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1931 is the 931st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1930s decade.

Contents 1 Art and culture 1.1 Art 1.2 Music 1.3 Literature 1.3.1 Non-fiction 1.4 Film 2 Births 3 Deaths

Art and culture

Art

• Young Corn by Grant Wood
• Hotel Room by Edward Hopper

Music

• "Black But Sweet" by Wilmoth Houdini

Literature

• The Solar Anus by Georges Bataille
• Black Man and White Ladyship by Nancy Cunard

Non-fiction

• The Defeat of Baudelaire by René Laforgue
• Axel's Castle by Edmund Wilson

Film

• Tabu by F. W. Murnau
• M by Fritz Lang
• À nous la liberté by René Clair

Births

• Umberto Lenzi (1931 - )
• Guy Debord (1931 - 1994)
• Neil Postman (1931 - 2003)
• Thomas Bernhard (1931 - 1989)
• Alain Goraguer (1931 - )
• November 28 – Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist (d. 2019)

Deaths

• Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
• Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862 - 1931)
• F. W. Murnau (1888 - 1931)