 the year 1932 in literature involved some significant literary events and new books. ==events== *march - captain w. e. johns' english character biggles (james bigglesworth) is introduced as a world war i pilot in the short story "the white fokker" in the first issue of popular flying magazine edited by johns. in august, the first collection of biggles stories, the camels are coming, is published. *april 23 - opening of folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. *april 26 - 32-year-old american poet hart crane throws himself overboard from the steamship orizaba in the gulf of mexico en route from mexico to new york in a state of alcoholic depression; his body is never recovered. *may - first issue of the english journal of literary criticism scrutiny: a quarterly review edited by f. r. leavis. *july - w. b. yeats leases riversdale house in the dublin suburb of rathfarnham and publishes words for music perhaps, and other poems. *summer ** open air theatre, regent's park, is established as a regular venue in london by sydney carroll and robert atkins. ** first performances at the minack theatre, an open-air venue on the coast of cornwall (england), a staging of the tempest. *october 3 - the times newspaper of london first appears set in the times new roman typeface devised by stanley morison. *november 16 - compton mackenzie is prosecuted under the official secrets act in the u.k. for material in his greek memories. *october - nineteen irish writers led by yeats and george bernard shaw form an academy of irish letters primarily to oppose the censorship of publications board. *december - e. v. knox replaces sir owen seaman as editor of punch magazine. *samuel beckett's first novel, dream of fair to middling women, is written in paris and rejected by several publishers. *serialization of the 
1932_books Years_in_literature