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1936 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1936.

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where Federico García Lorca is executed on August 19 • January 8 – Jewish booksellers throughout Nazi Germany are deprived of their Reich Publications Chamber membership cards, without which no one can sell books. • May – The Greek poet and Communist activist Yiannis Ritsos is inspired to write his poem Epitaphios by a photograph of a dead protester at a massive tobacco workers' demonstration in Thessaloniki. It is published soon after. In August, the right-wing dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas comes to power in Greece and copies are burned publicly at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. • May 1617 – About 30 left-wing writers of the Second Polish Republic gather at the Lviv Anti-Fascist Congress of Cultural Workers. • August 3George Heywood Hill establishes the Heywood Hill bookshop in London's Mayfair. • August 18 – The 38-year-old Spanish dramatist, Federico García Lorca, is arrested by Francoist militia during the White Terror and never seen alive again. His brother-in-law, Manuel Fernández-Montesinos, the leftist mayor of Granada, is shot on the same day. Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba), completed on June 19, will not be performed until 1945. • November 6 – After United States publication in 1934, the U.K. authorities decide they will not prosecute or seize copies of James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. • November 23Life magazine begins to appear as a weekly news magazine in the United States, under the management of Henry Luce. • unknown dates • The New Theatre, Sydney, in Australia, attempts to stage Clifford Odets' anti-Nazi drama Till the Day I Die; the German Consul General in the country complains to the Commonwealth Government and the play is banned; but the theatre stages the play in private premises. • The first lighthearted crime novel by Scottish-born university teacher of English literature J. I. M. Stewart, writing as Michael Innes, is published: ''Death at the President's Lodging'', set in Oxford. It introduces his long-running character Detective Inspector John Appleby of Scotland Yard. • The Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's literature is inaugurated by the Library Association in the United Kingdom. The first winner is Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post. ==New books==
New books
FictionFelipe AlfauLocos: A Comedy of GesturesSutan Takdir AlisjahbanaLayar Terkembang (With Sails Unfurled) • Jorge AmadoSea of Death (Mar Morto)Eric AmblerThe Dark FrontierAgatha ChristieHercule Poirot novels • The A. B. C. MurdersCards on the TableMurder in MesopotamiaRobert P. Tristram CoffinJohn DawnFreeman Wills CroftsThe Loss of the Jane VosperMan Overboard!Cecil Day-LewisThou Shell of DeathWarwick DeepingNo Hero–ThisCarmen de IcazaCristina GuzmánHenry de MontherlantLes Jeunes Filles (The Young Girls; first part of tetralogy) • John Dos PassosThe Big MoneyWilliam Pène du BoisOtto at SeaDaphne du MaurierJamaica InnWalter D. EdmondsDrums Along the MohawkMircea EliadeMiss Christina (Domnișoara Christina)William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom!Gilbert FrankauFarewell RomanceKonstantine GamsakhurdiaStealing the Moon () • Anthony GilbertMurder by ExpertsJean Giono – ''Joy of Man's Desiring (Que ma joie demeure)'' • Maxim Gorky (posthumous) – The Life of Klim Samgin (the final fourth volume, unfinishes, translated as The Specter) • Graham GreeneA Gun for SaleWalter GreenwoodStanding Room OnlyWinifred HoltbySouth RidingAldous HuxleyEyeless in GazaMichael Innes – ''Death at the President's Lodging'' • C. L. R. JamesMinty AlleyMikheil Javakhishvili – ''A Woman's Burden (, '') • Storm JamesonNone Turn Back (The Mirror in Darkness III) • In the Second YearArthur JosephDark MetropolisMargaret KennedyTogether and ApartLeo KiacheliGvadi BigvaJonathan LatimerThe Lady in the MorgueJean de La VarendeLeather-Nose (Nez-de-Cuir)Alexander Lernet-HoleniaBaron Bagge (Der Baron Bagge)Haniel LongInterlinear to Cabeza de VacaE. C. R. LoracCrime Counter CrimeA Pall for a PainterPost After Post-MortemAndrew LytleThe Long NightCompton MackenzieFigure of EightKlaus MannMephistoNgaio MarshDeath in EcstasyA. E. W. MasonFire Over EnglandAlan MelvilleDeath of AntonHenry MillerBlack SpringGladys Mitchell – ''Dead Men's Morris'' • Margaret MitchellGone with the WindNaomi MitchisonThe Fourth PigJohn A. Moroso – ''Nobody's Buddy'' • Anaïs NinHouse of IncestGeorge OrwellKeep the Aspidistra FlyingJohn Cowper PowysMaiden CastlePremchandGodaan (, Gōdān, The Gift of a Cow) • Ellery QueenHalfway HouseAyn RandWe the LivingErich Maria RemarqueThree Comrades (Drei Kameraden)Kate RobertsTraed mewn cyffion (Feet in the Stocks) • Rafael SabatiniThe Fortunes of Captain BloodSim HunSangnoksu (; "Evergreen (Tree)"; serialization concludes and book publication) • Israel Joshua SingerThe Brothers Ashkenazi (Di brider Ashkenazy, in book format) • Eleanor SmithPortrait of a LadyJohn SteinbeckIn Dubious BattleRex StoutThe Rubber BandCecil StreetDeath at BreakfastDeath in the TunnelIn Face of the VerdictMurder of a ChemistPhoebe Atwood TaylorThe Crimson PatchOut of OrderFrank ThiessTsushimaAleksey Tolstoy – «Золотой ключик, или Приключения Буратино» (The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino) • S. S. Van DineThe Kidnap Murder CaseVũ Trọng PhụngSố đỏ (Dumb Luck)Henry WadeBury Him DarklySylvia Townsend WarnerSummer Will ShowCarolyn WellsMurder in the BookshopEthel Lina WhiteThe Wheel Spins (later The Lady Vanishes) • Francis Brett YoungFar Forest Children and young peopleEdward Ardizzone – ''Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (Journal d'un curé de campagne)'' • M. E. AtkinsonAugust AdventureCarol Ryrie BrinkCaddie WoodlawnJoanna CannanA Pony for Jean (first of nine Pony series books) • Noel LangleyThe Tale of the Land of Green GingerMunro LeafThe Story of FerdinandJohn A. Moroso – ''Nobody's Buddy'' • Carola OmanFerry the FearlessArthur RansomePigeon PostRuth SawyerRoller SkatesLester Basil Sinclair (as John Mystery) – Why Cows MooNoel StreatfeildBallet Shoes (illustrated by Ruth Gervis) • Barbara Euphan ToddWorzel Gummidge (first in the Worzel Gummidge series of eleven books) • Aleksey Nikolayevich TolstoyThe Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino DramaPralhad Keshav AtreLagnāchi BediUdyāchā SansārW. H. Auden and Christopher IsherwoodThe Ascent of F6 (published English edition) • S. N. BehrmanEnd of SummerCharles BennettPage From a DiaryBertolt BrechtRound Heads and Pointed Heads (Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe)Max CattoGreen WatersNoël CowardTonight at 8.30Present LaughterMazo de la Roche and Nancy PriceWhiteoaksHenry de MontherlantPasiphaéHarley Granville-BarkerWaste (first public performance, 1927 version; originally written 1906) • Ian HayThe FrogGeorge S. Kaufman and Moss Hart – ''You Can't Take It with You'' • Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt – ''It Can't Happen Here'' (dramatisation) • Federico García LorcaThe House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba; written) • Clare Boothe LuceThe WomenBarré LyndonThe Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseHugh MillsLaughter in CourtJ. B. PriestleyBees on the Boat DeckTerence RattiganFrench Without TearsDorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne – ''Busman's Honeymoon: A Detective Comedy in Three Acts'' • Irwin ShawBury the DeadGeorge ShielsThe JailbirdThe Passing DayÖdön von HorváthDon Juan kommt aus dem Krieg (Don Juan Comes Back From the War) • Figaro läßt sich scheiden (Figaro Gets a Divorce) PoetryW. H. AudenLook, Stranger!Gottfried BennAusgewählte Gedichte (Selected Poems) • T. S. EliotCollected Poems 1909–35 including "Burnt Norton", first of the Four QuartetsPatrick KavanaghPloughman, and Other PoemsMichael Roberts (ed.) – The Faber Book of Modern VerseDylan ThomasTwenty-five PoemsW. B. Yeats (ed.) – The Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892–1935 Non-fictionA. J. AyerLanguage, Truth, and LogicJohn Dickson CarrThe Murder of Sir Edmund GodfreyVictor Hugo GreenThe Negro Motorist Green Book (1st edn) • Graham GreeneJourney Without MapsRichard Foster JonesAncients and Moderns: A Study of the Background of The Battle of the BooksCarl Gustav JungThe Idea of Redemption in Alchemy (Die Erlösungsvorstellungen in der Alchemie)John Maynard KeynesThe General Theory of Employment, Interest and MoneyOsbert LancasterProgress at Pelvis BayF. R. LeavisRevaluation: Tradition and Development in English PoetryC. S. LewisThe Allegory of LoveKarl MannheimIdeology and UtopiaEdwin MuirScott and ScotlandGeorge Orwell – "Bookshop Memories" • Olavi PaavolainenKolmannen valtakunnan vieraana (Guest of the Third Reich) • J. R. R. Tolkien – "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" (version of a lecture) ==Births==
Births
January 5Florence King, American writer (died 2016) • January 10Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian (died 2002) • January 28Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist and poet (died 2024) • February 12Shawkat Ali, Bangladeshi writer (died 2018) • February 18Jean M. Auel, American historical novelist • March 1Jean-René Huguenin, French novelist and literary critic (died 1962) • March 2Gondoo U Thein Naing, Burmese writer (died 2025) • March 7Georges Perec, French novelist, filmmaker and essayist (died 1982) • March 28Peter Mayer, English-born publisher (died 2018) • Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (died 2025) • March 29Judith Guest, American novelist and screenwriter • March 31Marge Piercy, American poet and activist • April 12Frankétienne, Haitian writer (died 2025) • April 13Choi In-hun, South Korean writer (died 2018) • April 30Viktor Likhonosov, Soviet Russian writer and editor (died 2021) • May 10Anthea Bell, English translator (died 2018) • May 23Ian Kennedy Martin, English scriptwriter and novelist • May 27Ivo Brešan, Croatian playwright, novelist, screenwriter and satirist (died 2016) • June 3Duff Hart-Davis, English biographer and journalist • Larry McMurtry, American novelist, essayist and screenwriter (died 2021) • June 9Nell Dunn, English playwright and author • June 18Dick Wimmer, American novelist (died 2011) • June 23Richard Bach, American novelist and non-fiction writer • June 24J. H. Prynne, English poet (died 2026) • June 29David Rudkin, English playwright • July 5Valerie Flint, English medieval historian (died 2009) • July 6Abidullah Ghazi, Indian-American author, educator and poet (died 2021) • August 8Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-born British children's writer and illustrator (died 2022) • August 24A. S. Byatt, English novelist (died 2023) • August 27Philippe Labro, French writer, journalist and film director (died 2025) • September 1Roderick Thorp, American novelist (died 1999) • September 2Károly Krajczár, Hungarian Slovene teacher, writer and collector (died 2018) • September 10Peter Lovesey, English crime fiction and short story writer (died 2025) • September 20Andrew Davies, Welsh novelist and screenwriter • September 26Victor Watson, English children's writer and academic • October 1Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran, Sri Lankan writer, art and literary critic, journalist and radio and TV personality • October 5Václav Havel, Czech dramatist and first president of Czech Republic (died 2011) • November 4C. K. Williams, American poet (died 2015) • November 17John Wells, English satirical writer and actor (died 1998) • November 18Suzette Haden Elgin, American science fiction writer (died 2015) • November 20Don DeLillo, American novelist • November 25William McIlvanney, Scottish novelist, short story writer and poet (died 2015) • November 27Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (died 2005) • December 1Ma Văn Kháng, Vietnamese writer • December 2Hebe Uhart, Argentine writer (died 2018) • December 5James Lee Burke, American writer • Lewis Nkosi, Zulu writer (died 2010) • December 11Ingvar Moe, Norwegian poet, novelist and children's writer (died 1993) • December 17Frank Martinus Arion, Curaçaoan novelist and poet (died 2015) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 4James Churchward, British writer (born 1851) • January 5Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Spanish dramatist and novelist (born 1866) • January 17Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian novelist and poet (stroke, born 1885) • January 18Rudyard Kipling, English writer and Nobel laureate (born 1865) • February 7Elizabeth Robins Pennell, American biographer and critic based in London (born 1855) • February 8Rahel Sanzara, German dancer, actress and novelist (cancer, born 1894) • February 23Lidia Veselitskaya (V. Mikulich), Russian novelist, memoirist and translator (born 1857) • March 1Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet, musician and novelist (born 1872) • March 9A. de Herz, Romanian playwright and journalist (hemoptysis, born 1887) • March 16Marguerite Durand, French actress and journalist (born 1864) • April 30A. E. Housman, English poet (born 1859) • June 11Robert E. Howard, American fantasy writer (suicide, born 1906) • June 12: • M. R. James, English ghost story writer and scholar (born 1862) • Karl Kraus, Austrian writer and journalist (born 1874) • June 14G. K. Chesterton, English novelist, poet and Catholic apologist (born 1874) • June 18Maxim Gorky, Russian dramatist (born 1868) • July 25Donald Maxwell, English travel writer and illustrator (born 1877) • July 26F. J. Harvey Darton English children's literature historian and publisher (born 1878) • August 8Mourning Dove, Native American writer (born 1884) • August 15Grazia Deledda, Sardinian-born novelist and Nobel laureate (born 1871) • August 19Federico García Lorca, Spanish dramatist and poet (shot, born 1898) • August 26Juliette Adam, French author (born 1836) • October 5J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (born 1898) • October 9Harriette A. Keyser, American industrial reformer (born 1841) • November 12Stefan Grabiński, Polish horror writer (born 1887) • December – Emma Sheridan Fry, American actor, playwright, and drama teacher (born 1864) • December 10Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist and novelist (born 1867) • December 24Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley, English horticulturist and garden writer (born 1872) • December 27Kristína Royová, Slovak novelist, religious writer and poet (born 1860) • December 28John Cornford, English poet (killed in action, born 1915) • December 31Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish novelist, poet and scholar (born 1864) • date unknownBertha M. Wilson, American playwright, critic and actress (born 1874) ==Awards==
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