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1912 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1912.

Events
January 5 (December 23, 1911 O.S.) – Konstantin Stanislavski and Edward Gordon Craig's seminal symbolist Moscow Art Theater production of Hamlet opens. • January 21Joseph Conrad achieves his first popular success as the New York Herald begins serializing his novel Chance. He broke off with it in 1906, but sold the rights to the unfinished work in June 1911. Conrad continues to work on the book, while the first chapters appear weekly in the Herald. He completes it on March 26. • March 3Frieda Weekley meets D. H. Lawrence in Nottingham. • April 1415 – The ocean liner strikes an iceberg and sinks on her maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States. American mystery writer Jacques Futrelle, English journalist and publisher William Thomas Stead and American bibliophile Harry Elkins Widener are among over 1500 dead. A copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in a jeweled binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (1911) is also lost. The event leads to a flood of poems, including Thomas Hardy's "The Convergence of the Twain". • May – Following the death of Lie Kim Hok from typhus in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, aged 58, Lauw Giok Lan takes on the work of completing his translations from the Dutch of Hugo Hartmann's Dolores, de Verkochte Vrouw into Sundanese as Prampoean jang Terdjoewal and of Geneviève de Vadans as De Juffrouw van Gezelschap. • June – Under the name I. G. Ofir, the Romanian poet Benjamin Fondane makes his publishing debut in the Iași magazine Floare Albastră, put out by A. L. Zissu. • August 10Virginia Stephen marries Leonard Woolf at St Pancras Town Hall in London. They honeymoon in Provence, Spain and Italy before returning. • September 21Harley Granville-Barker's production of Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale opens at the Savoy Theatre, London, with simplified scenery, ensemble acting and naturalistic verse-speaking. It is replaced in November by his production of Twelfth Night''. • October • Edgar Rice Burroughs' character Tarzan (Viscount Greystoke, raised as a feral child by the fictional Mangani great apes) first appears in Tarzan of the Apes in the American pulp magazine The All-Story. • Sax Rohmer's character Fu Manchu (a "Yellow Peril" master criminal) first appears in "The Zayat Kiss" in the English pulp magazine Story-Teller, as the first installment of The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu. • October 12Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde (Reigen, 1900) is first performed (without the author's consent), in Budapest. It is also first translated into French this year. • October 25 – The first issue of Simbolul is put out in Bucharest by Marcel Janco, Tristan Tzara and Ion Vinea. • December? (or at latest January 1913) – A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (Пощёчина общественному вкусу), the seminal text of Russian Futurism, is published as a manifesto and a poetry almanac. Edited and written by David Burliuk, Viktor Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh and Vladimir Mayakovsky, it attacks the tradition of Russian Symbolism, notably works by Leonid Andreyev, Konstantin Balmont, Alexander Blok and Ivan Bunin, and ridicules independents such as Maxim Gorky. • unknown dates • The texts of 13 Sanskrit dramas, perhaps from the first centuries BCE and probably by Bhāsa (including the Svapnavasavadattam), are found by the scholar T. Ganapati Sastri in a palm-leaf codex in Kerala. • Publication of the Loeb Classical Library, parallel text editions of the classics begins at the London publisher Heinemann. ==New books==
New books
FictionMary AntinThe Promised LandArnold BennettThe Matador of the Five TownsE. F. Benson Mrs. AmesRhoda BroughtonBetween Two StoolsMary Grant BruceMates at BillabongIvan BuninDry Valley (Суходол, ''Sukhodo'l'') • Willa Cather – ''Alexander's Bridge'' • J. Storer CloustonThe Mystery of Number 47Joseph ConradThe Secret SharerGrazia DeleddaColombi e sparvieri (Pumpkins and Sparrows) • Ethel M. DellThe Way of an Eagle • Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Lost WorldTheodore DreiserThe FinancierLord DunsanyThe Book of Wonder (short stories) • Edna FerberButtered Side DownAnatole FranceLes Dieux ont soifR. Austin FreemanThe Mystery of 31 New InnThe Singing BoneKahlil GibranThe Broken Wings (Al-Ajniha al-Mutakassira)Elinor GlynHalcyoneLove ItselfThe Reasons WhySarah Grand – ''Adam's Orchard'' • Zane GreyRiders of the Purple SageKnut HamsunThe Last Joy (Den sidste Glæde)Gerhart HauptmannAtlantisFelix HollaenderThe Oath of Stephan HullerAnnie Fellows Johnston – ''Mary Ware's Promised Land'' • James Weldon JohnsonThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManFranz KafkaContemplation (Betrachtung, short story collection, dated 1913) • The Judgement (Das Urteil)Ada LeversonTenterhooksD. H. LawrenceThe TrespasserStephen LeacockSunshine Sketches of a Little TownSinclair Lewis (as Tom Graham) – Hike and the AeroplaneJulijonas Lindė-DobilasBlūdas; arba Lietuva buvusios Rusijos revoliucijos mete (Rampage) • Marie Belloc LowndesThe Chink in the ArmourOskar LutsKevade (Spring; part I) • John MacCormick – Dùn Aluinn (in book form) • Compton MackenzieCarnivalThomas MannDeath in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig)Katherine Mansfield – "How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" (short story) • Richard Barham MiddletonThe Ghost Ship and Other StoriesE. Phillips OppenheimThe Lighted WayThe Tempting of TavernakeBaroness OrczyThe TraitorThe Good PatriotsFire in StubbleMeadowsweetHenrik PontoppidanDe dødes Rige (The Realm of the Dead; publication begins) • Eleanor H. Porter – ''Miss Billy's Decision'' • Forrest ReidFollowing DarknessWillie RileyWindyridgeSakiThe Unbearable BassingtonHenryk SienkiewiczIn Desert and Wilderness (W pustyni i w puszczy)Hjalmar SöderbergThe Serious Game (Den allvarsamma leken)James StephensThe Crock of GoldSui Sin FarMrs. Spring FragranceLeo Tolstoy (died 1910) – Hadji Murat (Хаджи-Мурат) • Edgar WallacePrivate SelbyHugh WalpoleThe Prelude to AdventureH. G. WellsMarriagePercy F. WestermanCaptured at TripoliThe Flying SubmarineThe Quest of the Golden HopeThe Sea MonarchEdith WhartonThe ReefP. G. WodehouseThe Prince and BettyStefan ŻeromskiThe Faithful River (Wierna rzeka) Children and young peopleL. Frank BaumSky IslandPhoebe Daring • ''Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation'' (as Edith Van Dyne) • The Flying Girl and Her Chum (as Edith Van Dyne) • Waldemar BonselsDie Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (The Adventures of Maya the Bee)Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesA Princess of MarsHoward R. Garis – ''Uncle Wiggily's Adventures'' • Jack LondonA Son of the SunThe Scarlet PlagueLucy Maud MontgomeryChronicles of AvonleaE. NesbitThe Magic WorldBeatrix PotterThe Tale of Mr. TodGerdt von Bassewitz – ''Little Peter's Journey to the Moon (Peterchens Mondfahrt)'' (as drama) • Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-Legs DramaArnold BennettMilestonesPaul Claudel – ''L'Annonce faite à Marie'' (The Tidings Brought to Mary, first performed) • George DiamandyRațiunea de stat (The Reason of State) • Dietrich Eckart – adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer GyntLouis EssonThe Time Is Not Yet RipeJohn GalsworthyThe Eldest SonHugo von HofmannsthalEveryman, adapted as JedermannStanley HoughtonThe Younger GenerationGeorg KaiserFrom Morning to Midnight (Von Morgens bis Mitternachts) (written) • Heinrich MannDie grosse Liebe (The Great Love, published) • J. Hartley Manners – ''Peg o' My Heart'' • Louis N. ParkerDrake of EnglandArthur SchnitzlerProfessor BernhardiGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalion (published) • G. K. SowerbyRutherford and SonBayard VeillerWithin the LawI. C. VissarionLupii (The Wolves, written) • Frank WedekindTod und Teufel (premieres in Berlin) PoetryAnna AkhmatovaVecher (Evening) • Edwin James BradyBells and Hobbles • ''The King's Caravan'' • Georgian Poetry 1911–12Pauline JohnsonFlint and FeatherAmy LowellA Dome of Many-Coloured GlassRabindranath Tagore (writer and translator) – Gitanjali (Song Offerings) Non-fictionHilaire BellocThe Servile StateArnold BennettThose United StatesAlexander BerkmanPrison Memoirs of an AnarchistDavid Burliuk, Viktor Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Vladimir MayakovskyA Slap in the Face of Public Taste (Пощёчина общественному вкусу)Aleister CrowleyMagick (Book 4)Albert Gleizes and Jean MetzingerDu "Cubisme"Henry H. GoddardThe Kallikak FamilyCarl JungPsychology of the Unconscious (Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido)Frigyes KarinthyÍgy írtok ti (That's How You Write, literary parodies) • Pierre Loti – ''Un Pèlerin d'Angkor'' (A Pilgrimage to Angkor) • Donald LowrieMy Life in PrisonDumitru C. MoruziPribegi în țară răpităJohn MuirThe YosemiteP. D. OuspenskyTertium OrganumBertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyErnst Troeltsch Die Soziallehren der christlichen Kirchen und Gruppen (The Sociology of the Christian Churches and Groups) ==Births==
Births
January 7Charles Addams, American cartoonist (died 1988) • January 15Celia Dale, English fiction writer and book reviewer (died 2011) • January 28Alison Adburgham (born Margaret Vere Alison Haig), English social historian and journalist (died 1997) • January 30Barbara Tuchman, American historian (died 1989) • February 10Ena Lamont Stewart, Scottish playwright (died 2006) • February 11Roy Fuller, English poet and novelist (died 1991) • February 12R. F. Delderfield, English novelist and playwright (died 1972) • February 15George Mikes, Hungarian-born English humorist (died 1987) • February 17Andre Norton, American sci-fi and fantasy author (died 2005) • February 20Pierre Boulle, French novelist (died 1994) • February 27Lawrence Durrell, English poet and novelist (died 1990) • March 7Dora Oake Russell, Newfoundland writer, diarist and journalist (died 1986) • March 12Kylie Tennant, Australian novelist, dramatist and historian (died 1988) • April 16Garth Williams, American children's writer and illustrator (died 1996) • April 24Marta Rădulescu, Romanian novelist and poet (died 1959) • May 3May Sarton, American writer (died 1995) • May 16Studs Terkel, American writer and broadcaster (died 2008) • May 20J. L. Carr, English novelist and publisher (died 1994) • May 27John Cheever, American writer (died 1982) • May 29Pamela Hansford Johnson, English poet, novelist and critic (died 1981) • June 20Anthony Buckeridge, English children's author (died 2004) • June 24Mary Wesley, English novelist (died 2002) • June 27E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born novelist, teacher and diplomat (died 2016) • June 29John Toland, American Pulitzer Prize winning historian and biographer (died 2004) • July 3Elizabeth Taylor, English novelist (died 1975) • July 6Heinrich Harrer, Austrian explorer and author (died 2006) • July 14Northrop Frye, Canadian critic (died 1991) • July 17Michael Gilbert, English mystery and thriller novelist (died 2006) • August 4Virgilio Piñera, Cuban poet and short-story writer (died 1979) • August 10Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (died 2001) • August 14Erwin Strittmatter, German writer (died 1994) • August 18Elsa Morante, Italian author (died 1985) • August 23Nelson Rodrigues, Brazilian author (died 1980) • c. September 5Sesto Pals, Romanian Israeli poet and philosopher (died 2002) • September 12J. F. Hendry, Scottish-born poet (died 1986) • September 24Ian Serraillier, English novelist and poet (died 1994) • October 31Oscar Dystel, American paperback publisher (died 2014) • November 8Monica Edwards, English children's author (died 1998) • November 12Donagh MacDonagh, Irish poet, playwright and judge (died 1968) • November 24Garson Kanin, American dramatist and screenwriter (died 1999) • November 25Francis Durbridge, English dramatist (died 1998) • November 26Eugène Ionesco, Romanian Absurdist playwright (died 1994) • December 4Ian Wallace, English science fiction writer (died 1998) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 7Sophia Jex-Blake, English medical writer and pioneer female physician (born 1840) • January 24James Allen, English self-help writer and poet (born 1864) • January 27Alexandre Bisson, French playwright, vaudeville creator and novelist (born 1848) • January 28Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (born 1819) • February 1Florence Huntley, American journalist, editor, humorist and occult author (born 1855) • February 2Annie Somers Gilchrist, American author (born 1841) • February 7Edward Wilmot Blyden, Liberian pan-Africanist and President of Liberia College (born 1832) • February 8Girish Chandra Ghosh, Bengali poet, playwright and novelist (born 1844) • March 1George Grossmith, English comic singer and writer (born 1847) • March 30Karl May, German novelist (born 1842) • April 6Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet (born 1855) • April 10Gabriel Monod, French historian (born 1844) • April 15 – In the wreck of • Jacques Futrelle, American author (born 1875) • William Thomas Stead, English journalist (born 1849) • April 20Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and theatre manager (born 1847) • May 5Rafael Pombo, Colombian mathematician and poet (born 1833) • May 6Lie Kim Hok, Chinese writer, teacher and translator (born 1853) • May 14August Strindberg, Swedish dramatist (born 1849) • May 19Bolesław Prus, Polish novelist (born 1847) • June 4Eliza Archard Conner, American writer (born 1838) • June 13Alice Diehl, English novelist and concert pianist (born 1844) • July 20Andrew Lang, Scottish poet, novelist and critic (born 1844) • July 24Addison Peale Russell, American essayist (born 1826) • July 25Anthony E. Wills, American playwright, novelist and theatrical producer (born 1879) • August 13Horace Howard Furness, American Shakespeare scholar (born 1833) • August 29Theodor Gomperz, Austrian philosopher (born 1832) • September 5Bertha Jane Grundy, English novelist (born 1837) • September 9Berta Behrens, German novelist (born 1850) • October 21Robert Barr, Scottish Canadian short story writer and novelist (born 1849) • November 30Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharyulu, Telugu dramatist (born 1853) • December 9Louis de Gramont, French journalist, dramatist and librettist (born 1855) • December 19Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Bengali novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1847) • December 20Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden, American author, educator and hymnwriter (born 1836) ==Awards==
Awards
Newdigate Prize: William Chase Greene, "Richard I Before Jerusalem" • Nobel Prize for Literature: Gerhart HauptmannPrix Goncourt: André Savignon, "Les filles de la pluie" ==References==
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