This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1931 .
January 10 – A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe 's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Other Poems The Scarlet Letter Moby-Dick New York Public Library by Samuel Dupree, on behalf of a crooked New York antiquarian book dealer, Harry Gold.[1] January 26 – The play Green Grow the Lilacs Cherokee playwright, Lynn Riggs , opens on Broadway . It is later adapted as Oklahoma! Rodgers and Hammerstein .[2] March 27 – The English writer Arnold Bennett dies of typhoid in London, shortly after a visit to Paris, where he drank local water in an attempt to prove it was safe.[3] April 11 – Gerald Brenan and Gamel Woolsey make a form of marriage in Rome.[4] June 1 – The Near v. Minnesota Supreme Court of the United States affirms the principle that prior restraint is unconstitutional.July 4 – James Joyce marries his long-time partner Nora Barnacle at Kensington register office in London.October 4 – The Dick Tracy comic strip first appears, created by cartoonist Chester Gould .[5] October 5 – The first U.K. performance of Oscar Wilde 's tragedy Salome Savoy Theatre , London, with Nancy Price as producer and as Herodias, and her daughter Joan Maude in the title role.[6] November – Federico García Lorca is appointed by the leftist Second Spanish Republic as director of a touring theatre company, Teatro Universitario La Barraca (The Shack), charged with taking a portable stage into rural areas to introduce audiences to classical Spanish theatre without charge.[7]
unknown dates The publisher Hamish Hamilton is founded by Jamie Hamilton in London.[8]
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January 9 – Algis Budrys , Lithuanian-American science fiction author (died 2008 )January 10 – Peter Barnes , English playwright (died 2004 )January 17 – Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), German journalist and science fiction author (died 2000 )January 24 – Leonard Baker , American historian and Pulitzer-winning author (died 1984 )January 27
February 9 – Thomas Bernhard , Dutch-born Austrian author (died 1989 )February 11 – Larry Merchant , American author and boxing commentatorFebruary 12 – Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch-American crime writer (died 2008)February 18
February 19 – Robert Sobel , American business writer (died 1999 )March 2 – Tom Wolfe , American novelist (died 2018 )March 16 – Augusto Boal , Brazilian theater director and writer (died 2009 )March 22 – Leslie Thomas , Welsh novelist (died 2014 )March 26 – Alison Prince , English-born Scottish children's writer and biographer (died 2019 )April 1 – Rolf Hochhuth , German dramatist (died 2020 )April 15 – Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet and translator (died 2015 )April 21 – Gabriel de Broglie , French historianApril 29 – Robert Gottlieb , American editorMay 2 – Ruth Fainlight , American-born poet, short story writer, translator and librettistJune 12 – Robin Cook (Derek Raymond), English crime novelist (died 1994 )June 21 – Patricia Goedicke , American poet (died 2006 )July 4 – Sébastien Japrisot , French novelist and screenwriter (died 2003 )July 7 – David Eddings , American novelist (died 2009)July 10
July 15 – Clive Cussler , American thriller writer and underwater explorer (died 2020 )August 2 – Karl Miller , British writer and literary editor (died 2014 )August 12 – William Goldman , American novelist and screenwriter (died 2018 )August 14 – Frederic Raphael , American-born English screenwriter, novelist and non-fiction authorAugust 16 – Marion Patrick Jones , Trinidadian writer (died 2016 )September 14 – Ivan Klíma , Czech novelist and dramatistSeptember 15 – Kalim Siddiqui , Pakistani-born British writer and Islamic activist (died 1996 )September 22
October 8 – Dennis Silk , American-born English writer on literature and cricket, and first-class cricketerOctober 13 – Janice Elliott , English novelist and children's writer (died 1995 )October 19 – John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell), English spy novelistNovember 3 – Arun Sarma , Assamese playwright and novelist (died 2017 )November 18 – Nikoloz Janashia , Georgian historian (died 1982 )November 28 – Tomi Ungerer , Alsatian illustrator and writer (died 2019 )
January 12 – Henry Gauthier-Villars , French writer (born 1859 )January 26 – Graça Aranha , Brazilian diplomat and writer (born 1868 )March 27 – Arnold Bennett , English novelist (born 1867 )April 4 – André Michelin , French originator of Michelin Guides (born 1853 )April 10 – Khalil Gibran , Lebanese-born American poet (born 1883 )June 29 – Nérée Beauchemin , French-Canadian poet (born 1850 )July 2 – Harald Høffding , Danish philosopher (born 1843 )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 )[20] August 31 – Hall Caine , Manx novelist and dramatist (born 1853 )September 9 – Matilda Cugler-Poni , Romanian poet (born 1851 )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 10 – Enrico Corradini , Italian novelist, essayist and journalist (born 1865 )December 26 – Melvil Dewey , American inventor of library classification system (born 1851 )December 27 – Alfred Perceval Graves , Irish author and collector of songs and ballads (born 1846 )[21] December 31 – Ieronim Yasinsky , Russian writer, poet and essayist (born 1850
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