1920 in literature
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The year 1920 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- "Hercule Poirot" makes his first appearance.
- Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's first full-length play, opens at a special matinee at the Morosco Theater on February 2 – partly as an experiment on the part of the producer, partly to quiet the pleading of actor Richard Bennett who has demanded a chance to play the lead role. Reviewers hail the play and O'Neill becomes famous. The Emperor Jones is staged in November.
- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published. It is a sensation, immediately establishing Fitzgerald as a writer and celebrity. Though the book's reputation will dim in later years, Dorothy Parker will recall that it was regarded as an innovative work when it first appeared.
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is published.
- Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is published.
- D. H. Lawrence publishes Women in Love.
- Hart Crane publishes his poem My Grandmother's Love Letters in The Dial. This is his first real step towards recognition as a poet.
- Van Wyck Brooks publishes The Ordeal of Mark Twain, arguing that Twain's genius was perverted by the conditions and culture of late 19th-century America. This is the beginning of the reassessment of Mark Twain, who until this point has been regarded primarily as a humorous entertainer. The 1920s will force a reconsideration of many 19th-century writers, most importantly Melville and Dickinson.
[edit] New books
- Sherwood Anderson — Poor White
- L. Frank Baum — Glinda of Oz
- Marjorie Bowen — The Burning Glass
- Rhoda Broughton — A Fool in Her Folly
- Edgar Rice Burroughs — Tarzan the Untamed
- Agatha Christie — The Mysterious Affair at Styles (first Hercule Poirot mystery)
- Colette — Chéri
- John Dos Passos — Three Soldiers
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — This Side Of Paradise
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — "The Great Gatsby"
- Robert Frost — Mountain Interval
- Zona Gale — Miss Lulu Bett
- D. H. Lawrence — Women in Love
- Sinclair Lewis — Main Street
- David Lindsay — A Voyage to Arcturus
- Hugh Lofting — The Story of Doctor Dolittle
- H. L. Mencken — Prejudices: Second Series
- E. Phillips Oppenheim — The Great Impersation
- Dowell Philip O'Reilly — Five Corners
- Sigrid Undset — The Bridal Wreath
- Mary Augusta Ward — Harvest
- Edith Wharton — The Age of Innocence
- Owen Wister — A Straight Deal
- Zara Wright — Black and White Tangled Threads
[edit] New drama
- Karel Čapek - R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
- John Galsworthy - The Skin Game
- Tristan Tzara - Le Cœur à gaz
[edit] Poetry
- Robert Bridges - October and Other Poems
- T. S. Eliot - Poems (Twelve poems including “Lune de Miel” and “The Hippopotamus”)
- Robert Frost - Miscellaneous Poems
- Ezra Pound - Hugh Selwyn Mauberly
- Carl Sandburg - Smoke and Steel
- Siegfried Sassoon - Picture Show
- Edna St. Vincent Millay - A Few Figs From Thistles
[edit] Non-fiction
- Frederick Jackson Turner — The Frontier in American History
- H. G. Wells - The Outline of History
[edit] Births
- January 2 - Isaac Asimov, author (d. 1992)
- February 11 - Daniel F. Galouye, American science fiction author (d. 1976)
- March 10 - Boris Vian, French novelist (d. 1959)
- April 5 - Arthur Hailey, novelist (d. 2004)
- July 12 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author
- August 16 - Charles Bukowski, American writer (d. 1994)
- August 22 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer
- October 8 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction author
- October 15 - Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather (d. 1999)
[edit] Deaths
- March 26 - Mary Augusta Ward, author
- May 11 - William Dean Howells, writer
- June 5 - Rhoda Broughton, author
[edit] Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: G. M. Trevelyan, Lord Grey of the Reform Bill
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Knut Hamsun
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon
