1906 in literature
Overview of the events of 1906 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1906 .
Events
Russian writer Zinaida Gippius in exile in France during 1906, portrayed by Léon Bakst February 8 – The writer Hilaire Belloc becomes a Liberal Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom .February 15 – J. M. Dent and Co. initiates the U.K. Everyman's Library series, edited by Ernest Rhys . The first title is Boswell's Life of Johnson March 13 – The Romanian nationalist historian Nicolae Iorga instigates a boycott of the National Theater Bucharest over its staging of French-language plays. A riot ensues.[ 1] April 10 –October 13 – Maxim Gorky visits the United States with his mistress, the actress Maria Andreyeva , to raise funds for the Bolsheviks .[ 2] Adirondack Mountains he writes his novel of revolutionary conversion and struggle, The Mother Мать Mat' ). The couple then move to Capri .April 18 – The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys the unfinished premises of Stanford University Library .[ 3] Carmel-by-the-Sea, California known as The Barness.
May–October – Jack London 's novel White Fang Outing
June – Virginia Stephen, the future Virginia Woolf , writes her first work of fiction, a short story which becomes known as "Phyllis and Rosamond" when first published, posthumously.[ 4]
July 11 – The Murder of Grace Brown in Herkimer County, New York will inspire Theodore Dreiser 's novel An American Tragedy 1925 ) and Jennifer Donnelly 's young-adult novel A Northern Light 2003 ).Pre-September – The last full-scale court performance of gambuh dance-drama is held in Bali .[ 5]
September 1 – Annie Carroll Moore begins work as Superintendent of the Department of Work with Children at the New York Public Library .September 18 – August Strindberg 's naturalist drama Miss Julie (Fröken Julie)1888 , is first performed on the Swedish professional stage, on tour in Lund , directed by August Falck, with Manda Bjorling in the title rôle and August Palme as Jean. It is first staged in Stockholm on December 13 at the Folkan November 8 – Max Reinhardt inaugurates the Kammerspiele series of new plays at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin , with a production of Ghosts Henrik Ibsen , designed by Edvard Munch .[ 6] November 20 – Frank Wedekind 's play Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy (Frühlings Erwachen)1901 , receives its first staging, as the second work presented in the Deutsches Theater's Kammerspiele series in Berlin, directed by Max Reinhardt.December 24 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio program, a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts .unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 6 – Eberhard Wolfgang Möller , German playwright and poet (died 1972 )January 9 – Barbara Sleigh , English children's writer (died 1982 )January 19 – Robin Hyde (Iris Guiver Wilkinson), New Zealand poet and novelist (suicide 1939 )January 22 – Robert E. Howard , American fantasy author (suicide 1936 )January 23 – Anya Seton , American romantic author (died 1990 )February 8 – Henry Roth , American novelist and short story writer (died 1995 )February 13 – Máirtín Ó Cadhain , Irish language writer (died 1970 )March 25 – A. J. P. Taylor , English historian (died 1990 )April 13 – Samuel Beckett , Irish writer Nobel laureate (died 1989 )May 8 – Esther Hoffe , Israeli mistress of Max Brod (died 2007 )May 9 – Eleanor Estes , American librarian, author and illustrator (died 1988 )May 21 – Profira Sadoveanu , Romanian journalist, memoirist, biographer, editor and translator (died 2003 )May 22 – Lesbia Soravilla , Cuban writer (died 1989 )June 23 – Wolfgang Koeppen , German novelist (died 1996 )June 27
July 4 – Margaret Douglas-Home , English writer and musician (died 1996 )July 18 – Clifford Odets , American dramatist (died 1963 )August 28 – John Betjeman , English poet laureate (died 1984 )August 30 – Elizabeth Longford , English biographer (died 2002 )September 1 – Eleanor Hibbert , English romantic novelist under several pseudonyms (died 1993 )September 25 – Franklin Garrett , American local historian (died 2000 )September 27 – William Empson , English poet and literary critic (died 1984 )30 September – J. I. M. Stewart , Scottish-born novelist and academic critic (died 1994 )October 10 – R. K. Narayan , Indian novelist writing in English (died 2001 )October 16 – Dino Buzzati , Italian author (died 1972 )October 14 – Hannah Arendt , German-American intellectual (died 1975 )November 12 – George Dillon , American editor and poet (died 1968 )November 13 – John Sparrow , English literary scholar (died 1992 )November 18 – Klaus Mann , German-born novelist (died 1949 )November 29 – Barbara C. Freeman , English writer and poet (died 1999 )[ 12] November 30 – John Dickson Carr , American detective fiction writer (died 1977 )December 8 – Richard Llewellyn , British novelist (died 1983 )
Deaths
February 9 – Paul Laurence Dunbar , American poet, novelist and playwright (born 1872 )March 1 – Lettie S. Bigelow , American poet and author (born 1849 )March 2 – Ellen Mary Clerke , English novelist, poet and writer on astronomy (born 1840 )March 20
April 6 – Alexander Kielland , Norwegian novelist (born 1849 )April 11 – Francis Pharcellus Church , American editor and publisher (born 1839 )April 14 – Nora Chesson , English poet (born 1871 )May 5 – Eliza Brightwen , Scottish naturalist (born 1830 )May 23 – Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian playwright (born 1828 )June 29 – Albert Sorel , French historian (born 1842 )June 30 – Jean Lorrain , French Symbolist poet (born 1855 )August 17 – Elizabeth Missing Sewell , English novelist and educationist (born 1815 )August 19 – Agnes Catherine Maitland , English academic, novelist and cookery writer (born 1850 )September 10 – Rose Porter , American religious novelist (born 1845 )September 24 – Charlotte Riddell , Anglo-Irish novelist and editor (born 1832 )October 9 – Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster , English novelist (born 1830 )December 6 – Anne Ross Cousin , English poet (born 1824 )
Awards
References
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