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Events relating to literature
E.M. Forster's novel A Passage to India builds on cultural misconceptions between the British and Indian communities
Christopher Robin features for the first time in A.A. Milne's When We Were Very Young
Harold Ross founds The New Yorker as a humorous weekly, and remains in charge of it until his death in 1951
Scott FitzGerald publishes his novel The Great Gatsby, set in a contemporary world of lavish indulgence underpinned by crime
DuBose Heyward publishes his first novel, Porgy, set in Charleston's Catfish Row
Franz Kafka's novel The Trial is published posthumously
English writer Ivy Compton-Burnett finds her characteristic voice in her second novel, Pastors and Masters
Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty publishes The Informer
Virgiinia Woolf publishes her novel Mrs Dalloway, in which the action is limited to a single day
Italian poet Eugenio Montale publishes his first collection, Bones of the Cuttlefish
A round table at the Algonquin Hotel in New York becomes famous for its collection of wits
Russian Jewish writer Isaac Babel publishes a collection of stories, Red Cavalry, based on his own experiences in the army
Soldiers Pay is the first published novel of the Mississippi author William Faulkner
French author André Gide publishes his only novel, The Counterfeiters
Patrick Abercrombie publishes The Preservation of Rural England, calling for rural planning to prevent the encroachment of towns
T.E. Lawrence publishes privately his autobiographical Seven Pillars of Wisdom, describing his part in the Arab uprising
Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and the others make their first appearance in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Hugh MacDiarmid writes his long poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle in a revived version of the Lallans dialect of the Scottish borders
Franz Kafka's novel The Castle is published posthumously
Dorothy Parker has a best-seller with her first collection of verse, Enough Rope
US author Ernest Hemingway succeeds with his second novel, The Sun also Rises (also known as Fiesta)
French author François Mauriac publishes a novel of marital claustrophobia, Thérèse Desqueyroux
Mae West is sentenced to eight days in gaol when Sex, written, produced and starred in by herself on Broadway, is judged to be obscene
US author Thornton Wilder achieves world-wide success with his second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Henry Williamson wins a wide readership with Tarka the Otter, a realistic story of the life and death of an otter in Devon
