1921 in literature
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See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New Books
- Nets to Catch the Wind - Elinor Wylie
- Alexander's Bridge - Willa Cather
- Alice Adams - Booth Tarkington
- The Byzantine riddle and other stories - Eugene Walter
- Figures of Earth - James Branch Cabell
- Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Heloise and Abelard - George A. Moore
- Her Father's Daughter - Gene Stratton Porter
- The Idol of Paris - Sarah Bernhardt
- Joanna Godden - Sheila Kaye-Smith
- The Master of Man - Hall Caine
- The Mistress of Husaby - Sigrid Undset
- Mystery Ranch - Arthur Chapman
- Romance to the rescue - Denis Mackail
- Scaramouche - Rafael Sabatini
- The Secret Power - Marie Corelli
- She and Allan - H. Rider Haggard
- Three Soldiers - John Dos Passos
Births
- January 5 - [[Friedrich D�rrenmatt]], writer (+ 1990)
- January 19 - Patricia Highsmith, author (+ 1995)
- January 20 - Bernt Engelmann, author (+ 1994)
- May 23 - James Blish, US science fiction author
Deaths
- June 5 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Anatole France
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel : Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "1921_in_literature" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_in_literature, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
