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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1990. March – Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters opens at the Gate Theatre1984 in literature (1,640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1984. April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen1986 in literature (1,781 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1986. April 29 – A major fire at Los Angeles Public Library caused by arson1983 in literature (1,426 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1983. April – The Russian samizdat poet Irina Ratushinskaya is sentenced1992 in literature (2,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1992. July – The Goosebumps series of children's horror fiction, penned1985 in literature (1,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1985. February 25 – Sue Limb's parodic pastiche of the Lake Poets, The1974 in literature (1,813 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1974. February – Novelist Juan Carlos Onetti is one of a group arrested1969 in literature (1,970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1969. February 8 – After 147 years, the last issue of The Saturday Evening2000 in literature (2,560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2000. February – The bookstore El Ateneo Grand Splendid takes over the1989 in literature (1,948 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1989. February 14 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran1994 in literature (2,292 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1994. October 11 – The choice of James Kelman's book How Late It Was, How1997 in literature (2,258 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1997. February 20 – Allen Ginsberg makes a final public appearance at the1993 in literature (2,149 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993. September 24 – Former president and writer Zviad Gamsakhurdia returns1976 in literature (1,582 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976. January – The first Kolkata Book Fair opens in India. June 21 – The1979 in literature (1,978 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1979. May – The Merchant Ivory Productions film The Europeans is released1980 in literature (2,242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1980. March 6 – Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first woman elected to1967 in literature (1,921 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1967. January The first publication of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master1999 in literature (2,495 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1999. May 1 – Andrew Motion is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom1975 in literature (1,908 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1975. January 1 – English-born comic writer P. G. Wodehouse is awarded1991 in literature (2,251 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1991. February – Sisters Vanessa Redgrave (Olga) and Lynn Redgrave (Masha)1998 in literature (2,241 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1998. March 5 – Tennessee Williams' 1938 play Not About Nightingales receives1977 in literature (2,248 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977. February 20 – An episode of Doctor on the Go, co-written by Douglas1995 in literature (2,754 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1995. January 12 – The première of Sarah Kane's complete Blasted at the1981 in literature (2,382 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1981. May 31 – The burning of Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka is begun1978 in literature (1,948 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1978. March 8 – Douglas Adams' comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's1987 in literature (2,319 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1987. January 2 – Golliwogs in Enid Blyton children's books are replaced1970 in literature (2,418 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1970. January 16 – The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus opens with a performance1996 in literature (2,810 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1996. July 8 – Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Mark Twain's Huckleberry1988 in literature (2,309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1988. March 7 – Nine thousand movie and television writers of the Writers'1954 in literature (2,116 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1954. January – Kingsley Amis's first novel, the comic campus novel Lucky1971 in literature (2,555 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1971. March 25–December 14 – The 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals1965 in literature (2,103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1965. You never heard such silence — From Pinter's The Homecoming February1966 in literature (2,364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1966. February The Nottingham-based chain of pharmacy stores Boots UK closes1982 in literature (2,458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1982. February 17 – Philip K. Dick ignores advice to go immediately to1950 in literature (2,364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1950. January 19 – Isaac Asimov's first full-length novel, Pebble in the1960 in literature (2,316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1960. Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants1972 in literature (2,432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1972. May 22 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, dies1973 in literature (2,338 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1973. March 6 – The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, founded as1962 in literature (2,561 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1962. January 7 – In an article in The New York Times Book Review, Gore1948 in literature (2,435 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1948. January 6 – The poet Pablo Neruda speaks out in the Senate of Chile1952 in literature (2,171 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1952. February – The historical periodical Past & Present is launched in1903 in literature (1,187 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1903. January–December – Henry James's novel The Ambassadors is published1958 in literature (2,367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1958. January 7 – Tennessee Williams' one-act plays Suddenly, Last Summer1940 in literature (2,461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1940. January – The English literary magazine Horizon first appears in1943 in literature (2,316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943. January 4 – Thomas Mann completes Joseph der Ernährer (Joseph the1953 in literature (2,353 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Events from the year 1953 in literature . January 5 – Waiting For Godot, a play by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, has its first public stage performance1968 in literature (2,729 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1968. January 1 – Cecil Day-Lewis is announced as the new Poet Laureate1959 in literature (2,365 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1959. January 31 – Sandu Tudor begins a 40-year sentence at Jilava Prison1910 in literature (1,682 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1910. January 8 – Serialisation of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of1947 in literature (2,608 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1947. January – The English actor-manager Geoffrey Kendal arrives in British1959 in literature (2,365 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1959. January 31 – Sandu Tudor begins a 40-year sentence at Jilava Prison1909 in literature (1,742 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1909. January – T. E. Hulme's poems "Autumn" and "A City Sunset" are included1932 in literature (2,762 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1932. March – Captain W. E. Johns' character Biggles (James Bigglesworth)1901 in literature (1,603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1901. January 31 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (Три сeстры, Tri sestry)1964 in literature (2,779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1964. January 10 – Federico García Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba1946 in literature (2,503 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1946. January – The Penguin Classics imprint is launched in the U.K. under1949 in literature (2,574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1949. January 11 – Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children1955 in literature (2,688 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1955. February 8 – Jin Yong's first wuxia novel, The Book and the Sword1926 in literature (2,132 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1926. February 8 – Seán O'Casey's play The Plough and the Stars opens at1943 in literature (2,316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1943. January 4 – Thomas Mann completes Joseph der Ernährer (Joseph the1951 in literature (2,890 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my1961 in literature (2,945 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1961. January 24 – The American dramatist Arthur Miller and the film star1913 in literature (1,734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1913. January – Acmeist poetry, with roots back to 1909, is officially1937 in literature (2,846 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1937. January 9 – The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the1918 in literature (2,050 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1918. January 1 – The English novelist and wartime propagandist Hall Caine1904 in literature (1,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1904. January Mark Twain begins dictating his Autobiography. The first1936 in literature (2,694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1936. January 8 – Jewish booksellers throughout Nazi Germany are deprived1944 in literature (2,305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1944. February 6 – The première of Jean Anouilh's tragedy Antigone takes1921 in literature (2,157 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1921. January 1 – The publishing firm Jonathan Cape is founded in Bloomsbury1925 in literature (2,735 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1925. February 21 – The first issue of The New Yorker magazine is published1935 in literature (3,330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1935. January – The first published portions of Yasunari Kawabata's novel1956 in literature (2,959 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1956. c. January – The first book in Ed McBain's long-running 87th Precinct1963 in literature (3,238 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1963. January – Novy Mir publishes "Matryona's Home", the first of three1934 in literature (2,931 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1934. January 7 – The first Flash Gordon comic strip is created and illustrated1945 in literature (2,671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1945. January – In Paris, journalist and poet Robert Brasillach is tried1924 in literature (2,550 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1924. January Writer Miguel de Unamuno is dismissed for the first time1933 in literature (2,898 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1933. February – Having joined the Japanese Communist Party, the Chinese1920 in literature (3,009 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1920. February 2 – Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's second full-length1957 in literature (3,443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1957. January 10 – T. S. Eliot marries his secretary Valerie Fletcher,1942 in literature (2,713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1942. January 1 – The U.K. Book Production War Economy Agreement comes1907 in literature (2,192 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1907. January 3 – The National Theatre opens in Sofia, Bulgaria. January1916 in literature (2,522 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Events from the year 1916 in literature . January The Journal of Negro History is founded by Carter G. Woodson, father of "Black History" and "Negro History1917 in literature (2,660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1917. January Francis Picabia produces the first issue of the Dada periodical1911 in literature (2,399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1911. January – The journal Ay Qap begins monthly publication in Arabic1919 in literature (2,636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Events from the year 1919 in literature . February – Richmal Crompton's anarchic English schoolboy William Brown is introduced in the first published Just1908 in literature (2,766 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1908. February 15 – The weekly boys' story paper The Magnet is first published1929 in literature (3,432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1929. January 10 – The Adventures of Tintin begin with the first appearance1912 in literature (2,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1912. January 5 (December 23, 1911 O.S.) – Konstantin Stanislavski and1905 in literature (2,493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1905. January–September – L. Frank Baum's Animal Fairy Tales appear in1941 in literature (3,457 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1941. January 3 – A decree (Normalschrifterlaß) issued in Nazi Germany1939 in literature (3,654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1939. Early – The Pocket Books mass-market paperback imprint is launched1927 in literature (3,400 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1927. January – The Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店) bookstore business is established1931 in literature (3,594 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1931. January 10 – A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane1922 in literature (3,528 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1922. Under modern copyright law of the United States, all works published1923 in literature (3,289 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1923. For works published in the United States, this year is also significant1902 in literature (2,461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1902. January 5 The political drama Danton's Death (Dantons Tod, completed1915 in literature (3,277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary persons, events and publications of 1915. January – The Geração de Orpheu launch the short-lived magazine1928 in literature (4,084 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1928. January The Soviet magazine Oktyabr begins publishing Mikhail Sholokhov's1930 in literature (4,090 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1930. January 6 – An early literary character-licensing agreement is signed1914 in literature (4,245 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1914. January 18 – A party held in honour of English poet Wilfrid ScawenPheasant under glass (527 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
pheasant in general is less common than at the beginning of the 20th century. In literature, consumption of the dish is often used as a vehicle noting the