1916 In Literature

Events

• The Journal of Negro History is founded by Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of "Black History" and "Negro History Week."
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce is published.

New books

• The Awakening of Hezekiah Jones - John Edward Bruce
• - George Moore (novelist)
• Chicago Poems - Carl Sandburg
• England's Effort - Mary Augusta Ward
• Lady Connie - Mary Augusta Ward
• The Leatherwood God - William Dean Howells
• Maria Chapdelaine - Louis Hemon
• The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain
• The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard - Grace King
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
• Relativity - Albert Einstein
• Windy McPherson's Son - Sherwood Anderson
• The Winged Victory - Sarah Grand
• You Know Me - Ring Lardner

Births

• April 15 - Helene Hanff, author
• May 21 - Harold Robbins (+ 1997)
• May 28 - Walker Percy (+ 1990)
• July 14 - Natalia Ginzburg, author
• September 13 - Roald Dahl, author
• October 16 - David Gascoyne, author and poet

Deaths

• February 6 - Rubn Daro, writer
• February 28 - Henry James, writer
• October 7 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet
• November 14 - Saki, author
• November 15 - Molly Elliot Seawell, novelist
• November 22 - Jack London, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (Swedish language|Swedish)

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