Editing 1916 in literature (section)

===Drama===
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*[[Jacinto Benavente]] – ''[[:es:Campo de armiño|Campo de armiño]]'' (Ermine Field)
*[[Hall Caine]] 
**''The Prime Minister''
**''The Iron Hand'' (also known as ''The Call of the King'')
*[[Luigi Chiarelli]] – ''[[La maschera e il volto]]: grottesco in tre atti'' (The Mask and the Face)
*[[Ernest Fenollosa]] and [[Ezra Pound]] (translated & edited) – ''Certain Noble Plays of Japan'' (published)
*[[Susan Glaspell]] – ''[[Trifles]]''
*[[Harley Granville-Barker]] – ''Farewell to the Theatre''
*[[Sacha Guitry]] – ''[[Let's Make a Dream (play)|Let's Make a Dream]]''
*[[Walter Hackett]] - ''[[The Barton Mystery (play)|The Barton Mystery]]''
*[[Franz Kafka]] – ''[[The Warden of the Tomb]]'' (''Der Gruftwächter''; writing commenced)
*[[Jack London]] – ''The Acorn Planter: A California Forest Play''
*[[André de Lorde]] – ''Le Laboratoire des hallucinations''
*[[Gregorio Martínez Sierra]] – ''El reino de Dios'' (The Kingdom of God)
*[[Allan Monkhouse]] – ''Night Watches: a comedy in one act''
*[[Eden Phillpotts]] – ''[[The Farmer's Wife (play)|The Farmer's Wife]]''
*[[Sophie Treadwell]] – ''[[Claws (play)|Claws]]''
*[[W. B. Yeats]] – ''[[At the Hawk's Well]]'' (private performance)</onlyinclude>