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 1910 .  1911 .  1912 .  1913  . 1914  . 1915  . 1916 
1917 1918 1919 -1920- 1921 1922 1923
 1924 .  1925 .  1926 .  1927  . 1928  . 1929  . 1930 
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The year 1920 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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Events

  • "Hercule Poirot" makes his first appearance.
  • Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's first full-length play, opens at a special matinee at the Morosco Theater on February 2 – partly as an experiment on the part of the producer, partly to quiet the pleading of actor Richard Bennett who has demanded a chance to play the lead role. Reviewers hail the play and O'Neill becomes famous. The Emperor Jones is staged in November.
  • This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published. It is a sensation, immediately establishing Fitzgerald as a writer and celebrity. Though the book's reputation will dim in later years, Dorothy Parker will recall that it was regarded as an innovative work when it first appeared.
  • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is published.
  • Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is published.
  • D. H. Lawrence publishes Women in Love.
  • Hart Crane publishes his poem My Grandmother's Love Letters in The Dial. This is his first real step towards recognition as a poet.
  • Van Wyck Brooks publishes The Ordeal of Mark Twain, arguing that Twain's genius was perverted by the conditions and culture of late 19th-century America. This is the beginning of the reassessment of Mark Twain, who until this point has been regarded primarily as a humorous entertainer. The 1920s will force a reconsideration of many 19th-century writers, most importantly Melville and Dickinson.

New books

New drama

Poetry

Non-fiction

Births

Isaac Asimov.

Deaths

Awards








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