1917 in literature
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Events
- January 25th: Publication with Barcelona of 391 , re-examined founded by Picabia.
- July: Review Hobby-horse 1, with Jean Arp, Alberto Savinio, Tristan Tzara, Prampolini.
- the writer and critic art Guillaume Apollinaire invents the word “ Surréalisme ”.
Tests
- May: Meditations of a recluse, Leon Bloy.
Poetry
- Mars: Philippe Soupault publishes its first poem in the review Sic .
- April 30th: Paul Valéry, the young person parks .
- December: Publication of the Cup dices of max Jacob.
- December: Clio, of Charles Péguy.
Novels
- October 31st: Fruits of the ground , Norwegian Knut Hamsun.
Theater
- April 12th: The Will of the man , part of Tristan Bernard.
- June 18th: Each one its truth , part of Luigi Pirandello created with Milan.
- June 24th: Udders of Tirésias , surrealist drama of Apollinaire.
- the British humorist Pelham Grenville Wodehouse creates the characters of Bertie Wooster and its majordomo (butler) Jeeves.
Rewards
- Karl Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize of literature.
Principal births
- X
Principal deaths
- February 5th: Edouard Drumont, writer and politician, author of Jewish France .
- February 16th: Octave Mirbeau.
- November 2nd: Leon Bloy.
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