1920 in literature

Events

• The Age of Innocence[?] by Edith Wharton is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• Main Street[?] by Sinclair Lewis is published. In 2001, the book would be named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• D.H. Lawrence publishes Women in Love. In 2001, the book would be one of three books by Lawrence to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• The Age of Innocence[?] - Edith Wharton
• Black and White Tangled Threads[?] - Zara Wright[?]
• The Bridal Wreath[?] - Sigrid Undset
• The Burning Glass[?] - Marjorie Bowen[?]
• Chéri[?] - Colette
• A Fool in Her Folly[?] - Rhoda Broughton
• The Frontier in American History[?] - Frederick Jackson Turner
• Harvest[?] - Mary Augusta Ward
• Main Street[?] - Sinclair Lewis
• Miss Lulu Bett - Zona Gale[?]
• Mountain Interval[?] - Robert Frost
• Mysterious Affair of Styles[?] - Agatha Christie (first Hercule Poirot mystery)
• The Outline of History[?] - H.G. Wells
• Poor White[?] - Sherwood Anderson[?]
• A Straight Deal[?] - Owen Wister[?]
• This Side of Paradise[?] - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Women in love[?] - D.H. Lawrence

Births

• January 2 - Isaac Asimov, author (+ 1992)
• February 11 - Daniel Francis Galouye[?], American science fiction author (+ 1976)
• March 10 - Boris Vian, French novelist (+ 1959)
• April 5 - Arthur Hailey, novelist
• July 12 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author
• August 16 - Charles Bukowski, American writer (+ 1994)
• August 22 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer
• October 15 - Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather (+ 1999)

Deaths

• March 26 - Mary Augusta Ward, author
• May 11 - William Dean Howells, writer
• June 5 - Rhoda Broughton, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Knut Hamsun
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel : no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: No award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon