1935 in literature
Overview of the events of 1935 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1935 .
Events
January – The first published portions of Yasunari Kawabata 's novel Snow Country Yukiguni ) appear as standalone stories in Japan.
January 6 – Clifford Odets becomes the first Method -trained playwright with his first produced play, the one-act Waiting for Lefty Civic Repertory Theatre in New York City. This is followed by the equally political Awake and Sing! Belasco Theatre ; Till the Day I Die Longacre Theatre ; and Paradise Lost [ 1] March 20 – The London publisher Boriswood pleads guilty and is fined in Manchester 's Assize Court for publishing an "obscene" book, a 1934 cheap edition of James Hanley 's 1931 novel Boy [ 2] May 13 – T. E. Lawrence , having left the British Royal Air Force in March, has an accident with his Brough Superior motorcycle while returning to his cottage at Clouds Hill , England, after posting books to a friend, A. E. "Jock" Chambers, and sending a telegram inviting the novelist Henry Williamson to lunch.[ 3] [ 4] Seven Pillars of Wisdom June 15
July 30 – Allen Lane founds Penguin Books , as the first mass-market paperbacks in Britain.[ 7] [ 8] August – Open-air reading room established by New York Public Library in Bryant Park .
August 27 – The Federal Theatre Project is established in the United States.September 5 – Michael Joseph is founded as a publisher in London.[ 9] November 2 – The Scottish-born thriller writer John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir , is sworn in as Governor General of Canada .November 7 – The British and Foreign Blind Association introduces a library of talking books for the visually impaired.November 26 – Scrooge Dickens ' A Christmas Carol 1843 ) is released in Britain. Sir Seymour Hicks reprises the title rôle, which he has performed for decades on stage.unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 2 – David McKee , English children's writer and illustrator (died 2022 )January 8 – Lewis H. Lapham , American publisher, founder of Lapham's Quarterly January 14 – Labhshankar Thakar , Indian Gujarati language poet, playwright and story writer (died 2016 )January 18 – Jon Stallworthy , English poet and literary critic (died 2014 )[ 26] January 27 – D. M. Thomas , English novelist, poet and translatorJanuary 28 – David Lodge , English novelist and academicJanuary 30 – Richard Brautigan , American writer and poet (died 1984 )[ 27] January 31 – Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎), Japanese novelist and essayist[ 28] February 18 – Janette Oke , Canadian authorFebruary 22 – Danilo Kiš , Serbian novelist (died 1989 )February 23 – Tom Murphy , Irish playwright (died 2018 )March 4 – Stanisław Moskal , Polish scientist and writer (died 2019 )[ 29] March 13
March 23 – Barry Cryer , English comedy writer and performer[ 32] 2022 )March 27 – Abelardo Castillo , Argentinian writer (died 2017 )March 31 – Judith Rossner , American novelist (died 2005 )April 4
April 6 – John Pepper Clark , Nigerian poet and playwright (died 2020 )[ 33] April 14 – Erich von Däniken , Swiss writer on paranormalApril 15 – Alan Plater , English playwright and screenwriter (died 2010 )[ 34] April 25 – Li Ao , Chinese-Taiwanese writer, social commentator, historian and independent politician (died 2018 )April 26 – Patricia Reilly Giff , American author and educatorMay 1 – Julian Mitchell , English playwright and screenwriterMay 2 – Lynda Lee-Potter , English columnist (died 2004 )[ 35] May 9 – Roger Hargreaves , English children's author and illustrator (died 1988 )[ 36] May 29 – André Brink , South African novelist (died 2015 )June 2 – Carol Shields , American-born writer (died 2003 )[ 37] June 4 – Shiao Yi , Taiwanese-American wuxia novelist (d. 2018 )[ 38] June 7 – Harry Crews , American author and playwright (died 2012 )June 24 – Pete Hamill , American journalist and author (died 2020 )[ 39] June 25
June 30 – Peter Achinstein , American philosopher[ 41] July 11 – Günther von Lojewski , German journalist, television presenter and author (died 2023 )July 13 – Earl Lovelace , Trinidadian novelist and playwrightAugust 1 – Mohinder Pratap Chand , Urdu poet, writer and language advocate (died 2020 )August 15 – Régine Deforges , French dramatist, novelist and publisher (died 2014 )[ 42] August 21 – Yuri Entin , Soviet and Russian poet, lyricist and playwrightAugust 22 – E. Annie Proulx , American novelist[ 43] September 5 – Ward Just , American novelist (died 2019 )[ 44] September 10 – Mary Oliver , American poet (died 2019 )[ 45] September 16 – Esther Vilar , German-Argentinian writerSeptember 17 – Ken Kesey , American novelist (died 2001 )[ 46] October 7 – Thomas Keneally , Australian novelist and non-fiction writer[ 47] November 1 – Edward Said , Palestinian-American literary critic (died 2003 )November 7
November 9 – Jerry Hopkins , American journalist and biographer (died 2018 )November 18
November 22 – Hugh C. Rae (Jessica Stirling, etc.), Scottish novelist (died 2014 )[ 48] December 5 – Yevgeny Titarenko , Soviet writer (died 2018 )December 10 – Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司), Japanese avant-garde writer, film director and photographer (died 1983 )December 13
unknown date – Bahaa Taher , Egyptian writer
Deaths
Funeral cortege for Panait Istrati . Bucharest , April 1935 February 7 – Lewis Grassic Gibbon , Scottish novelist (peritonitis, born 1901 )[ 49] February 13
February 28 – Tsubouchi Shōyō (坪内 逍遥), Japanese writer (born 1859 )April 6 – Edwin Arlington Robinson , American poet (born 1869 )[ 50] April 11 – Anna Katharine Green , American crime writer (born 1846 )April 16 – Panait Istrati , Romanian novelist, short story writer and political essayist (tuberculosis, born 1884 )[ 51] May 19 – T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), English historian and memoirist (motorcycle accident, born 1888 )[ 52] June 29 – Hayashi Fubo , Japanese novelist (born 1900 )July 17 – George William Russell , Irish nationalist, poet and artist (born 1867 )[ 53] August 11 – Sir William Watson , English poet (born 1858 )August 17 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman , American novelist (born 1860 )[ 54] August 30 – Henri Barbusse , French novelist and journalist (pneumonia, born 1873 )[ 55] September 26 – Iván Persa , Hungarian Slovene writer and priest (born 1861 )September 29 – Winifred Holtby , English novelist (Bright's disease, born 1898 )October 11 – Steele Rudd , Australian short story writer (born 1868 )[ 56] November 4 – Ella Loraine Dorsey , American author, journalist and translator (born 1853 )[ 57] November 28
Awards
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