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schopenhauer Proust's Swann's Way
They all said no, so he printed it himself, and changed the way we read forever!
schopenhauer Journalist Arthur Wynne invented the world's first 'word-cross' puzzle for a New York newspaper.
schopenhauer Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
schopenhauer Flip the pages to discover the music, books, and news that defined 1913.
The first crossword: The first crossword puzzle in 1913 did not have any black squares, using a blank center instead.
A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism. In 1913, Marcel Proust published Swann's Way, the opening volume of his landmark novel.
In which newspaper did the world's first crossword puzzle appear on December 21, 1913?
Which famous children's book character, a young orphan girl who plays the 'glad game,' was introduced in a 1913 novel?
schopenhauer D.H. Lawrence shocked Edwardian society with his novel Sons and Lovers.
Which British author published the controversial and emotionally intense novel 'Sons and Lovers' in 1913?
What is the English title of Rabindranath Tagore's award-winning poetry collection published in 1912 and celebrated in 1913?
Who was the first non-European writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1913?
Which French author had to pay out of his own pocket to publish 'Swann's Way' in 1913?
Which French writer and philosopher published 'Alcools,' a highly influential collection of poetry with no punctuation, in 1913?
What shape was the very first crossword puzzle published by Arthur Wynne in 1913?