1915 in literature
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
Events
Prose
- March 26: Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out ( The trip out ) appears. He is well received by the critics, but sold poorly.
- Franz Kafka created in 1912 story The Metamorphosis is published, the White Leaves, edited by René Schickele in the October issue of the journal. The first edition in book form published in December in the series Judgement Day, edited by Kurt Wolff.
Awards
- The French writer and pacifist Romain Rolland receives " as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his authorship, and for the compassion and truth with which he draws a wide variety of types of people ," the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Born
First half year
- January 07: Erwin Wickert, German diplomat and writer († 2008)
- January 20: CW Ceram, German journalist and science writer († 1972)
- JANUARY 25: Viktor Reimann, Austrian journalist and politician ( † 1996)
- JANUARY 25: Ewan MacColl, Scottish author, poet, actor, folk singer and record producer († 1989)
- JANUARY 28: Elisabeth Frenzel, German literary scholar
- January 29: Bill Peet, American illustrator and story writer († 2002)
- JANUARY 29: Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet († 2002)
- 02 February: Khushwant Singh, Indian author and journalist
- 05 February: Margaret Millar, Canadian crime writer († 1994)
- FEBRUARY 14: John fragrance, pen librarian in the Abbey Library of St. Gallen ( † 2003)
- February 23: Noma Hiroshi, Japanese writer († 1991)
- February 23: Heinrich Schirmbeck, German writer († 2005)
- 04 April: Lars Ahlin, Swedish writer († 1997)
- 04 April: Jan drda, Czech novelist and playwright († 1970)
- April 07: Henry Kuttner, American writer († 1958)
- 09 April: Leonard Wibberley, Irish writer († 1983)
- April 13: Stephan Hermlin, German writer († 1997)
- APRIL 16: Alfred Otto Swede, German writer († 1987)
- APRIL 23: Christine Busta, Austrian poet († 1987)
- APRIL 27: Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet († 1984)
- APRIL 28: Paul Blue, Austrian journalist († 2005)
- May 06: Orson Welles, American director, actor and author († 1985)
- MAY 15: Mario Monicelli, Italian screenwriter and film director († 2010)
- May 27: Herman Wouk, American author
- MAY 28: Joaquín Piñeros Corpas, Colombian writer and politician († 1982)
- MAY 31: Heinz Zahrnt, German Protestant theologian, writer and publicist ( † 2003)
- 02 June: Ross Macdonald, American crime writer († 1983)
- JUNE 10: Saul Bellow, American writer († 2005)
- June 17: Geno Hartlaub, German writer († 2007)
- JUNE 26: Walter Farley, American writer († 1989)
Second half- year
- 04 July: Christine Lavant, Austrian artist and writer († 1973)
- July 18: Karl Bednarik, Austrian painter and writer († 2001)
- July 18: Philip Graham, American publisher († 1963)
- JULY 30: Herbert Jobst, German writer († 1990)
- September 05: Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, Norwegian writer († 1985)
- September 10: Robert Sparr, American film director, editor and screenwriter († 1969)
- September 12: Elvira Bauer, German Nazi - writer ( since 1943 lost)
- 04 October: Silvina Bullrich, Argentine writer († 1990)
- OCTOBER 15: Carl Szokoll Austrian resistance fighters and author († 2004)
- October 17: Arthur Miller, American writer († 2005)
- October 18: František Daniel Merth, Catholic priest and poet († 1995)
- OCTOBER 26: Max Wegner, German writer († 1944)
- OCTOBER 28: Jürgen Thorwald, German writer († 2006)
- December 07: Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)
- December 08: Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter († 2005)
- December 20: Aziz Nesin, Turkish educator and writer († 1995)
- December 31: Loys Masson, French writer († 1969)
Died
- February 8: Nagatsuka Takashi, Japanese writer (* 1879)
- February 22: Thor Long, Danish writer and translator (* 1851)
- June 2: Louis Tiercelin, French writer (* 1849)
- July 10: Ernst Henrici, German high school teacher, writer and politician (* 1854)
- July 10: Vazha Pshavela, Georgian writer and natural philosopher (* 1861)
- November 23: John Trojan, German writer (* 1837)
- December 6: Rudolf Lavant, German writer (* 1844)