1926 in literature
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See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference founded in Middlebury, Vermont.
- Ford Madox Ford publishes A Man Could Stand Up. It is the third book of a four-volume work titled Parade's End published between 1924 and 1928.
- October 14 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time.
New books
- Autobiographies - W. B. Yeats
- The Castle - Franz Kafka
- Early Autumn - Louis Bromfield
- Flight - Walter F. White
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Haunting Hand - Walter A. Roberts
- A Man Could Stand Up - Ford Madox Ford
- Payment Deferred - C.S. Forester
- Petenera's Daughter - Henry Bellamann
- Preface to Life - Zona Gale
- Ralph 124C 41+ - Hugo Gernsback
- The Romantic Comedians - Ellen Glasgow
- Shen of the Sea - Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- These Old Shades – Georgette Heyer
- The Spell of the Turf - James R. Crowell & Samuel C. Hildreth
- The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
- The Three Students - Haldane MacFall
- The Ugly Duchess - Lion Feuchtwanger
- Ulich and Soracha - George A. Moore
- Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
- The World of William Clissold - H. G. Wells
New drama
- St. John Greer Ervine - Anthony and Anna
- Sean O'Casey - The Plough and the Stars
Non-fiction
- Angela Brazil - My Own Schooldays
- R. H. Tawney - Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Births
- January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist
- February 15 - Dieter Lattmann, writer and politician
- February 20 - Richard Matheson, author
- March 31 - John Fowles, writer
- April 28 - Harper Lee, US novelist
- June 3 - Allen Ginsberg, US poet (+ 1997)
- July 11 - Frederick Buechner, author
- August 14 - "Goscinny" (René Goscinny), French writer and co-creator of Asterix
- November 20 - John Gardner, British novelist
Deaths
- January 14 – René Boylesve, French author
- August 1 - Israel Zangwill, English poet
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize: Radclyffe Hall, Adam's Breed
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Arthur Bowie Chrisman, Shen of the Sea
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Grazia Deledda
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: George Kelly, Craig's Wife
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Amy Lowell, What's O'Clock
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
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