Overview of the events of 1931 in literature
Overview of the events of 1931 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1931.
Deaths
[March 25]- [Ida B. Wells], American journalist and novelist (born [1862 in literature|1862]
- March 27 – Arnold Bennett, English novelist (born 1867)[61]
- April 4 – André Michelin, French originator of Michelin Guides (born 1853)[62]
- April 10 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-born American poet (born 1883)[63]
- June 29 – Nérée Beauchemin, French-Canadian poet (born 1850)
- July 2 – Harald Høffding, Danish philosopher (born 1843)[64]
- July 14 – Vasile Cijevschi, Bessarabian Romanian soldier, journalist and short-story writer (born 1880)
- August 1 – Bertha McNamara, German-born Australian pamphleteer and bookseller (born 1853)
- August 15 – Delfín Chamorro, Spanish poet and language teacher (born 1863)
- August 27 – Frank Harris, Irish-born American author and editor (born 1856)[65]
- August 31 – Hall Caine, Manx novelist and dramatist (born 1853)[66]
- September 9 – Matilda Cugler-Poni, Romanian poet (born 1851)
- September 24 – Ethel Hillyer Harris, author (born 1859)
- September 30 – Jane Meade Welch, American historian (born 1854)
- October 13 – Ernst Didring, Swedish novelist (born 1868)
- October 21 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (born 1862)
- October 27 – Lucas Malet (Mary St Leger Kingsley), English novelist (born 1852)
- November 3 – Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Uruguayan epic poet (born 1855)
- November 5 – Ole Edvart Rolvaag, Norwegian American writer (born 1876)
- November 19 – Xu Zhimo (徐志摩), Chinese poet (air accident, born 1897)
- December 5 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (born 1879)[67]
- December 10 – Enrico Corradini, Italian novelist, essayist and journalist (born 1865)
- December 26 – Melvil Dewey, American inventor of library classification system (born 1851)[68]
- December 27 – Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish author and collector of songs and ballads (born 1846)[69]
- December 31 – Ieronim Yasinsky, Russian writer, poet and essayist (born 1850