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1917 in literature
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The year 1917 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
New books
New drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 15 - William de Morgan , novelist
February 16 - Octave Mirbeau , novelist and critic
April 9
April 14 - L. L. Zamenhof , creator of Esperanto
April 21 - Francis Burnand , dramatist and editor of "Punch"
July 2 - Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , actor-manager
July 31 - Francis Ledwidge , war poet
July 31 - Hedd Wyn , Welsh-language poet
November 15 - Émile Durkheim , sociologist
November 18 - Adrien Bertrand , French novelist
December 15 - Lady Anne Blunt , descendant of Lord Byron and wife of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Awards
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