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| + | "In "[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius]]" (1940) Borges playfully explores the imaginary world Tlön where the 18th century philosophical [[subjective idealism]] of [[George Berkeley]] is viewed as [[common sense]] and "the doctrine of [[materialism]]" is considered a heresy, a scandal, and a paradox." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br> | [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br> | ||
| <small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]] | <small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]] | ||
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| *''[[Native Son]]'' by Richard A. Wright | *''[[Native Son]]'' by Richard A. Wright | ||
| *''[[Rabelais and His World]]'' by Mikhail Bakhtin | *''[[Rabelais and His World]]'' by Mikhail Bakhtin | ||
| - | *''[[The Book of Fantasy]]'' by Borges et al | + | *''[[The Book of Fantasy]]'' by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Silvina Ocampo |
| *''[[The Tartar Steppe]]'' by Dino Buzzati | *''[[The Tartar Steppe]]'' by Dino Buzzati | ||
| - | *''[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ]]'' by Borges | + | *"[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ]]" by Borges |
| ===Visual arts=== | ===Visual arts=== | ||
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| ===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
| *''[[The Great Dictator]]'' by Charles Chaplin | *''[[The Great Dictator]]'' by Charles Chaplin | ||
| - | *''[[Fantasia]]'' by Ford Beebe, Bill Roberts | + | *''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' by Ford Beebe, Bill Roberts |
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| + | *[[March 29]] - [[Astrud Gilberto]], Brazilian-born singer (d. 2023) | ||
| + | *[[May 12]] – [[Norman Whitfield]], American songwriter and producer (d. 2008) | ||
| + | *[[August 8]] - [[Just Jaeckin]], French filmmaker (d. 2022) | ||
| + | * [[August 12]] - [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], Nigerian musician (b. 1940) | ||
| + | *[[August 28]] – [[Ivy Jo Hunter]], American songwriter (d. 2022) | ||
| + | *[[October 13]] - [[Pharoah Sanders]], American saxophonist (d. 2022) | ||
| + | *[[October 22]] - [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]], musician (d. 2003) | ||
| + | *[[November 13]] – [[Saul Kripke]], American philosopher (d. 2022) | ||
| * [[Giorgio Moroder]] | * [[Giorgio Moroder]] | ||
| - | * [[Panamarenko]] | ||
| * [[Roy Ayers]] | * [[Roy Ayers]] | ||
| - | * [[Pharoah Sanders]] | ||
| - | * [[Angela Carter]] (died 1992) | ||
| * [[Brian De Palma]] | * [[Brian De Palma]] | ||
| - | * [[Frank Zappa]] (died 1993) | ||
| * [[Herbie Hancock]] | * [[Herbie Hancock]] | ||
| - | * [[George A. Romero]] | ||
| - | * [[H. R. Giger]] | ||
| * [[Dario Argento]] | * [[Dario Argento]] | ||
| - | * [[Just Jaeckin]] | ||
| - | * [[Vito Acconci]] (died 2017) | ||
| - | * [[Tony Conrad]] (died 2016) | ||
| * [[Terry Gilliam]] | * [[Terry Gilliam]] | ||
| * [[Nobuyoshi Araki]] | * [[Nobuyoshi Araki]] | ||
| - | * [[Richard Kostelanetz]] | + | * [[George A. Romero]] (d. 2017) |
| - | * [[Fontella Bass]] (died 2012) | + | * [[H. R. Giger]] (d. 2014) |
| + | * [[Frank Zappa]] (d. 1993) | ||
| + | * [[Angela Carter]] (d. 1992) | ||
| + | * [[Panamarenko]] (d. 2019) | ||
| + | * [[Vito Acconci]] (d. 2017) | ||
| + | * [[Tony Conrad]] (d. 2016) | ||
| + | * [[Fontella Bass]] (d. 2012) | ||
| + | * [[Pina Bausch]] (d. 2009) | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| - | * [[Mikhail Bulgakov]] (1891 - 1940) | + | * March 10 - [[Mikhaïl Boulgakov]], Russian writer (b. 1891) |
| - | * [[Walter Benjamin]] (1892 - 1940) | + | *[[May 14]] – [[Emma Goldman]], Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869) |
| - | * [[Marcus Garvey]] (1887- 1940) | + | * June 10 - [[Marcus Garvey]], journalist and publisher |
| - | ===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 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]]) | *[[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]]) | + | *[[September 26]] - [[Walter Benjamin]], German philosopher, [[Comparative literature|"comparatist"]] and art critic (b. [[1892 in art|1892]]) |
| - | *[[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 21 - [[F Scott Fitzgerald]] (b. 1896) | ||
| - | * December 22 - [[Nathanael West]] (b. 1903) | + | * December 22 - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (b. 1903) |
| - | * ''date unknown'' - [[T. O'Conor Sloane]], editor of ''Amazing Stories'' | + | |
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1940 was the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
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Music
- "Nuages" by Django Reinhardt
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Literature
- Anthology of Black Humor by André Breton
- Native Son by Richard A. Wright
- Rabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin
- The Book of Fantasy by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Silvina Ocampo
- The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
- "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius " by Borges
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Visual arts
- Ecorché I 1939-1940 by Ferdinand Springer
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Film
- The Great Dictator by Charles Chaplin
- Fantasia by Ford Beebe, Bill Roberts
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Births
- March 29 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian-born singer (d. 2023)
- May 12 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
- August 8 - Just Jaeckin, French filmmaker (d. 2022)
- August 12 - Tony Allen, Nigerian musician (b. 1940)
- August 28 – Ivy Jo Hunter, American songwriter (d. 2022)
- October 13 - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist (d. 2022)
- October 22 - Hiroshi Yoshimura, musician (d. 2003)
- November 13 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher (d. 2022)
- Giorgio Moroder
- Roy Ayers
- Brian De Palma
- Herbie Hancock
- Dario Argento
- Terry Gilliam
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- George A. Romero (d. 2017)
- H. R. Giger (d. 2014)
- Frank Zappa (d. 1993)
- Angela Carter (d. 1992)
- Panamarenko (d. 2019)
- Vito Acconci (d. 2017)
- Tony Conrad (d. 2016)
- Fontella Bass (d. 2012)
- Pina Bausch (d. 2009)
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Deaths
- March 10 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
- May 14 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
- June 10 - Marcus Garvey, journalist and publisher
- June 21 - Édouard Vuillard, painter (b. 1868)
- June 29 - Paul Klee, Swiss painter expressionism, cubism, and surrealism (b. 1879)
- September 26 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher, "comparatist" and art critic (b. 1892)
- December 21 - F Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1896)
- December 22 - Nathanael West, American writer (b. 1903)
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