1914 in literature
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See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
- George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).
- Thomas Hardy married Florence Dugdale.
New books
- Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
- Theodore Dreiser - The Titan
- James Elroy Flecker - The King of Alsander
- Anatole France - The Revolt of the Angels
- Henry James - Notes of a Son and Brother
- James Joyce - Dubliners
- Stephen Leacock - Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich
- Sinclair Lewis - Our Mr. Wrenn
- Frank Norris - Vandover and the Brute
- Saki - Beasts and Super-Beasts, When William Came
- Carl Sandburg - Chicago
- Natsume Soseki - Kokoro
- Mary Augusta Ward - Delia Blanchflower
- H. G. Wells - The World Set Free
- Harry Leon Wilson - Ruggles of Red Gap
Poetry
- Robert Frost North of Boston
Births
- February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (d. 1997)
- March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (d. 1994)
- March 31 - Octavio Paz, 1990 Nobel Prize-winning author
- April 26 - Bernard Malamud, novelist
- May 6 - Randall Jarrell, poet
- May 8 - Romain Gary, writer (d. 1980)
- June 17 - Julián Marías, philosopher and author (d.. 2005)
- June 26 - Laurie Lee, poet and novelist
- July 15 - Hammond Innes, adventure novelist
- July 15 - Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author
- August 9 - Tove Jansson, children's author
- October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (d. 1953)
- December 12 - Patrick O'Brian, historical novelist
- date unknown - Norman Nicholson, poet
- date unknown - John Masters, novelist
Deaths
- February 25 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator of the works of Lewis Carroll
- April 7 - Edith Maude Eaton, author
- May 19 - William Aldis Wright, writer and editor
- September 22 - Alain-Fournier, novelist
- date unknown - Michael Field, author and dramatist
- date unknown - Laurence Irving, dramatist and novelist
- date unknown - Charlotte Forten Grimké, poet
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded
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