The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
1905 Literary Facts
Miguel de Unamuno publishes Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho (The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho)
Rubén Dario publishes Cantos de vida y esperanza, Los cisnes, y otros poemas
Albert Einstein develops the Special Theory of Relativity
Norway and Sweden become separate nations
In the industrial Ruhr region in Germany, 200,000 miners go on strike
Russian sailors mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin; this prelude to the Russian Revolution is suppressed
Henryk Sienkiewicz receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
Verner von Heidenstam publishes Folkungatraedet (The Tree of the Folkungs)
Romain Rolland publishes his ten-volume novel Jean-Christophe
The Brooklyn Public Library bans Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn from the shelves of its children’s department, citing these books as “bad examples for ingenuous youth”
John O’Hara is born
Explore: Appointment in Samarra
Ayn Rand is born
Explore: The Fountainhead, Anthem, Ayn Rand
Phyllis McGinley is born
Explore: Reactionary Essay on Applied Science, The Conquerors, Phyllis McGinley
Robert Penn Warren is born
Explore: All the King's Men, Blackberry Winter, A Place To Come To, Robert Penn Warren
H. E. Bates is born
Explore: The Daffodil Sky, H. E. Bates
John Patrick is born
Explore: The Teahouse of the August Moon, John Patrick
Mikhail Sholokhov is born
Explore: And Quiet Flows the Don, Mikhail Sholokhov
Jean-Paul Sartre is born
Explore: No Exit, The Wall, Jean-Paul Sartre
Mildred Augustine Benson is born. Under the name "Carolyn Keene," she contributed to the Nancy Drew series.
Explore: Nancy Drew Series, Carolyn Keene
Elias Canetti is born
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Stanley Kunitz is born
Explore: Father and Son, Stanley Kunitz
Mary Mapes Dodge dies
Explore: Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge
George MacDonald dies
Explore: The Golden Key, The Princess and the Goblin
Meyer Levin is born
Explore: Meyer Levin
C. P. Snow is born
Explore: The Conscience of the Rich, C. P. Snow
Frederic Dannay is born
Emlyn Williams is born
Explore: Night Must Fall, Emlyn Williams
Mulk Raj Anand is born
Explore: Mulk Raj Anand
Kenneth Rexroth is born
Explore: Kenneth Rexroth
Frank Marshall Davis is born