1911 in literature
The year 1911 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
New fiction
New drama
Poetry
Main article:
1911 in poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 18 - José María Arguedas, Peruvian author (d. 1969)
- January 24 - C. L. Moore, science fiction author (d. 1987)
- February 8 - Elizabeth Bishop, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1979)
- March 11 - Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer and politician (d. 1996)
- March 26 - Tennessee Williams, playwright (d. 1983)
- April 8 - Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
- May 15 - Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
- May 20 - Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch children's author (d. 1995)
- May 28 - Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (d. 1986)
- June 2 - Xiao Hong, Chinese author (d. 1942)
- June 6 - Verna Aardema, children's author (d. 2000)
- June 30 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish author (d. 2004)
- July 21 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
- November 2 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet (d. 1996)
- November 19 - Mary Elizabeth Counselman, American author and poet (d. 1995)
- December 11 - Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel prize-winning Egyptian novelist (d. 2006)
- December 25 - Noel Langley, screenwriter (d. 1980)
Deaths
Awards
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