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1931 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1931.

Events
January 10 – A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Other Poems and first editions of The Scarlet Letter and Moby-Dick are stolen from New York Public Library by Samuel Dupree, on behalf of a crooked New York antiquarian book dealer, Harry Gold. • January 26 – The play Green Grow the Lilacs by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs, opens on Broadway. It is later adapted as Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein. • March 27 – The English novelist Arnold Bennett dies of typhoid in London, shortly after a visit to Paris, where he drank local water in an attempt to prove it was safe. • April 11Gerald Brenan and Gamel Woolsey make a form of marriage in Rome. • June 1 – The Near v. Minnesota case in the Supreme Court of the United States affirms the principle that prior restraint is unconstitutional. • July 4James Joyce marries his long-time partner Nora Barnacle at Kensington register office in London. • October 4 – The Dick Tracy comic strip first appears, created by cartoonist Chester Gould. • October 5 – The first U.K. performance of Oscar Wilde's tragedy Salome (1891) is given at the Savoy Theatre, London, with Nancy Price as producer and as Herodias, and her daughter Joan Maude in the title role. • November – Federico García Lorca is appointed by the leftist Second Spanish Republic as director of a touring theatre company, Teatro Universitario La Barraca (The Shack), charged with taking a portable stage into rural areas to introduce audiences to classical Spanish theatre without charge. • unknown dates • The publisher Hamish Hamilton is founded by Jamie Hamilton in London. • ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' is banned in Hunan, China, for anthropomorphism. • The Marquis de Sade's The 120 Days of Sodom (Les 120 Journées de Sodome), written in 1785, has its first publication in a scholarly edition as a literary text. ==New books==
New books
FictionShmuel Yosef AgnonThe Bridal CanopyMargery AllinghamPolice at the FuneralRoberto ArltLos lanzallamas (The Flame-Throwers) • E. F. BensonMapp and LuciaTheodora BensonWhich Way?Arna BontempsGod Sends SundayPearl S. BuckThe Good EarthNellie CampobelloCartuchoJohn Dickson CarrCastle SkullWilla CatherShadows on the RockSigurd ChristiansenTo levende og en dødAgatha ChristieThe Sittaford MysteryN. D. CoceaVinul de viață lungăJ.J. ConningtonThe Boathouse RiddleThe Sweepstake MurdersFreeman Wills CroftsMystery in the ChannelA. J. Cronin – ''Hatter's Castle'' • E. E. CummingsCIOPWSergiu DanDragoste și moarte în provincieClemence DaneBroome StagesDetection ClubThe Floating AdmiralPierre Drieu La Rochelle – ''Will O' the Wisp'' • Lord DunsanyThe Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph JorkensJoseph Jefferson FarjeonThe House OppositeWilliam FaulknerSanctuaryThese 13Carlo Emilio GaddaLa madonna dei filosofiAnthony GilbertThe Case Against Andrew FaneMaxim GorkyThe Life of Klim Samgin (Жизнь Клима Самгина, ''Zhizn' Klima Samgina; third volume, translated as Other Fires'') • Dashiell HammettThe Glass KeyJames HanleyBoySerge-Simon HeldLa Mort du fer (The Death of Iron) • Georgette HeyerThe ConquerorRobert HichensThe First Lady BrendonJames Hilton (published under the name "Glen Trevor") – Murder at SchoolKnud HolmboeDesert EncounterE. M. HullThe Captive of the SaharaFannie HurstBack StreetFrancis IlesMalice AforethoughtCarolyn KeeneThe Secret of Shadow RanchMargaret KennedyReturn I Dare NotIrmgard KeunGilgi – eine von uns (Gilgi – One of Us) • Halldór Laxness – '''' (O Thou Pure Vine) • E. C. R. LoracThe Murder on the BurrowsMarie Belloc LowndesLetty LyntonCompton MackenzieButtercups and DaisiesOur StreetW. Somerset MaughamSix Stories Written in the First Person SingularPierre Mac OrlanLa BanderaNancy MitfordHighland FlingThomas MofoloChakaE. Phillips OppenheimUp the Ladder of GoldIlf and PetrovThe Little Golden Calf (Золотой телёнок, Zolotoy telyonok) • Andrei PlatonovThe Foundation Pit (Котлован, Kotlovan, written) • Anthony PowellAfternoon MenEllery QueenThe Dutch Shoe MysteryErich RemarqueThe Road BackJean RhysAfter Leaving Mr. MackenzieE. Arnot RobertsonFour Frightened PeopleSax Rohmer - Daughter of Fu ManchuRafael SabatiniCaptain Blood ReturnsVita Sackville-WestAll Passion SpentDorothy SayersFive Red HerringsGeorge S. SchuylerBlack No MoreNevil ShuteLonely RoadGeorges SimenonPietr-le-Letton (book format) • Upton SinclairRoman HolidayEleanor SmithFlamencoStanislas-André SteemanThe Six Dead MenCecil StreetTragedy on the LinePhoebe Atwood TaylorThe Cape Cod MysteryHenry WadeNo Friendly DropEdgar WallaceThe Man at the CarltonNathanael WestThe Dream Life of Balso SnellEthel Lina WhitePut Out the LightVirginia WoolfThe WavesP. G. WodehouseBig MoneyIf I Were YouFrancis Brett YoungMr. and Mrs. Pennington Children and young peopleJean de BrunhoffHistoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (translated as The Story of Babar) • John BuchanThe Blanket of the DarkEdgar Rice BurroughsA Fighting Man of MarsTarzan the InvincibleArthur RansomeSwallowdaleRuth Plumly ThompsonPirates in Oz (25th in the Oz series overall and the 11th written by her) DramaClifford BaxThe VenetianCharles BennettSensationJames BridieThe Anatomist • Howard Warren Comstock and Allen C. Miller – Doctor XChen LitingPut Down Your Whip (放下你的鞭子, '''') • Noël CowardPost-Mortem (published) • Federico García LorcaWhen Five Years Pass (Así que pasen cinco años, written) • Benn Levy - Springtime for Henry • Jean GiraudouxJudithWalter Hackett – • The Gay AdventureGood Losers (with Michael Arlen) • Take a ChanceIan HayMr Faint-HeartThe MidshipmaidRonald JeansCan the Leopard...?Lean HarvestEdward KnoblockGrand HotelAndré ObeyNoé (Noah) • Le Viol de Lucrèce (The Rape of Lucretia) • Eugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraMarcel PagnolFannyJ. B. Priestley and Edward KnoblockThe Good CompanionsAhmed ShawqiQambeez (Cambyses) • Dodie SmithAutumn CrocusGladys Bronwyn SternThe Man Who Pays The PiperJohn Van DrutenHollywood HolidayLondon WallSea Fever • ''There's Always Juliet'' • Ödön von HorváthTales from the Vienna Woods (Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald) • Edgar WallaceThe Old ManThornton WilderThe Long Christmas DinnerCarl ZuckmayerThe Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) Non-fictionSamuel BeckettProustAdrian BellSilver LeyMarc Bloch – ''Les Caractères originaux de l'histoire rurale française'' • Ali Akbar Dehkhoda et al. – Dehkhoda Dictionary of the Persian languageJulius EvolaThe Hermetic TraditionEmma GoldmanLiving My LifeJohn Middleton MurrySon of Woman: The Story of D. H. LawrenceIrma S. RombauerThe Joy of CookingEdmund Wilson – ''Axel's Castle'' ==Births==
Births
January 4José Triana, Cuban poet (d. 2018) • January 6E. L. Doctorow, American author (died 2015) • P. J. Kavanagh, English poet, novelist, and broadcaster (died 2015) • January 9Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American science fiction author (died 2008) • January 10Peter Barnes, English playwright (died 2004) • January 17Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), German journalist and science fiction author (died 2000) • January 20Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese novelist (died 1984) • January 24Leonard Baker, American historian and Pulitzer-winning author (died 1984) • January 27Allan W. Eckert, American historian and novelist (died 2011) • Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (died 2016) • John Hopkins, English screenwriter (died 1998) • Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (died 2001) • February 2Walter Burkert, German writer (died 2015) • February 6Mamie Van Doren, American actress and writer • February 9Thomas Bernhard, Dutch-born Austrian author (died 1989) • February 11Larry Merchant, American author and boxing commentator • February 12Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American crime writer (died 2008) • February 18Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (died 2007) • Toni Morrison, American writer and Nobel Prize winner (died 2019) • February 19Robert Sobel, American business writer (died 1999) • February 24Barry Oakley, Australian writer. • March 11Janosch, German children's author and illustrator • Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born publisher • March 16Augusto Boal, Brazilian theater director and writer (died 2009) • March 22Leslie Thomas, Welsh novelist (died 2014) • March 26Alison Prince, English-born Scottish children's writer and biographer (died 2019) • April 1Rolf Hochhuth, German dramatist (died 2020) • April 2Joseph Joffo, French author (died 2018) • April 12Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer (died 2012) • April 15Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet and translator (died 2015) • April 21Gabriel de Broglie, French historian • April 29Robert Gottlieb, American editor (died 2023) • May 2Ruth Fainlight, American-born poet, short story writer, translator and librettist • May 7Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (died 2019) • May 23Barbara Barrie, American actress and writer • June 12Robin Cook (Derek Raymond), English crime novelist (died 1994) • June 21Patricia Goedicke, American poet (died 2006) • June 26Colin Wilson, British novelist and philosopher (died 2013) • June 28Hans Alfredson, Swedish actor and writer and comedian (d. 2017) • July 4Sébastien Japrisot, French novelist and screenwriter (died 2003) • July 6Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (died 2018) • July 7David Eddings, American novelist (died 2009) • July 10Nick Adams, American screenwriter (died 1968) • Julian May, American science fiction author (died 2017) • Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer (died 2024) • July 14E. V. Thompson, English novelist (died 2012) • July 15Clive Cussler, American thriller writer and underwater explorer (died 2020) • July 17Caroline Graham, English playwright, screenwriter and novelist • August 2Karl Miller, British writer and literary editor (died 2014) • August 12William Goldman, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2018) • August 14Frederic Raphael, American-born English screenwriter, novelist and non-fiction author • August 16Marion Patrick Jones, Trinidadian writer (died 2016) • August 22Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist • September 14Ivan Klíma, Czech novelist and dramatist (died 2025) • September 15Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-born British writer and Islamic activist (died 1996) • September 22Ashokamitran (Jagadisa Thyagarajan), Indian fiction writer (died 2017) • Fay Weldon, English novelist (died 2023) • October 8Dennis Silk, American-born English writer on literature and cricket, and first-class cricketer (died 2019) • October 13Janice Elliott, English novelist and children's writer (died 1995) • October 19John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell), English spy novelist (died 2020) • October 22Ann Rule, American true-crime writer (died 2015) • October 23James McNeish, New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer (died 2016) • November 3Arun Sarma, Assamese playwright and novelist (died 2017) • November 15Kulanthai Shanmugalingam, Sri Lankan playwright (died 2025) • November 18Nikoloz Janashia, Georgian historian (died 1982) • November 28Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author (died 2022) • Tomi Ungerer, Alsatian illustrator and writer (died 2019) • December 2Nigel Calder, British science writer (died 2014) • December 15Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish writer (died 2015) • December 17Krystyna Boglar, Polish writer known mostly for her work for children and young adults (died 2019) • December 24Walter Abish, Austrian-born American writer (died 2022) • December 31Bob Shaw, Irish science-fiction writer (died 1996) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 3L. Adams Beck, Irish writer (born 1862) • January 12Henry Gauthier-Villars, French writer (born 1859) • January 26Graça Aranha, Brazilian diplomat and writer (born 1868) • March 25Ida B. Wells, American journalist and novelist (born 1862) • March 27Arnold Bennett, English novelist (born 1867) • April 4André Michelin, French originator of Michelin Guides (born 1853) • April 10Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-born American poet (born 1883) • June 29Nérée Beauchemin, French-Canadian poet (born 1850) • July 2Harald Høffding, Danish philosopher (born 1843) • July 14Vasile Cijevschi, Bessarabian Romanian soldier, journalist and short-story writer (born 1880) • August 1Bertha McNamara, German-born Australian pamphleteer and bookseller (born 1853) • August 15Delfín Chamorro, Spanish poet and language teacher (born 1863) • August 26Frank Harris, Irish-born American author and editor (born 1856) • August 31Hall Caine, Manx novelist and dramatist (born 1853) • September 8Sue A. Sanders, American teacher, clubwoman, and author (born 1842) • September 9Matilda Cugler-Poni, Romanian poet (born 1851) • September 24Ethel Hillyer Harris, author (born 1859) • September 30Jane Meade Welch, American historian (born 1854) • October 13Ernst Didring, Swedish novelist (born 1868) • October 21Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (born 1862) • October 27Lucas Malet (Mary St Leger Kingsley), English novelist (born 1852) • November 3Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Uruguayan epic poet (born 1855) • November 5Ole Edvart Rolvaag, Norwegian American writer (born 1876) • November 19Xu Zhimo (徐志摩), Chinese poet (air accident, born 1897) • December 5Vachel Lindsay, American poet (born 1879) • December 10Enrico Corradini, Italian novelist, essayist and journalist (born 1865) • December 26Melvil Dewey, American inventor of library classification system (born 1851) • December 27Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author and collector of songs and ballads (born 1846) • December 31Ieronim Yasinsky, Russian writer, poet and essayist (born 1850) ==Awards==
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