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1914 in literature

See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards

Events

\n*George A. Moore publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).\n* November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.

New Books

\n*Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich -
Stephen Leacock\n*Chicago - Carl Sandburg \n*Concerning a vow - Rhoda Broughton\n*Delia Blanchflower - Mary Augusta Ward\n*Dubliners - James Joyce\n*Mending Wall - Robert Frost\n*Notes of a Son and Brother - Henry James \n*Our Mr. Wrenn - Sinclair Lewis\n*The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France\n*Ruggles of Red Gap - Harry Leon Wilson\n*The Titan - Theodore Dreiser\n*Vandover and the Brute - Frank Norris \n*When William Came - Saki \n*The World Set Free - H. G. Wells

Births

\n*
February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (+ 1997)\n*March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (+ 1994)\n*May 8 - Romain Gary, writer (+ 1980)\n*October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (+ 1953)

Deaths

\n*
April 7 - Edith Maude Eaton, author

Awards

\n*
Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded *

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