1920 in literature

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

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.

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

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)

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