1914 in literature
See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- George Moore (novelist) publishes the final of his 3-volume Hail and Farewell (first in 1911).
- Husayn Haykal publishes the first modern Egyptian novel Zaynab.
- November 7 - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
- Thomas Hardy married Florence Dugdale.
New books
- Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich - Stephen Leacock
- Chicago - Carl Sandburg
- Concerning a Vow - Rhoda Broughton
- Delia Blanchflower - Mary Augusta Ward
- Dubliners - James Joyce
- Mending Wall - Robert Frost
- Notes of a Son and Brother - Henry James
- Our Mr. Wrenn - Sinclair Lewis
- The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France
- Ruggles of Red Gap - Harry Leon Wilson
- The Titan - Theodore Dreiser
- Vandover and the Brute - Frank Norris
- When William Came - Saki
- The World Set Free - H. G. Wells
- Zaynab - Husayn Haykal
Births
- February 5 - William S. Burroughs, author (+ 1997)
- March 1 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer (+ 1994)
- March 31 - Octavio Paz, 1990 Nobel Prize-winning author
- April 26 - Bernard Malamud, novelist
- May 6 - Randall Jarrell, poet
- May 8 - Romain Gary, writer (+ 1980)
- June 26 - Laurie Lee, poet and novelist
- July 15 - Hammond Innes, adventure novelist
- July 15 - Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author
- August 9 - Tove Jansson, children's author
- October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author (+ 1953)
- December 12 - Patrick O'Brian, historical novelist
- date unknown - Norman Nicholson, poet
- date unknown - John Masters, novelist
Deaths
- February 25 - Sir John Tenniel, illustrator of the works of Lewis Carroll
- April 7 - Edith Maude Eaton, author
- May 19 - William Aldis Wright, writer and editor
- September 22 - Alain-Fournier, novelist
- date unknown - Michael Field, author and dramatist
- date unknown - Laurence Irving, dramatist and novelist
- date unknown - Charlotte Forten Grimké, poet
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: not awarded