1934 in literature

Events

• First Flash Gordon comic strip published

• A Handful of Dust[?] by Evelyn Waugh is published. In 2001, the book would be the first of three works by him named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• Tender Is the Night[?] by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Fitzgerald to 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.

• Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 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.

New Books

• Appointment in Samarra[?] - John O'Hara
• Call It Sleep[?] - Henry Roth[?]
• Cool Million[?] - Nathaniel West[?]
• The Death Ship[?] - B. Traven[?]
• Frost in May[?] - Antonia White[?]
• A Handful of Dust[?] - Evelyn Waugh
• I, Claudius - Robert Graves
• Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women[?] - Cornelia Meigs[?]
• Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel[?] - Zora Neale Hurston
• Lust for Life - Irving Stone[?]
• More Pricks Than Kicks[?] - Samuel Beckett
• Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
• The Postman Always Rings Twice[?] - James M. Cain
• Rajah Amar[?] - Leopold Myers[?]
• Une Semaine de Bonte[?] - Max Ernst
• Seven Gothic Tales[?] - Isak Dinesen
• Ship without Sails[?] - Barbara Barclay Carter[?]
• Such is My Beloved[?] - Morley Callaghan
• Tender Is the Night[?] - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller

Births

• Harlan Ellison, US science-fiction writer.

Deaths

Awards

• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Cornelia Meigs[?], Invincible Louisa
• Nobel Prize for literature: Luigi Pirandello.
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Sidney Kingsley[?], Men in White
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Hillyer[?]: Collected Verse
• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Caroline Miller[?] - Lamb in His Bosom