The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
1916 Literary Facts
The Dada school of thought is founded in Zurich
The Easter Uprising in Ireland is suppressed
Ring Lardner publishes You Know Me Al
Verner von Heidenstam receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
Ivan Bunin publishes Gospodin iz San-Frantsisko (The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories)
Carl Sandburg publishes Chicago Poems
Henri Barbusse publishes Le Feu, the best known and most influential French antiwar novel written during World War I
Lilian Jackson Braun is born
Mariano Azuela publishes Los de abajo: Novela de la revolucion mexicana (The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution)
James Joyce publishes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Rubén Darío dies
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Henry James dies
Explore: The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, Daisy Miller, Henry James, Thematic and Structural Purposes of Washington Square by Henry James
Horton Foote is born
Explore: Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful, Farewell
Irving Wallace is born
Explore: The Fan Club, Irving Wallace
Camilo José Cela is born
Explore: The Family of Pascual Duarte, The Hive, Camilo José Cela
Harold Robbins is born
Explore: The Carpetbaggers, A Stone for Danny Fisher, Harold Robbins
Walker Percy is born
Explore: The Moviegoer, The Second Coming, Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins
Eugenia Price is born
John Ciardi is born
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James Whitcomb Riley dies
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John D. Macdonald is born
Explore: The Lonely Silver Rain, One More Sunday, John D. MacDonald
Elizabeth Hardwick is born
Explore: Sleepless Nights, Elizabeth Hardwick
Anne Hebert is born
Explore: In the Shadow of the Wind, Kamouraska, Anne Hébert
Peter Viereck is born
Explore: For an Assyrian Frieze, Kilroy, Peter Viereck
The crew of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton is rescued after a year-and-a-half ordeal on frozen Elephant Island
Frank Yerby is born
Explore: The Foxes of Harrow, Frank Yerby
Roald Dahl is born
Explore: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl, Matilda
José Echegaray dies
James Alfred Wight (“James Herriot”) is born
Stanley Ellin is born
Peter Weiss is born
Explore: Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss
H. H. Munro (“Saki”) dies
Explore: The Open Window, The Interlopers, Saki
Shelby Foote is born
Explore: Oration on the Dignity of Man
Thomas McGrath is born
Jack London dies
Explore: The Call of the Wild, To Build a Fire, Jack London
P. K. Page is born
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Penelope Fitzgerald is born
Explore: The Blue Flower, Penelope Fitzgerald