The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
1911 Literary Facts
J. E. Casely-Hayford publishes Ethiopia Unbound
Ambrose Bierce publishes The Devil’s Dictionary
Maurice Maeterlinck receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
Max Beerbohm publishes Zuleika Dobson
Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole
The Manchu Dynasty is overthrown in China, in the Revolution of 1911; the Republic of China is founded, with Sun Yat-sen as provisional president
G. K. Chesterton publishes The Innocence of Father Brown
Edith Wharton publishes Ethan Frome
Audrey Wurdemann is born
Elizabeth Bishop is born
Explore: The Fish, One Art, Elizabeth Bishop
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper dies
Explore: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Analyze Frances E.W. Harper's "The Slave Mother".
L. Ron Hubbard is born
Bienvenido N. Santos is born
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Max Frisch is born
Explore: Homo Faber, The Firebugs, Max Frisch
Fritz Hochwaelder is born
W. S. Gilbert dies
Explore: The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance
Terence Rattigan is born
Explore: Terence Rattigan, The Winslow Boy
Josephine Miles is born
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Ernesto Sábato is born
Explore: On Heroes and Tombs, Ernesto Sábato, The Outsider
Czesław Miłosz is born
Explore: Czesław Miłosz, A Song on the End of the World
Jose Maria Arguedas is born
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Marshall McLuhan is born
Explore: Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
E. F. Schumacher is born
William Golding is born
Explore: Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, William Golding
Odysseus Alepoudhelis (Odysseus Elytis) is born
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William Attaway is born
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Naguib Mahfouz is born
Explore: Half a Day, Naguib Mahfouz, Arabian Nights and Days
Kenneth Patchen is born
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Hortense Calisher is born
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