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1911 in literature
See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Encyclopędia Britannica published.
- George A. Moore publishes the first of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (last in 1914).
- Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm is published.
- Gallimard publishing house founded in Paris, France by Gaston Gallimard
New Books
- The Bracknels - Forrest Reid
- The Card - Arnold Bennett
- The Case of Richard Meynell - Mary Augusta Ward
- The Downfall of the Gods - Hugh Clifford
- Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
- The Innocence of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
- The Lair of the White Worm - Bram Stoker
- Ladies Whose Bright Eyes - Ford Madox Ford
- Life Everlasting - Marie Corelli
- The New Machiavelli - H. G. Wells
- Padre Ignacio - Owen Wister
- River Rovers (poetry) - Edwin James Brady
- The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm
Births
- January 24 - C. L. Moore, science fiction author
- February 8 - Elizabeth Bishop, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (+ 1979)
- March 26 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- April 8 - Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist (+ 1995)
- May 20 - Annie M. G. Schmidt , Dutch children books writer
- July 21 - Marshall McLuhan - author (+ 1980)
- December 11 - Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel prize-winning Egyptian novelist.
Deaths
- January 23 - David Graham Phillips, journalist / novelist
- October 8 - Hesba Stretton , author
- October 29 - Joseph Pulitzer
- Ewin Austin Abbey , author
Awards
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