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| * [[Walter Benjamin]] (1892 - 1940) | * [[Walter Benjamin]] (1892 - 1940) | ||
| * [[Marcus Garvey]] (1887- 1940) | * [[Marcus Garvey]] (1887- 1940) | ||
| + | ===In art=== | ||
| + | *[[January 18]] - [[Jonas Lie (painter)|Jonas Lie]], landscape painter | ||
| + | *[[February 27]] - [[Nicolae Tonitza]], painter and etcher | ||
| + | *[[April 15]] - [[Alexandru Plămădeală]], Moldovan sculptor (b. [[1888 in art|1888]]) | ||
| + | *[[June 21]] - [[Édouard Vuillard]], painter (b. [[1868 in art|1868]]) | ||
| + | *[[June 29]] - [[Paul Klee]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] painter [[expressionism]], [[cubism]], and [[surrealism]] (b. [[1879 in art|1879]]) | ||
| + | *[[July 4]] - [[Józef Pankiewicz]], painter, graphic artist and teacher (b. [[1866 in art|1866]]) | ||
| + | *[[August 22]] - [[Paul Gösch]], German artist and architect (b. [[1885 in art|1885]]) | ||
| + | *[[September 15]] - [[Dick Ket]], painter | ||
| + | *[[September 27]] - [[Walter Benjamin]], German philosopher, [[Comparative literature|"comparatist"]] and art critic (b. [[1892 in art|1892]]) | ||
| + | *[[November 17]] - [[Eric Gill]], sculptor and engraver (b. [[1882 in art|1882]]) | ||
| + | *''date unknown'' - [[Francesco Stella (painter)|Francesco Stella]], painter and set designer (b. [[1862 in art|1862]]) | ||
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| + | ===In literature=== | ||
| + | * January 5 - [[Humbert Wolfe]], poet and epigrammist | ||
| + | * January 27 - [[Isaac Babel]], journalist and dramatist | ||
| + | * February 11 - [[John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|John Buchan]], Scottish author | ||
| + | * February 29 - [[Edward Frederick Benson|E. F. Benson]], novelist | ||
| + | * March 7 - [[Edwin Markham]], poet | ||
| + | * March 10 - [[Mikhaïl Boulgakov]], Russian writer (b. 1891) | ||
| + | * March 16 | ||
| + | **[[Selma Lagerlöf]], writer | ||
| + | **[[T. L. Heath|Thomas Heath]], historian and translator | ||
| + | * June 10 - [[Marcus Garvey]], journalist and publisher | ||
| + | * June 20 - [[Charley Chase]], screenwriter | ||
| + | * September - [[W. H. Davies]], poet and ''Supertramp'' | ||
| + | * December 21 - [[F Scott Fitzgerald]] (b. 1896) | ||
| + | * December 22 - [[Nathanael West]] (b. 1903) | ||
| + | * ''date unknown'' - [[T. O'Conor Sloane]], editor of ''Amazing Stories'' | ||
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Art and culture
- Native Son
- World War II
- Anthology of Black Humor (1940) - André Breton
- Native Son (1940) - Richard A. Wright
- Ecorché I 1939-1940 by Ferdinand Springer
- The Great Dictator (1940) - Charles Chaplin
- Fantasia (1940) - Ford Beebe, Bill Roberts
- Rabelais and His World (1940) - Mikhail Bakhtin
- The Book of Fantasy by Borges et al
Births
- Giorgio Moroder
- Panamarenko
- Roy Ayers
- Pharoah Sanders
- Angela Carter
- Brian De Palma
- Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
- Herbie Hancock
- George Romero
- H. R. Giger
- Dario Argento
- Just Jaeckin
- Vito Acconci
- Tony Conrad
- Terry Gilliam
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Richard Kostelanetz
- Fontella Bass
Deaths
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940)
- Walter Benjamin (1892 - 1940)
- Marcus Garvey (1887- 1940)
In art
- January 18 - Jonas Lie, landscape painter
- February 27 - Nicolae Tonitza, painter and etcher
- April 15 - Alexandru Plămădeală, Moldovan sculptor (b. 1888)
- June 21 - Édouard Vuillard, painter (b. 1868)
- June 29 - Paul Klee, Swiss painter expressionism, cubism, and surrealism (b. 1879)
- July 4 - Józef Pankiewicz, painter, graphic artist and teacher (b. 1866)
- August 22 - Paul Gösch, German artist and architect (b. 1885)
- September 15 - Dick Ket, painter
- September 27 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher, "comparatist" and art critic (b. 1892)
- November 17 - Eric Gill, sculptor and engraver (b. 1882)
- date unknown - Francesco Stella, painter and set designer (b. 1862)
In literature
- January 5 - Humbert Wolfe, poet and epigrammist
- January 27 - Isaac Babel, journalist and dramatist
- February 11 - John Buchan, Scottish author
- February 29 - E. F. Benson, novelist
- March 7 - Edwin Markham, poet
- March 10 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
- March 16
- Selma Lagerlöf, writer
- Thomas Heath, historian and translator
- June 10 - Marcus Garvey, journalist and publisher
- June 20 - Charley Chase, screenwriter
- September - W. H. Davies, poet and Supertramp
- December 21 - F Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1896)
- December 22 - Nathanael West (b. 1903)
- date unknown - T. O'Conor Sloane, editor of Amazing Stories
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