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2006 Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies
1998 Octavio Paz, writer, won Nobel prize winner for literature in 1990, dies at 84 1998 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 1997 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo 1996 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69 1995 Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at 85 1994 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Kenzaburo Oe 1993 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Toni Morrison 1992 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott 1990 Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature 1988 Naguib Mahfouz is 1st Arabic writer to win Nobel literature prize 1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz 1987 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky 1985 French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 1982 Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature 1976 American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1976 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Saul Bellow 1976 Eugen Roth, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952, dies at 81 in Munich, Germany 1975 Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1971 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda 1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1970 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94 1967 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58 1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature 1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 1961 Tom Holt, born in London, author, British novelist, writes mythopoeic novels that parody mythology, history, literature 1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies 1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature 1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1956 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70 1954 Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature 1954 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway 1954 Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80 1953 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 1953 Emil Ermatinger, Switzerland, literature critic, dies at 80 1953 Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 1953 Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board 1952 Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature 1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner 1948 T. 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Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature 1947 PC Hooft prize forms for literature 1947 Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1946 Elfriede Jelinek, born in MŸrzzuschlag, Austria, writer, playwright, novelist, member, Austria's Communist Party, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004 1944 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies 1944 Paul Hazard, French literature historian, dies at 65 1943 Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42 1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 1939 Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation 1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 1936 Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill 1935 Lodewijk Scharpe, Flemish literature historian, dies at 65 1934 Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt" 1927 Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1926 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70 1926 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature 1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) 1918 Henry Adams, U.S. literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 1918 Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar, Leeds University 1917 Gerrit Borgers, literature 1915 Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature, Duck on Attic 1915 Alfred Kazin, U.S. writer/literature critic, Inmost Leaf 1913 Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement 1910 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature 1909 Fernand Lodewick, literature historian 1909 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian 1909 Rene Etiemble, French literature historian, Parlez-vous Franglais 1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature 1907 Leon Edel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, wrote on James Joyce, taught literature at Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University 1906 John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language and literature 1906 Henry Roth, born in Galicia, Austro-Hungary, writer, short story writer, novelist, Call It Sleep considered masterpiece of Jewish American literature 1902 Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian, Vocation, Kitty 1900 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian 1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor, Rob Roy 1953 1899 George Calinescu, Romania, literature, Enigma Otilei 1899 Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer, Nobel Literature 1968 1897 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature, About the Laugh 1895 Eugen Roth, born in Munich, Germany, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952 1893 Cornelis E van Koetsveld, Dutch vicar/literature, dies at 86 1892 Ivo Andric, born in Dolac, Bosnia, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina' 1892 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer 1887 Francis Bull, Norway, writer, Norsk literature historian 1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 1887 Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 1886 Ernst R. Curtius, German literature historian 1885 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic 1881 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 1878 Paul Hazard, French literature historian 1875 Desiderius A. Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian 1873 Emil Ermatinger, born in Switzerland, literature historian 1872 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies 1871 Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/president of Romania 1869 Lodewijk Scharpe, Flemish literature historian 1865 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian, Motion 1859 Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature 1855 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian 1855 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, Euphorion 1854 Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies 1848 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies 1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian 1840 John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77 1820 Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature 1813 Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian, Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti 1807 Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature 1807 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet and literature critic 1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1756 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literature, Disease of Scientists 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1711 Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies 1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature 1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals 1604 Janus Dousa, Johan van de Does, literature/politician, dies at 58 1273 Rumi, Mawlana, Mawlawi, poet, theologian, wrote, the six books of the Masnavi, influenced Persian literature, dies 1207 Rumi, born in Balkh, Khorasan, now Afghanistan, Mawlana, Mawlawi, poet, theologian, wrote, the six books of the Masnavi, influenced Persian literature |
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