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1920 in literature
See also:
1919 in literature
,
other events of 1920
,
1921 in literature
,
List of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
The Age of Innocence[?]
by
Edith Wharton
is published. In
2001
, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
Main Street[?]
by
Sinclair Lewis
is published. In
2001
, the book would be named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
D.H. Lawrence
publishes
Women in Love
. In
2001
, the book would be one of three books by Lawrence to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
New Books
The Age of Innocence[?]
-
Edith Wharton
Black and White Tangled Threads[?]
-
Zara Wright[?]
The Bridal Wreath[?]
-
Sigrid Undset
The Burning Glass[?]
-
Marjorie Bowen[?]
Chéri[?]
-
Colette
A Fool in Her Folly[?]
-
Rhoda Broughton
The Frontier in American History[?]
-
Frederick Jackson Turner
Harvest[?]
-
Mary Augusta Ward
Main Street[?]
-
Sinclair Lewis
Miss Lulu Bett
-
Zona Gale[?]
Mountain Interval[?]
-
Robert Frost
Mysterious Affair of Styles[?]
-
Agatha Christie
(first
Hercule Poirot
mystery)
The Outline of History[?]
-
H.G. Wells
Poor White[?]
-
Sherwood Anderson[?]
A Straight Deal[?]
-
Owen Wister[?]
This Side of Paradise[?]
-
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Women in love[?]
-
D.H. Lawrence
Births
January 2
-
Isaac Asimov
, author (+
1992
)
February 11
-
Daniel Francis Galouye[?]
, American science fiction author (+
1976
)
March 10
-
Boris Vian
, French novelist (+
1959
)
April 5
-
Arthur Hailey
, novelist
July 12
-
Pierre Berton
, Canadian author
August 16
-
Charles Bukowski
, American writer (+
1994
)
August 22
-
Ray Bradbury
, American science fiction writer
October 15
-
Mario Puzo
, author of
The Godfather
(+
1999
)
Deaths
March 26
-
Mary Augusta Ward
, author
May 11
-
William Dean Howells
, writer
June 5
-
Rhoda Broughton
, author
Awards
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
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