The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story
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The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story
American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories -- 20th century -- Bibliography; Short stories -- 20th century -- Indexes; Short stories, American
#Note.# _Only stories by American authors are listed. The best stories are
indicated by an asterisk before the title of the story. The index
figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 prefixed to the name of the author indicate
that his work has been included in the Rolls of Honor for 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919 respectively. The list excludes reprints._
(56) #Abdullah, Achmed# (_for biography, see 1918_).
Evening Rice.
#Aitken, Kenneth Lyndwode.# Born at Hamilton, Ont., Canada,
July 13, 1881. Education: N. Y. Public Schools and Ridley
College, Ont. Profession: Electrical Engineer. Was Manager,
City Electric Plant, Toronto, for four years. Chief interests:
writing and photography. First story: "Height o' Land,"
Canadian Magazine, 1904. Died in California Dec. 5, 1919.
From the Admiralty Files.
#Anderson, C. Farley.#
Octogenarian.
#Anderson, Jane.#
Happiest Man in the World.
(3456) #Anderson, Sherwood# (_for biography, see 1917_).
*Door of the Trap.
*I Want to Know Why.
*Other Woman.
*Triumph of the Egg.
#Anderton, Daisy.# Born in Bedford, Ohio. High School education.
First story: "Emmy's Solution," Pagan, Feb., 1919. Author
of "Cousin Sadie," a novel, 1920. Lives in Bedford, Ohio.
Belated Girlhood.
(3456) #Babcock, Edwina Stanton# (_for biography, see 1917_).
*Gargoyle.
(6) #Barnes, Djuna# (_for biography, see 1919_).
*Beyond the End.
*Mother.
#Benét, Stephen Vincent.# Born in Bethlehem, Pa., July 22,
1898. Education: Yale University, M. A. Chief interests:
"Reading and writing poetry, playing and watching tennis,
swimming without any participial qualification, and walking
around between this and the other side of Paradise with a
verse in one hand and a brick for my elders in the other like
the rest of the incipient generation." First story: "Funeral
of Mr. Bixby," Munsey's Magazine, July, 1920. Author of
"Five Men and Pompey," 1915; "Young Adventure," 1918;
"Heavens and Earth," 1920.
Summer Thunder.
#Bercovici, Konrad.# Born June 23, 1882. Dobrudgea, Rumania.
Educated there and in the streets of Paris. "In other cities
it was completed as far as humanly possible." Profession:
organist. Chief interests: people, horses, and gardens. First
short story printed at the age of twelve in a Rumanian magazine.
Author of "Crimes of Charity" and "Dust of New York." Lives
in New York City.
*Ghitza.
#Boulton, Agnes.# Born in London, England, Sept. 19, 1893, of
American parents. Lived as a child near Barnegat Bay, N. J.
Educated at home. First story published in the Black Cat.
Married Eugene O'Neill, the playwright, 1918. Lives in Provincetown,
Mass.
Hater of Mediocrity.
(2346) #Brown, Alice# (_for biography, see 1917_).
*Old Lemuel's Journey.
(56) #Brownell, Agnes Mary# (_for biography, see 1918_).
*Buttermilk.
Quest.
Relation.
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