tertiarysyphilis.
New books
editFiction
edit- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa– "Hell Screen"( địa ngục 変,Jigokuhen;short story)
- Arnold Bennett–The Roll-Call
- Victor Bridges–The Lady from Long Acre
- Willa Cather–My Ántonia
- Blaise Cendrars
- I Have Killed (J'ai tué)
- The Severed Hand (La Main coupée)
- J. Storer Clouston–The Man from the Clouds
- Marie Corelli–The Young Diana
- Grazia Deledda–L'incendio nell'oliveto(The fire in the olive-grove)
- Ethel M. Dell–Greatheart
- Alfred Döblin–Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine(Wadzek's Struggle with the Steam Turbine)
- Sarah Lee Brown Fleming–Hope's Highway
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman–Edgewater People
- August Gailit–Fairyland
- Owen Gregory –Meccania the Super-State
- Thea von Harbou–Das indische Grabmal
- Frederic S. Isham–Three Live Ghosts
- Herbert George Jenkins–Patricia Brent, Spinster
- Wyndham Lewis–Tarr(in book form)
- Lu Xun– "Diary of a Madman"( cuồng nhân nhật ký," Kuángrén Rìjì ", short story)
- Compton Mackenzie–The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
- Brinsley MacNamara(John Weldon writing as Oliver Blyth) –TheValley of the Squinting Windows
- Heinrich Mann–Der Untertan
- Frans Masereel–25 Images of a Man's Passion(wordless novel)
- André Maurois–Les Silences du Colonel Bramble
- George Moore–A Story-Teller's Holiday
- Baroness Orczy
- Flower o' the Lily
- The Man in Grey
- Leo Perutz–From Nine to Nine(Zwischen neun und neun,originallyFreiheit)
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole–The Man Who Lost Himself
- Junichiro Tanizaki( cốc kỳ Junichirou ) –Gold and Silver( kim と bạc )
- Booth Tarkington–The Magnificent Ambersons
- Edgar Wallace
- Mary Augusta Ward–The War and Elizabeth
- Rebecca West–The Return of the Soldier
- Edith Wharton–The Marne
- Valentine Williams–The Man with the Clubfoot
- Francis Brett Young–The Crescent Moon
Musical Theatre
edit- Harry CarrollandJoseph McCarthy–Oh, Look!
Children and young people
edit- Elsa Beskow–Tant Grön, tant Brun och tant Gredelin(Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs–Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
- May Gibbs–Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: their adventures wonderful
- Johnny Gruelle–Raggedy Ann Stories
- Norman Lindsay–The Magic Pudding: Being The Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff
- Ferenc Móra–Kincskereső kisködmön(A Little Fortune-Hunting Frock Coat)
- Beatrix Potter–The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Drama
edit- Bertolt Brecht–Baal(written)
- John Drinkwater–Abraham Lincoln
- Marcel GerbidonandPaul Armont–School for Coquettes(L'École des cocottes)
- Susan Glaspell–Tickless Time
- Walter C. Hackett–The Freedom of the Seas
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal–The Difficult Man
- James Joyce–Exiles
- Georg Kaiser–Gas
- Alice Dunbar Nelson–Mine Eyes Have Seen
- Gregorio Martínez Sierra–Sueño de Una Noche de Agosto(Dream of an August Night)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky–Mystery-Bouffe(«Мистерия-Буфф»,Misteriya-Buff)
- Emma Orczy(Baroness Orczy) –The Legion of Honour(adaptation ofA Sheaf of Bluebells)
- Luigi Pirandello
- But It's Nothing Serious(Ma non è una cosa seria)
- The Rules of the Game(Il giuoco delle parti,literally The Game of Rôles)
Poetry
edit- Guillaume Apollinaire–Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War, 1913-1916
- Laurence Binyon–The New World: Poems
- Vera Brittain–Verses of a VAD
- Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne (Terence MacSwiney) –Battle-cries
- Walter de la Mare–The Marionettes
- Siegfried Sassoon–Counter-Attack and Other Poems
- Edward Thomas(posthumous) –Last Poems
- Tristan Tzara–Vingt-cinq poèmes
Non-fiction
edit- Henry Adams–The Education of Henry Adams[5]
- Enid Bagnold–A Diary Without Dates
- Karl Barth–The Epistle to the Romans(dated 1919)
- Clive Bell–Pot-boilers
- Laurence Binyon–For Dauntless France
- Arthur Conan Doyle–The New Revelation
- François-Marie-Joseph Gourdon –An Account of the Entry of the Catholic Religion into Sichuan
- William Inge–The Philosophy of Plotinus
- Daniel Jones–An Outline of English Phonetics
- Federico García Lorca–Impressiones y Paisajes(Impressions and Landscapes)
- Walther Rathenau–An Deutschlands Jugend
- Oswald Spengler–The Decline of the West(Der Untergang des Abendlandes)
- DrMarie Stopes
- Married Love
- Wise Parenthood
- Lytton Strachey–Eminent Victorians
- Mary Augusta Ward–A Writer's Recollections
Births
edit- January 11–Robert C. O'Brien,American novelist (died1973)
- January 16
- Philip José Farmer,American science fiction writer (died2009)[6]
- Stirling Silliphant,American writer, producer (died1996)[7]
- January 30–Bazilije Pandžić,Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist (died2019)[8]
- February 1–Muriel Spark,Scottish novelist(died2006)[9]
- February 6–Lothar-Günther Buchheim,German novelist, war correspondent and painter (died2007)
- March 9–Mickey Spillane,American mystery writer (died2006)[10]
- March 10–Theodore Cogswell,American science fiction author (died1987)
- March 15–Richard Ellmann,Americanliterary biographer(died1987)
- April 23
- Maurice Druon,French historical novelist (died2009)
- James Kirkup,English poet (died2009)
- May 16–Juan Rulfo,Mexican author (died1986)
- June 9–Bidhyanath Pokhrel,Nepali poet (died1994)
- July 9–John Heath-Stubbs,English poet and translator (died2006)
- July 14–Arthur Laurents,American novelist and screenwriter (died2011)
- July 24–Antonio Candido,Brazilian literary critic (died2017)
- August 9–Robert Aldrich,American writer and filmmaker (died1983)
- August 20–Jacqueline Susann,American novelist (died1974)
- August 27–Leon Levițchi,Romanian translator (died1991)
- September 19–Penelope Mortimer,Welsh-born English novelist and biographer (died1999)
- October 19–Louis Althusser,French Marxist philosopher (died1990)
- October 22–René de Obaldia,French playwright and poet (died2022)
- October 29–Ștefan Baciu,Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (died1993)
- November 2–Roger Lancelyn Green,English biographer (died1987)
- November 16–Nicholas Moore,English poet (died1986)
- November 20–Naomi Frankel,German-born Israeli novelist (died2009)
- November 25–Peter Opie,English writer on children's literature and lore (died1982)
- November 29–Madeleine L'Engle,American writer for children and teens (died2007)[11]
- December 7–Liu Yichang,Chinese novelist, editor and publisher (died2018)
- December 11–Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,Russian novelist (died2008)[12]
- December 30–Al Purdy,Canadian poet (died2000)
Deaths
edit- January 1–William Wilfred Campbell,Canadian poet (born1860)[13]
- January 6–Dora Sigerson Shorter,Irish poet, novelist and sculptor (born1866)[14]
- January 28–John McCrae,Canadian military surgeon and war poet (pneumonia, born1872)[15]
- February 8–Lascăr Vorel,Romanian visual artist and short story writer (kidney disease, born1879)
- February 9–E. J. Richmond,American novelist and children's writer (born1825)
- March 19–Florence Anderson Clark,American author, newspaper editor, librarian, and university administrator (born1835)[citation needed]
- April 1–Isaac Rosenberg,English poet and artist (killed in action, born1890)
- April –William Hope Hodgson,English author and essayist (killed in action, born1877)
- May 8–Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg,Austrian writer and traveller (born1851)[citation needed]
- May 27–Francis George Fowler,English grammarian (tuberculosis contracted on military service, born1871)[16]
- June 10–Arrigo Boito(Tobia Gorio), Italian poet and composer (born1842)
- June 26–Peter Rosegger,Austrian poet (born1843)[citation needed]
- June 28–Alexander Turnbull,New Zealand bibliophile (born1868)[17]
- July 22–Helen Stuart Campbell,American author, novelist and economist (born1839)[18]
- July 26–Helen Taggart Clark,American columnist, short story writer, and poet (born1849)
- July 30–Joyce Kilmer,American poet (killed in action, born1886)[19]
- August 3–Maria Fetherstonhaugh,English novelist, born1847)
- October 5–Robbie Ross,journalist (heart failure; born1869)[20]
- October 21–Jennie O. Starkey,journalist (pneumonia after influenza; born ca.1856)
- November 4
- Wilfred Owen,English poet (killed in action, born1893)[21]
- Andrew Dickson White,American diplomat and author (born1832)
- November 9–Guillaume Apollinaire,French poet, dramatist, novelist and critic (influenza, born1880)[22]
- November 14–Seumas O'Kelly,Irish journalist and author (born1881;heart attack)[23]
- November 24–Annie Hall Cudlip,English novelist, journalist and editor (born1838)[24]
- December 1–Margit Kaffka,Hungarian novelist, short story writer and poet (born1880;influenza)[25]
- December 2–Edmond Rostand,French poet and dramatist (influenza; born1868)[26]
- December 15–Salvatore Farina,Italian novelist (born1846)[27]
- unknown date—Eva Kinney Griffith,American journalist, temperance activist, novelist, newspaper editor, and journal publisher (born1852)
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^"No. 30730".The London Gazette(Supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6686.
- ^"Miss Marie Corelli's Food Supply: £50 Fine for Hoarding".The Times.No. 41677. London. 1918-01-03. p. 3.
- ^Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (2009).Chronicle of the Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry: Discussions, Decisions and Documents.Walter de Gruyter. p. 3.ISBN978-3-11-023007-9.
- ^abSassoon, Siegfried (1945).Siegfried's Journey, 1916–1920.London: Faber. pp. 71–84.
- ^Henry Adams (1918).The Education of Henry Adams: an autobiography.Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ^"Philip José Farmer".Obituaries.The Daily Telegraph.London. March 4, 2009.Retrieved2012-05-31.Obituary.
- ^Gussow, Mel(April 27, 1996)."Stirling Silliphant, 78, Writer; Won 'Heat of the Night' Oscar".The New York Times.
- ^"Pandžić, Bazilije Stjepan".Croatian Encyclopedia(in Croatian). Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža.Retrieved2017-11-02.
- ^Turner, Jenny (17 April 2006)."Obituary: Dame Muriel Spark".the Guardian.Retrieved11 October2018.
- ^John Sutherland (18 July 2006)."Mickey Spillane".Guardian.Retrieved12 October2024.
- ^L'Engle, Madeleine (1974).The Summer of the Great-Grandmother.Farrar, Straus & Giroux. p. 164.ISBN0-374-27174-7.
- ^Damien Francis (4 August 2008)."Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies aged 89".Guardian.Retrieved12 October2024.
- ^Boone, Laurel."Campbell, William Wilfred".Dictionary of Canadian Biography.Retrieved12 October2024.
- ^March, Jessica."Shorter, Dora Sigerson".Dictionary of Irish Biography.Cambridge University Press; Royal Irish Academy.Retrieved2014-02-07.
- ^Holt, Tonie; Valmai (1996). "Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae".Poets of the Great War.Barnsley: Leo Cooper (Reprinted 1999). pp. 54-62.ISBN978-0-85052-706-3.
- ^"Francis George Fowler".The Dover War Memorial Project.Retrieved2013-02-24.
- ^"TURNBULL, Alexander Horsburgh – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand".Teara.govt.nz.28 June 1918.Retrieved11 March2016.
- ^Moe, Phyllis (1979). "Helen Stuart Campbell profile". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.).American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present.Vol. 1. New York, New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 287–89.
- ^"Joyce Kilmer Slain on the West Front; Former Member of Times Staff Had Won Sergeantcy In The 165th of Infantry..."The New York TimesAugust 18, 1918.
- ^"Ross, Robert Baldwin (RS888RB)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.
- ^"Casualty Details: Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter".Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Retrieved4 February2018.
- ^Baxter, John (2009-02-10).Carnal Knowledge: Baxter's Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex.HarperCollins. p. 13.ISBN978-0-06-087434-6.
- ^"Death of Seumas O'Kelly, 100 Years Ago Today".Kildare eHistory Journal.14 November 2018.Retrieved12 October2024.
- ^Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period.A. & C. Black. 1929. p. 1033.
- ^Lóránt Czigány (1984). "Women in Revolt: Margit Kaffka".The Oxford History of Hungarian Literature.Clarendon. pp. 333–36.
- ^Lesley Henderson; Sarah M. Hall (1995).Reference Guide to World Literature.St. James Press. p. 1034.ISBN978-1-55862-333-0.
- ^Benedetto Croce (1921). "Salvatore Farina".La letteratura della nuova Italia(in Italian). Laterza.
See also
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