1898 in literature

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2.1 First half of
2.2 Second half of

Events

Prose

The science fiction novel War of the Worlds by HG Wells is published.

Poetry

February: The poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol is under the pseudonym C.3.3. published his last work of Oscar Wilde during his lifetime. It processes in his time in the prison of Reading.

Drama

February 25: In the Crystal Palace in Leipzig premiere of the play by Frank Wedekind, Earth Spirit takes place, where the author is himself as Dr. Schön on stage.

Born

First half year

January 7: Sigmund Graff, German writer († 1979)
JANUARY 13: Kaj Munk, a Danish pastor, poet, opponent of Hitler and Martyr († 1944)
JANUARY 15: Martha Saalfeld, German poet († 1976)
February 9: Yagi Jūkichi, Japanese writer († 1927)
FEBRUARY 10: Bertolt Brecht, German playwright and poet († 1956)
February 10: Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer († 1979)
FEBRUARY 18: Briton Hadden, American publisher († 1929)
FEBRUARY 22: Anton de Kom, African-American resistance fighter and author († 1945)
FEBRUARY 26: Konstantin Biebl, Czech poet († 1951)
MARCH 16: Jacob Haringer, German writer († 1948)
MARCH 17: Yokomitsu Ri'ichi, Japanese writer († 1947)
MARCH 19: Tian Han, Chinese playwright († 1968)
March 25: Kon Toko, Japanese writer and politician ( † 1977)
March 30: Heinz Risse, German writer († 1989)
April 3: Henry Luce, American publisher († 1967)
APRIL 20: Emmanuel Bove, French writer († 1945)
April 20: Benjamín Carrión, Ecuadorian writer († 1979)
APRIL 23: Edwin Erich Dwinger, German writer († 1981)
April 26: Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and Nobel Prize for Literature († 1984)
May 10: Ariel Durant, American writer († 1981)
MAY 21: Walter Muschg, Swiss historian of literature († 1965)
MAY 23: Heinrich Zillich, German writer and poet († 1988)
MAY 25: Gustav regulator, German writer († 1963)
June 2: Herbert Paatz, German journalist and children's book author († 1944)
June 5: Federico García Lorca, Spanish author († 1936)
9 June: Curzio Malaparte, an Italian writer and journalist († 1957)
June 12: Ludwig Friedrich Barthel, German novelist and essayist († 1962)
June 12: Mikhail Efimovich Koltzov, Soviet columnist and journalist († 1940)
June 22: Erich Maria Remarque, German author († 1970)
JUNE 27: Alja Rachmanowa, Russian writer († 1991)

Second half- year

JULY 22: Stephen Vincent Benét, American author († 1943)
August 3: Herbert Behrens- Hangeler, German painter, printmaker and writer († 1981)
August 5: Gustav Canaval, Austrian journalist († 1959)
August 15: Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet, writer and translator († 1966)
August 20: Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish writer († 1973)
August 24: Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet and literary critic († 1989)
AUGUST 29: Preston Sturges, American screenwriter and director († 1959)
September 1: Friedrich Georg Jünger, German poet, storyteller and essayist († 1977)
September 4: Rodolfo Moleiro, Venezuelan poet († 1970)
September 10: Manfred Hausmann, German writer († 1986)
October 3: Leo McCarey, American film director, film producer and screenwriter († 1969)
OCTOBER 5: Ervin Šinko, Hungarian writer and professor († 1967)
OCTOBER 17: Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer († 1971)
October 22: William Quindt, German journalist and writer († 1969)
October 28: František Běhounek, Czech physicist and writer († 1973)
November 18: Poul F. Joensen, Faroese poet († 1970)
November 29: Clive Staples Lewis, British author and literary scholar († 1963)
December 3: Fritz Steuben, German writer († 1981)
December 11: Fritz Miihlenweg, German writer († 1961)
December 16: Ján Smrek, Slovak writer and editor († 1982)
December 21: Helmut parking right German politician and writer († 1987)

Died

September 20: Theodor Fontane, German writer (* 1819)
October 16: Louis Gallet, French and librettist (b. 1835)

Lutfi, Armenian poet and journalist (* 1833)

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