Overview of the events of 1933 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1933 .
Events
Book burning in the Opernplatz , Berlin , May 11, 1933May – Nazi book burnings take place in Germany by the German Student Union , principally of works by Jewish intellectuals, leading to an Exilliteratur Heinrich Mann ), Thomas Mann settles in Switzerland. Lion Feuchtwanger , on a lecture tour of the United States in January, has decided not to return to Germany; Bertolt Brecht has moved to Prague in February; and Alfred Döblin to Switzerland in March.
May 16 –17 – In the Soviet Union , Joseph Stalin orders the NKVD to "preserve but isolate" Osip Mandelstam , after having been informed of the "Stalin Epigram "; Mandelstam is then arrested. A protest by literary figures, including Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak , prompts Stalin to declare that he might "review the case" (he never will). His admiration for Pasternak as a poetic genius is strengthened when the latter asks for a private meeting to discuss "life and death" — although he never grants it, he instructs the NKVD to "leave that cloud-dweller [Pasternak] alone".[ 5] June
July – Poedjangga Baroe Armijn Pane , Amir Hamzah and Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana .
October (approximate) – The name Inklings , previously used by a disbanded undergraduate group, is taken by an informal literary discussion group of University of Oxford academics, including C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien .[ 8]
October 8 – The General Union of Roma in Romania is set up by writer Gheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică , with Grigoraș Dinicu as honorary president; by 1934 , it publishes the Romani-language newspaper O Ròm , and books of Romani mythology , edited by Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor .[ 9] November 7 – Premiere of Samuil Lehtțir 's Biruința (Victory), at Tiraspol 's State Theater; it is the first local play to have been produced within the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic .[ 10] December
December 6 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses U.S. District Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce 's novel Ulysses pornographic and therefore cannot be obscene .[ 11]
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
The original Broadway production of Ah, Wilderness! George M. Cohan , Elisha Cook, Jr. , and Gene Lockhart
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 1 – Joe Orton , English playwright (murdered 1967 )January 2 – Seiichi Morimura (森村誠一), Japanese author (died 2023 )January 4 – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor , American children's and adult novelistJanuary 9 – Wilbur Smith , South African historical novelist (died 2021 )[ 19] January 13 – Shahnon Ahmad , Malaysian writer and politician (died 2017 )January 16 – Susan Sontag (Susan Rosenblatt), American novelist (died 2004 )[ 20] January 25 – Alden Nowlan , Canadian poet and novelist (died 1983 )February 1 – Reynolds Price , American novelist and literary scholar (died 2011 )February 5 – B. S. Johnson , English novelist (died 1973 )February 12 – Costa-Gavras (Konstantinos Gavras), Greek-French film director and writer[ 21] February 20 – Zamenga Batukezanga , Congolese francophone writer and philanthropist (died 2000 )February 22 – Christopher Ondaatje , Ceylonese-born English travel writer, biographer and philanthropist[ 22] February 27 – Edward Lucie-Smith , Jamaican-born English writer, critic and broadcasterMarch 17 – Penelope Lively (Penelope Low), Egyptian-born English novelist[ 23] March 18 – Sergio Pitol , Mexican fiction writer, translator and diplomat (died 2018 )March 19 – Philip Roth , American novelist (died 2018)[ 24] April 2 – György Konrád , Hungarian novelist, essayist, political dissident and President of PEN International (died 2019 )[ 25] April 7 – Cong Weixi , Chinese author (died 2019 )April 14 – Boris Strugatsky , Russian sci-fi writer (died 2012 )[ 26] April 24 – Patricia Bosworth , American writer/biographer (died 2020 )[ 27] May 9 – Jessica Steele , English romance novelist (died 2020 )May 10 – Barbara Taylor Bradford (Barbara Taylor), English-born American novelist (died 2024 )[ 28] May 12 – Stephen Vizinczey , Hungarian-born writer (died 2021)[ 29] May 22 – Arnold Lobel , American children's writer and illustrator (died 1987 )May 29
June 9 – Vicente Leñero , Mexican novelist and playwright (died 2014 )June 11 – Martti Soosaar , Estonian journalist and author (died 2017 )June 20 – Claire Tomalin (Claire Delavenay), English journalist and biographerJune 25 – James Meredith , African-American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteranJune 30 – Mauricio Rosencof , Uruguayan playwright, poet and journalistJuly 2 – John Antrobus , English playwright and scriptwriterJuly 4 – David Littman , English historian (died 2012 )July 10 – Kevin Gilbert , Australian writer and artist (died 1993 )July 13 – David Storey , English novelist and playwright (died 2017 )July 14 – Solange Fasquelle , French novelist (died 2016 )July 15 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair , Indian novelist (died 2024 )[ 30] July 20 – Cormac McCarthy , American novelist, playwright and screenwriter (died 2023 )July 21
August 1 – Ko Un (Ko Untae), South Korean poetAugust 2 – Michel del Castillo , Spanish-born French writer (died 2024 )August 7 – Jerry Pournelle , American science fiction writer (died 2017 )[ 31] August 13 – Madhur Jaffrey , Indian actress and food writer[ 32] August 16 – Tom Maschler , Austrian-born English literary publisher (died 2020 )[ 33] September 9 – Michael Novak , American philosopher and author (died 2017 )September 19 – Gilles Archambault , French Canadian novelistSeptember 27 – Paul Goble , English-American author and illustrator (died 2017 )October 11 – David Daniels , American visual poet (died 2008 )October 21 – Maureen Duffy , English poet, playwright, author and activist[ 34] October 24 – Norman Rush , American writerNovember 1
November 5 – Ilie Purcaru , Romanian journalist and poet (died 2008 )November 13 – Peter Härtling , German novelist and poet (died 2017 )November 23 – Daniel Chavarría , Uruguayan writer and translator (died 2018 )December 2 – Kent Andersson , Swedish dramatist (died 2005 )December 22 – Jim Barnes , Native American poet and translator[ 35] December 31 – Edward Bunker , American crime novelist (died 2005 )
Deaths
January 5 – J. M. Robertson , British Liberal Party politician, writer and journalist, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (born 1856 )[ 36] January 11 – Hugo Zöller , German explorer and journalist (born 1852 )[ 37] January 21 – George Moore , Irish poet and novelist (born 1852 )[ 38] January 29 – Sara Teasdale , American poet (born 1884 ; suicide)[ 39] January 31 – John Galsworthy , English novelist and dramatist (born 1867 )[ 40] February 20 – Takiji Kobayashi (小林多喜二), Japanese writer (born 1903 )April 5 – Earl Derr Biggers , American novelist and playwright (heart attack, born 1884 )[ 41] April 19 – E. W. Hobson , English writer on mathematics (born 1856 )[ 42] April 24 – Janet Milne Rae , Scottish novelist (born 1844 )[ 43] April 29 – Constantine Cavafy , Greek Alexandrine poet (born 1863 )April 30 – Anna de Noailles , French writer (born 1876 )May 2 – Leonard Huxley , British writer (born 1860 )[ 44] May 16 – John Henry Mackay , Scottish-born German anarchist writer and philosopher (born 1864 )[ 45] May 26 – Horatio Bottomley , English journalist and fraudster (born 1860 )[ 46] June 7 – Dragutin Domjanić , Croatian poet (born 1875 )[ 47] July 8 – Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope Hawkins), English adventure novelist (born 1863 )[ 48] August 12 – Alexandru Philippide , Romanian linguist and polemicist (atherosclerosis, born 1859 )September 20 – Annie Besant , English Theosophist writer (born 1847 )[ 49] September 22 – György Almásy , Hungarian travel writer (born 1867 )[ 50] September 25
September 28 – G. R. S. Mead , British writer (born 1863 )[ 52] October 30 – Herminie Templeton Kavanagh , Anglo-Irish-American short story writer (born 1861 ?)[ 53] November 12 – F. Holland Day , American publisher (born 1864 )November 20 – Augustine Birrell , English politician and author (born 1850 )[ 54] November 28 – Minnie Earl Sears , American librarian (born 1873 )[ 55] November 30 – Annie Armitt , English novelist and poet (born 1850 )[ 56] December 4 – Stefan George , German poet and translator (born 1868 )December 16 – Robert W. Chambers , American writer (born 1865 )[ 57] December 27 – Georgina Castle Smith (pseudonym Brenda), English children's writer (born 1845 )date unknown – Jennie M. Bingham , American author (born 1859 )
Awards
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