The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
1919 Literary Facts
The Jazz Age flourishes in the United States
Mohandas K. Gandhi becomes leader of the Indian National Congress
James Branch Cabell publishes Jurgen
Booth Tarkington receives the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Magnificent Ambersons
Carl Spitteler receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
H. L. Mencken publishes Prejudices: First Series and the first edition of his study The American Language
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Frederick Schiller Faust’s The Untamed is published
Will Rogers publishes The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference
Sherwood Anderson publishes Winesburg, Ohio
Henry Adams is posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for autobiography for The Education of Henry Adams
J. D. Salinger is born
Explore: The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
Charles Willeford is born
Robert Duncan is born
Explore: An African Elegy, Robert Duncan
William Meredith is born
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Peter (Henry) Abrahams is born
Explore: A Wreath for Udomo, Peter Abrahams
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is born
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L. Frank Baum dies
Explore: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum
May Swenson is born
Explore: Southbound on the Freeway, May Swenson, In Other Words, How does "Women Should be Pedestals" reflect author May Swenson?
Iris Murdoch is born
Explore: Under the Net, The Unicorn, Iris Murdoch
Louise Bennett is born
Explore: Louise (Simone) Bennett
Sabine R. Ulibarri is born
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René Marqués is born
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Belva Plain is born
Karl Adolph Gjellerup dies
Doris Lessing is born
Explore: The Golden Notebook, Play with a Tiger, Doris Lessing
Paul de Man is born
Shirley Jackson is born
Explore: The Lottery, Charles, Shirley Jackson
Ezekiel Mphahlele is born
Explore: Mrs. Plum, Ezekiel Mphahlele