1906 in literature

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• 2.1 First half of
• 2.2 Second half of

Events

Prose

• Robert Musil's first novel The Confusions of Young Törless is published.
• Josefine Mutzenbacher
• Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse
• The Jungle: Upton Sinclair
• The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson with the wild geese: Selma Lagerlof

Poetry

• Rainer Maria Rilke's 1899 resulting narrative of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke is published.

Drama

• November 20: Under the direction of Max Reinhardt takes place at the Berlin Chamber matches its world premiere of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening drama that has been completed by this in 1891.

Awards

• The Italian Giosuè Carducci receives " not only in recognition of its rich erudition and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the plastic energy, freshness of style and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces", the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Born

First half year

• JANUARY 5: Takashi Matsumoto, Japanese writer († 1956)
• January 6: Eberhard Wolfgang Möller, German author and playwright († 1972)
• January 9: Karl Bruckner, Austrian writer († 1982)
• January 22: Robert E. Howard, American fantasy writer († 1936)
• January 27: Karl Ludwig Gerok, German organist, composer and author († 1975)
• JANUARY 30: Carl Merz, an Austrian cabaret artist and writer († 1979)
• On February 2nd, Felix Lützkendorf, German writer († 1990)
• February 8th: Henry Roth, American writer († 1995)
• February 9: André Kostolany, American financial expert, journalist and writer († 1999)
• FEBRUARY 27: Erich Kern, Austrian writer and journalist († 1991)
• March 9: Heinz Pure, German writer († 1991)
• MARCH 16: Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer and sociologist († 2009)
• MARCH 26: Herbert Guenther, German writer and poet († 1978)
• March 31: Vincent Erath, German Narrator ( † 1976)
• April 13: Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize for Literature († 1989)
• APRIL 27: Hermann Mörchen, German philosopher, religious and literary scholar († 1990)
• APRIL 28: Pierre Boileau, French crime writer († 1989)
• MAY 16: Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, diplomat and politician ( † 2001)
• May 19: Gerd Bucerius, German publisher and politician († 1995)
• MAY 29: Terence Hanbury White, English writer († 1964)
• June 12: Sandro Penna, Italian poet and storyteller († 1977)
• 20 June: Stanley Burnshaw, American poet, critic, publisher, editor and author († 2005)
• June 22: Billy Wilder, American screenwriter, director and producer († 2002)
• June 23: Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer († 1996)
• 24 June: Hans Jaray, Austrian Chamber actor, director and writer († 1990)
• JUNE 26: Stefan Andres, German writer († 1970)
• JUNE 27: Vernon Phillips Watkins, Welsh poet († 1967)
• JUNE 27: Catherine Cookson, British writer († 1998)

Second half- year

• July 2: Jan Petersen, German writer († 1969)
• JULY 18: Clifford Odets, American playwright and actor († 1963)
• JULY 26: Leonard Jansen, German writer († 1995)
• August 10: Herybert Menzel, German poet and writer († 1945)
• August 15: Clemens Laar, German writer († 1960)
• August 28: Louis Parrot, a French poet, essayist, journalist and translator († 1948)
• August 30: Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, British historian, journalist and writer († 2002)
• September 1: Joaquín Balaguer, writer and president of the Dominican Republic ( † 2002)
• September 4: Wayne D. Overholser, American Western author († 1996)
• September 6: Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, painter and writer († 1990)
• SEPTEMBER 19: Carla Hansen, Danish writer († 2001)
• September 20: Ishizuka Tomoji, Japanese writer († 1986)
• September 25: Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer († 1996)
• September 29: Henry Nash Smith, American cultural and literary scholar († 1986)
• September 30: Michael Innes, Scottish crime writer († 1994)
• October 10: Klaus Mehnert, German scientist and writer († 1984)
• October 10: RK Narayan, English speaking Indian writer († 2001)
• OCTOBER 12: Julio Tahier, Argentine writer and director († 2004)
• October 14: Hannah Arendt, Jewish, German - American political theorist and publicist († 1975)
• October 14: Prince Hubertus zu Löwenstein -Wertheim -Freudenberg, German politician and journalist († 1984)
• October 16: Dino Buzzati, Italian writer († 1972)
• October 16: Leon Klimovsky, Argentine director and screenwriter († 1996)
• October 20: Sakaguchi Ango, Japanese narrator and essayist († 1955)
• October 29: Franziska Bilek, German illustrator and cartoonist († 1991)
• October 31: Lilo Linke, German writer and reporter († 1963)
• November 2: Luchino Visconti, Italian writer, theater and film director († 1976)
• November 4: Sterling North, American writer († 1974)
• November 16: Henri Charrière, French author († 1973)
• November 18: Klaus Mann, German writer († 1949)
• November 23: Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish writer († 1954)
• November 23: Karl Otto Paetel, German journalist and publicist, Nationalbolschewist († 1975)
• November 28: Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev, Russian philologist and Slavic († 1999)
• November 30: John Dickson Carr, American author of detective novels († 1977)
• December 7: Eduard Zak, Austrian writer, translator and critic († 1979)
• December 7: Erika Fuchs, German translator († 2005)
• December 10: Ito Shizuo, Japanese poet († 1953)
• December 13: Laurens van der Post, South African writer († 1996)
• December 14: Helmut Bornefeld, German church musician, composer, organ expert, graphic designer and author († 1990)
• December 20: Leopold Sedar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician († 2001)
• December 24: Wolfgang Kayser, German German literature and literary scholar († 1960)

Died

• January 8: Édouard Blau, French and librettist (b. 1836)
• February 9: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author and poet (* 1872)
• FEBRUARY 10: Anton Hermann Albrecht, German Protestant theologian and poet (* 1835)
• February 19: Wilhelm Heyd, German historian and librarian (* 1823)
• March 1: Moritz Heyne, German German scholar and lexicographer (* 1837)
• March 10: Eugen Richter, German politician (* 1838)
• MARCH 17: Konrad Beyer, German poet and literary historian (* 1834)
• April 6: Alexander Lange Kielland, Norwegian author (* 1849)
• April 11: Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist, editor and publisher (* 1839)
• MAY 9: Fritz Stavenhagen, Low German playwright (* 1876)
• May 20: Claire of Glümer, German writer and translator (* 1825)
• May 23: Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer and playwright (* 1828)
• JUNE 11: Henry Hart, German writer and naturalist literary and theater critic (* 1855)
• June 29: Albert Sorel, French writer (* 1842)
• JUNE 30: Jean Lorrain, French poet and writer of Symbolism (* 1855)
• JULY 24: Ferdinand von Saar, Austrian writer, playwright and poet (* 1833)
• September 22: Oscar Levertin, Swedish writer (* 1862)
• November 4: Ernst Förstemann, German archivist, librarian and historian (* 1822)
• NOV 7: Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and writer (* 1842)
• November 20: Jakob Julius David, Austrian journalist and writer (* 1859)