1931
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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.
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Art and culture
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Art
- Young Corn by Grant Wood
- Hotel Room by Edward Hopper
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Music
- "Black But Sweet" by Wilmoth Houdini
- "Adiós" by Enric Madriguera
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Literature
- The Solar Anus by Georges Bataille
- Black Man and White Ladyship by Nancy Cunard
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Non-fiction
- The Defeat of Baudelaire by René Laforgue
- Axel's Castle by Edmund Wilson
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Film
- Tabu by F. W. Murnau]
- M by Fritz Lang
- À nous la liberté by René Clair
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Births
- June 26 - Colin Wilson, British writer (d. 2013)
- August 20 - Alain Goraguer, French pianist, arranger and composer (Fantastic Planet) (d. 2023)
- September 22 – Fay Weldon, English novelist (The Life and Loves of a She-Devil) (d. 2023)
- November 28 – Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist (d. 2019)
- Umberto Lenzi (1931 - 2017)
- Guy Debord (1931 - 1994)
- Neil Postman (1931 - 2003)
- Thomas Bernhard (1931 - 1989)
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Deaths
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
- Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862 - 1931)
- F. W. Murnau (1888 - 1931)
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