1914 in literature

See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).
• November 7 – The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
• Thomas Hardy married Florence Dugdale.

New books

• Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich – Stephen Leacock
• Chicago – Carl Sandburg
• Concerning a Vow – Rhoda Broughton
• Delia Blanchflower – Mary Augusta Ward
• Dubliners – James Joyce
• Mending Wall – Robert Frost
• Notes of a Son and Brother – Henry James
• Our Mr. Wrenn – Sinclair Lewis
• The Revolt of the Angels – Anatole France
• Ruggles of Red Gap – Harry Leon Wilson
• The Titan – Theodore Dreiser
• Vandover and the Brute – Frank Norris
• When William Came – Saki
• The World Set Free – H. G. Wells

Births

• February 5 – William S. Burroughs, author (+ 1997)
• March 1 – Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (+ 1994)
• May 8 – Romain Gary, writer (+ 1980)
• August 9 – Tove Jansson, children's author
• October 27 – Dylan Thomas, poet and author (+ 1953)

Deaths

• April 7 – Edith Maude Eaton, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded