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The year
1937 in literature
involved some significant events and new books.
EVENTS
January 9
- The first issue of ''
Look Magazine
'' goes on sale in the
United States
.
Thomas Quinn Curtiss
meets
Klaus Mann
.
NEW BOOKS
Eric Ambler
- ''
Uncommon Danger
''
Georges Bernanos
- ''
Diary Of A Country Priest
''
Morley Callaghan
- ''
More Joy In Heaven
''
Agatha Christie
- ''
Death On The Nile
''
Murray Constantine
- ''
Swastika Night
''
A. J. Cronin
- ''
The Citadel
''
Isak Dinesen
- ''
Out Of Africa
''
Zona Gale
- ''
Light Woman
''
Witold Gombrowicz
- ''
Ferdydurke
''
Zora Neale Hurston
- ''
Their Eyes Were Watching God
''
Meyer Levin
- ''
The Old Bunch
''
Cameron McCabe
- ''
The Face On The Cutting-Room Floor
''
Elliot Paul
- ''
Life And Death Of A Spanish Town
''
Ruth Sawyer
- ''
Roller Skates
''
Olaf Stapledon
- ''
Star Maker
''
John Steinbeck
- ''
Of Mice And Men
''
J. R. R. Tolkien
- ''
The Hobbit
''
Waters Edward Turpin
- ''
These Low Grounds
''
Virginia Woolf
- ''
The Years
''
NEW DRAMA
Karel Čapek
- ''
The White Disease
''
J. B. Priestley
- ''
Time And The Conways
''
NON-FICTION
Hilaire Belloc
- ''The Crusades: the World's Debate''
Alf K. Berle and
L. Sprague De Camp
- ''
Inventions And Their Management
''
Napoleon Hill
- ''
Think And Grow Rich
''
Walter Lippmann
- ''
The Good Society
''
Eric Partridge
- ''A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English''
BIRTHS
January 1
-
John Fuller
, poet
January 7
-
Ian La Frenais
, TV comedy writer
January 9
-
Judith Krantz
, bestselling novelist
February 21
-
Jilly Cooper
, novelist and journalist
April 29
-
Jill Paton Walsh
, novelist
May 8
-
Thomas Pynchon
, novelist
May 13
-
Roger Zelazny
,
American
writer of
Fantasy
and
Science Fiction
May 13
-
Roch Carrier
, novelist and short-story writer
June 16
-
Erich Segal
, ''Love Story'' author
July 3
-
Tom Stoppard
, dramatist
August 5
-
Carla Lane
, comedy writer
September 5
-
Dick Clement
, TV comedy writer
November 17
-
Peter Cook
, comedian, satirist and writer
''date unknown'' -
David F. Case
,
American
writer
''date unknown'' -
Richard Ingrams
, editor
''date unknown'' -
Jan Karon
, novelist
''date unknown'' -
Roger McGough
, poet
DEATHS
February 19
-
Horacio Quiroga
, short story writer
March 15
-
H. P. Lovecraft
, horror writer
March 25
-
John Drinkwater
, poet and novelist
June 19
-
J. M. Barrie
, novelist and dramatist
August 11
-
Edith Wharton
, writer
September 13
-
Ellis Parker Butler
, novelist
October 22
-
Nakahara Chuya
, poet
October 31
-
Ralph Connor
, novelist
December 24
-
Elizabeth Haldane
December 26
-
Ivor Gurney
, war poet
December 29
-
Don Marquis
, poet
''date unknown''
---
Frederic Taber Cooper
, editor
---
Gerald Duckworth
, publisher
---
Edward Garnett
, critic
---
W. F. Harvey
, short story writer
---
William F. Lloyd
, newspaper editor
---
H. C. McNeile
("Sapper"), "Bulldog Drummond" novelist
AWARDS
, ''Highland River''
, ''Roller Skates''
,
George S. Kaufman
, ''You Can't Take It With You''
: ''A Further Range''
- ''
Gone With The Wind
''