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August 24/25 – Libraries of the University of Strasbourg and the City of Strasbourg at Temple Neuf are destroyed by fire during the Siege of Strasbourg in the Franco-Prussian War, resulting in the loss of 3,446 medieval manuscripts, including the original 12th-century Hortus deliciarum compiled by Herrad of Landsberg, the Apologist codex ...
Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈnito ˈpeɾeθ ɣalˈdos]; 10 May 1843 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.
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For a book to be considered for this award, it must have been published in the United States during the preceding year, the author/illustrator must be a citizen or resident of the U.S. or Puerto Rico, and may be published in English, Spanish, or be a bilingual/dual-language text.
The book is published in the U.K. on January 21, 1921. November 1 – Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones plays at the Playwright's Theater in New York City with Charles Sidney Gilpin in the title role. [7] November 9 – D. H. Lawrence's novel Women in Love appears in a limited U.S. subscribers' edition. [8]
January 24 – Juan Eduardo Zúñiga, Spanish fiction writer, literary scholar and translator (died 2020) [16] January 25 – Edwin Newman, American writer and journalist (died 2010) January 29 – N. F. Simpson, English absurdist playwright (died 2011) February 14 – Miroslav Zikmund, Czech adventurer, travel writer and film director (died ...
The bibliography of Herman Melville includes magazine articles, book reviews, other occasional writings, and 15 books. Of these, seven books were published between 1846 and 1853, seven more between 1853 and 1891, and one in 1924. Melville was 26 when his first book was published, and his last book was not released until 33 years after his death.