1942 In Literature
Article Index for
1942 In
Website Links For
1942
Information About
1942 In Literature
CATEGORIES ABOUT 1942 IN LITERATURE
1942 books
years in literature
APPAREL
BABY
BEAUTY
BOOKS
CAR TOYS
CELL PHONES
DVD'S
ELECTRONICS
GOURMET FOOD
GROCERIES
HEALTH & PERSONAL
HOME & GARDEN
JEWELRY
MUSIC
MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
OFFICE PRODUCTS
SOFTWARE
SPORTING GOODS
TOOLS & HARDWARE
TOYS
VIDEO GAMES
SHOPPING HOME
MORE SHOPPING...
The year
1942 in literature
involved some significant events and new books.
EVENTS
André Gide
leaves France to live in Tunis.
Robertson Davies
becomes editor of the ''
Peterborough Examiner
''.
Thomas Mann
emigrates to California.
James Hilton
wins an Oscar for the screenplay of ''
Mrs. Miniver
''.
''
The New York Times
'' launches influential
New York Times Best Seller List
.
NEW FICTION BOOKS
Samuel Hopkins Adams
- ''
The Harvey Girls
''
Henry Bellamann
- ''
Floods Of Spring
''
Earl Birney
- ''
David
''
Jean Bruller
- ''
Le Silence De La Mer
''
Taylor Caldwell
- ''
The Strong City
''
Albert Camus
- ''
The Stranger
'' (''L'Étranger'')
Joyce Cary
- ''
To Be A Pilgrim
''
Raymond Chandler
- ''
The High Window
''
Agatha Christie
- ''
Five Little Pigs
''
Lloyd C. Douglas
- ''
The Robe
''
Daphne Du Maurier
- ''
Frenchman's Creek
''
Rachel Field
- ''
And Now Tomorrow
''
Robert A. Heinlein
- ''
Beyond This Horizon
''
Kalki Krishnamurthy
- ''
Parthiban Kanavu
''
C. S. Lewis
- ''
The Screwtape Letters
''
Janette Sebring Lowrey
- ''
The Poky Little Puppy
''
Beryl Markham
- ''
West With The Night
''
Robert Musil
- ''
The Man Without Qualities
''
Annie Greene Nelson
- ''
After The Storm
''
Raymond Queneau
- ''
Pierrot Mon Ami
''
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- ''
Cross Creek
''
Nevil Shute
- ''
Pied Piper
''
Curt Siodmak
- ''
Donovan's Brain
''
Clark Ashton Smith
- ''
Out Of Space And Time
''
Evelyn Waugh
- ''
Put Out More Flags
''
Rebecca West
- ''
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon
''
Cornell Woolrich
- ''
Black Alibi
''
NEW DRAMA
Jean Anouilh
- ''
Antigone
''
Kaj Munk
- ''
Niels Ebbesen
''
Eugene O'Neill
- ''
A Touch Of The Poet
'' - (not performed until 1958)
POETRY
T. S. Eliot
- ''
Little Gidding
''
NON-FICTION
Albert Camus
- ''
The Myth Of Sisyphus
(Le Mythe de Sisyphe)''
Edith Hamilton
- ''
Mythology
''
Aldous Huxley
- ''
The Art Of Seeing
''
C.S. Lewis
- ''
A Preface To Paradise Lost
''
Elliot Paul
- ''
The Last Time I Saw Paris
''
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
- ''
Picketing Hell
''
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
- ''
Flight To Arras
''
BIRTHS
January 31
-
Derek Jarman
, director, writer (+
1994
)
February 1
-
Terry Jones
, comedian and writer
March 2
-
John Irving
, novelist
April 1
-
Samuel R. Delany
, novelist and critic
April 4
-
Kitty Kelley
, journalist and biographer
April 6
-
Barry Levinson
, screenwriter, director and producer
August 2
-
Isabel Allende
, novelist
August 7
-
Garrison Keillor
, ''Lake Wobegon Days'' author
October 23
-
Michael Crichton
, author
October 23
-
Douglas Dunn
, poet
December 6
-
Peter Handke
, Austrian novelist
''date unknown'' -
Gladys Cardiff
, poet
''date unknown'' -
Craig Thomas
, novelist
DEATHS
April 24
-
Lucy Maud Montgomery
, ''Anne of Green Gables'' novelist
May 26
-
Libero Bovio
, Neapolitan dialect poet
June 30
-
Léon Daudet
, journalist
July 20
-
Moses Annenberg
, publisher
September 19
-
Condé Nast
, magazine publisher
September 26
-
Oskar Kraus
, philosopher
October 14
-
Cosmo Hamilton
, dramatist and novelist
October 20
-
Friedrich Münzer
, classical scholar
''date unknown'' -
Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
, ''Greyfriars Bobby'' author
''date unknown'' -
Konstantin Balmont
, poet
AWARDS
, ''The Matchlock Gun''
Nobel Prize For Literature
: ''not awarded''
Pulitzer Prize For Drama
: ''not awarded''
, ''The Dust Which Is God''
, ''In This Our Life''