1916 in literature

See also: 1915 in literature, other events of 1916, 1917 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• The Journal of Negro History is founded by Carter Godwin Woodson, the father of "Black History" and "Negro History Week."
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce is published.

New books

• The Awakening of Hezekiah Jones – John Edward Bruce
• The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story – George Moore (novelist)
• Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg
• England's Effort – Mary Augusta Ward
• Lady Connie – Mary Augusta Ward
• The Leatherwood God – William Dean Howells
• Maria Chapdelaine – Louis Hemon
• The Mysterious Stranger – Mark Twain
• The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard – Grace King
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce
• Relativity – Albert Einstein
• Windy McPherson's Son – Sherwood Anderson
• The Winged Victory – Sarah Grand
• You Know Me – Ring Lardner

Births

• April 15 – Helene Hanff, author
• May 21 – Harold Robbins (+ 1997)
• May 28 – Walker Percy (+ 1990)
• July 14 – Natalia Ginzburg, author
• September 13 – Roald Dahl, author
• October 16 – David Gascoyne, author and poet

Deaths

• February 6 – Rubén Darío, writer
• February 28 – Henry James, writer
• October 7 – James Whitcomb Riley, poet
• November 14 – Saki, author
• November 15 – Molly Elliot Seawell, novelist
• November 22 – Jack London, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (Swedish language|Swedish)