Calendar of Literary Facts
1914
- H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan are named co-editors of The Smart Set, a magazine which brings them to national attention
- Vachel Lindsay publishes The Congo and Other Poems
- Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling is published in English translation
- S. E. K. Mqhayi publishes Ityala lamawele
- The New Republic is founded in New York
- World War I begins after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo
- World War I, known at the time as The Great War, rages in Europe, pitting the Allies against the Central Powers
- Sheldon Vanauken is born
- Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes
- American Robert H. Goddard begins experiments in rocketry
- The Panama Canal opens
- Robert Frost publishes North of Boston
- Gabriela Mistral publishes Sonetos de la muerte
- Ambrose Bierce dies (January 1)
- Ralph Ellison is born (March 1)
- Paul Heyse dies (April 2)
- Marguerite Duras is born (April 4)
- Brendan Gill is born (October 4)
- Nicanor Parra is born (September 5)
- William S. Burroughs is born (February 5)
- Thor Heyerdahl is born (October 6)
- Randall Jarrell is born (May 6)
- Howard Fast is born (November 11)
- W. O. Mitchell is born (March 13)
- William H(oward) Armstrong is born (September 14)
- Dudley Randall is born (January 14)
- Adolfo Bioy Casares is born (September 15)
- John Hersey is born (June 17)
- William Stafford is born (January 17)
- Wyndham Lewis publishes the first issue of Blast, a magazine dedicated to promoting Vorticism. (June 20)
- Charlotte L. Forten Grimke dies (July 23)
- John Berryman is born (October 25)
- Frédéric Mistral dies (March 25)
- Tennessee Williams is born (March 26)
- Julio Cortázar is born (August 26)
- Laurie Lee is born (June 26)
- Dylan Thomas is born (October 27)
- Owen Dodson is born (November 28)
- Bernard Malamud is born (April 28)
- Octavio Paz is born (March 31)