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Prizes
International
- The Nobel Prize in Literature is Selma Lagerlöf , "As a tribute to the high idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual penetration that distinguish all her works." The woman first received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
France
- Goncourt Prize - Marius and Are Leblon , “In France”.
- Femin's Award - Edmond Jaloux , Le reste est silence.
Books
Novels
- “ Anya from Avonlei ” is a novel by Lucy Mod Montgomery .
- " Anna Veronica " - a novel by Herbert Wells .
- “The Shipwreck of Jonotan” - a novel by Jules Verne .
- “ Mike ” is a novel by Palem Granville Woodhouse .
- “ Martin Eden ” is a Jack London novel.
- “Provincials” is a novel by Jean Giraud .
Tale
- “The Town of Okurov” is the story of Maxim Gorky .
- “The Life of Matvey Kozhemyakin” is the story of Maxim Gorky.
- “The Yellow Devil Laughter” is a fantastic story by Anton Sorokin .
Small prose
- “ Victim ” is the story of Alexey Remizov .
Pieces
- “Anatema” is a play by Leonid Andreev .
- “Days of our life” - a play by Leonid Andreev.
Born
- February 19 - Mark Zosimovich Lanskoy , Soviet science fiction writer (died 1990 ).
- February 24 - August Derlet , American science fiction writer, publisher of Lovecraft books (died in 1971 ).
- March 6 - Stanislav Jerzy Lets , Polish satirist, poet, aphorist (died in 1966 ).
- March 12 - Piatras Zvirka , Lithuanian Marxist writer (died in 1947 ).
- June 6 - Semyon Petrovich Babaevsky , Russian Soviet writer (died in 2000 ).
- June 28 - Eric Ambler , British writer (died 1998 ).
- August 7 - Marie-Theres Bodar , Belgian writer, essayist, playwright.
- August 8 - Emilian Nesterovich Bukov , Moldavian Soviet writer and poet (died in 1984 ).
- December 8 - Zinovy Yakovlevich Bilenko , Ukrainian Soviet writer (died in 1979 ).
Died
- April 17 - Fedor Nikolaevich Berg , Russian poet, prose writer, journalist (born in 1839 ).
- June 18 - Pavel Aleksandrovich Krushevan , Russian and Moldavian journalist, prose writer, publicist (born in 1860 ).
- October 30 - Arseny Ivanovich Vvedensky , Russian literary critic, bibliographer, literary historian (born 1844 ).
- December 13 - Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky , Russian poet, translator, literary critic (born 1856 ).