1937 in Literature - Events

Events

  • January 9 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
  • June - John Cowper Powys visits Sycharth, birthplace of Owain Glyndŵr, which becomes the inspiration for his 1940 novel about Glyndŵr.
  • Thomas Quinn Curtiss meets Klaus Mann.

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