1926 in Literature - Events

Events

  • Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is founded in Middlebury, Vermont.
  • Ford Madox Ford publishes A Man Could Stand Up --. It is the third book of a four-volume work titled Parade's End published between 1924 and 1928.
  • October 14 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time.
  • The remains of Isaac Rosenberg are re-interred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Plot V, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France.
  • S. S. Van Dine publishes the first Philo Vance mystery novel.

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