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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in '''1908'''.
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*[[September 30]] – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s ''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]] (L'Oiseau bleu)'' is premièred, at [[Konstantin Stanislavsky]]'s [[Moscow Art Theatre]].
*[[September 30]] – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s ''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]] (L'Oiseau bleu)'' is premièred, at [[Konstantin Stanislavsky]]'s [[Moscow Art Theatre]].
*[[October 3]] – The [[Avenida Theatre]] opens on [[Buenos Aires]]' [[Avenida de Mayo]] with a production of [[Lope de Vega]]'s ''El castigo sin venganza'' (Justice Without Revenge, [[1631 in literature|1631]]) directed by [[María Guerrero]].
*[[October 3]] – The [[Avenida Theatre]] opens on [[Buenos Aires]]' [[Avenida de Mayo]] with a production of [[Lope de Vega]]'s ''El castigo sin venganza'' (Justice Without Revenge, [[1631 in literature|1631]]) directed by [[María Guerrero]].
*[[November 10]] – Opening of a production of [[Euripides]]' ''[[The Bacchae]]'' directed by [[William Poel]] in [[Gilbert Murray]]'s verse translation at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London under the management of [[Harley Granville-Barker]] with his wife [[Lillah McCarthy]] in the role of [[Dionysus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bacchae (1908)|work=APGRD|URL=http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/555|accessdate=2021-03-18}}</ref>
*[[November 18]] – The release in France of ''[[The Assassination of the Duke of Guise|La Mort du duc de Guise]]'' marks the first film with a [[screenplay]] by an eminent man of letters, the playwright [[Henri Lavedan]];<ref>{{Cite book |first=Patrick |last=Robertson |title=Film Facts |location=Wigston |publisher=Quantum Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84573-235-6 |pages=45–46}}</ref> it is also directed by two men of the theatre, [[Charles Le Bargy]] and [[André Calmettes]], and features actors of the [[Comédie-Française]].
*[[November 18]] – The release in France of ''[[The Assassination of the Duke of Guise|La Mort du duc de Guise]]'' marks the first film with a [[screenplay]] by an eminent man of letters, the playwright [[Henri Lavedan]];<ref>{{Cite book |first=Patrick |last=Robertson |title=Film Facts |location=Wigston |publisher=Quantum Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84573-235-6 |pages=45–46}}</ref> it is also directed by two men of the theatre, [[Charles Le Bargy]] and [[André Calmettes]], and features actors of the [[Comédie-Française]].
*December – [[Ford Madox Ford|Ford Madox Hueffer]] begins publication of the [[literary magazine]] ''[[The English Review]]'' in London. The first issue contains original work by [[Thomas Hardy]], [[Henry James]], [[Joseph Conrad]], [[John Galsworthy]] and [[W. H. Hudson]], and begins serialization of [[H. G. Wells]]'s realist semi-autobiographical satirical novel ''[[Tono-Bungay]]''.
*December – [[Ford Madox Ford|Ford Madox Hueffer]] begins publication of the [[literary magazine]] ''[[The English Review]]'' in London. The first issue contains original work by [[Thomas Hardy]], [[Henry James]], [[Joseph Conrad]], [[John Galsworthy]] and [[W. H. Hudson]], and begins serialization of [[H. G. Wells]]'s realist semi-autobiographical satirical novel ''[[Tono-Bungay]]''.
*December 1 – [[Cuala Press]], set up at [[Churchtown, Dublin]], as a [[private press]] independent of the former [[Dun Emer Press]] in connection with the [[Irish Literary Revival]] and [[Arts and Crafts movement]] by [[Elizabeth Yeats|Elizabeth "Lolly" Yeats]] with editorial support from her brother [[W. B. Yeats]], produces its first publication, ''Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W. B. Yeats and [[Lionel Johnson]]'' (died 1902).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Critical Companion to William Butler Yeats: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work |url=https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio00ross |url-access=limited |first=David A. |last=Ross |series=Facts on File Library of World Literature |location=New York |publisher=Facts on File |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8160-5895-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio00ross/page/n625 605]}}</ref>
*December 1 – [[Cuala Press]], set up at [[Churchtown, Dublin]], as a [[private press]] independent of the former [[Dun Emer Press]] in connection with the [[Irish Literary Revival]] and [[Arts and Crafts movement]] by [[Elizabeth Yeats|Elizabeth "Lolly" Yeats]] with editorial support from her brother [[W. B. Yeats]], produces its first publication, ''Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W. B. Yeats and [[Lionel Johnson]]'' (died 1902).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Critical Companion to William Butler Yeats: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work |url=https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio00ross |url-access=limited |first=David A. |last=Ross |series=Facts on File Library of World Literature |location=New York |publisher=Facts on File |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8160-5895-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio00ross/page/n625 605]}}</ref>
*''unknown dates''

**[[Ethiopia]]n linguist [[Afevork Ghevre Jesus]]'s ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። (''Libb Wolled Tārīk'', "A Heart-Born Story"), the first novel in [[Amharic]], is published in Rome.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Jack |last=Fellman |jstor=3819716 |title=Ethiopia's First Novel |journal=Research in African Literatures |volume=22 |year=1991 |pages=183–184}}</ref>
''Uncertain dates''
**The Malay tale ''[[Hikayat Hang Tuah]]'' (c. 1700) is first published, edited by Sulaiman bin Muhammed Nur and [[William Shellabear]].<ref>Robert Hunt (2002), ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research'' '''26'''(1): 31.</ref>
*[[Ethiopia]]n linguist [[Afevork Ghevre Jesus]]'s ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። (''Libb Wolled Tārīk'', "A Heart-Born Story"), the first novel in [[Amharic]], is published in Rome.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Jack |last=Fellman |jstor=3819716 |title=Ethiopia's First Novel |journal=Research in African Literatures |volume=22 |year=1991 |pages=183–184}}</ref>
**The [[Romania]]n writer [[Urmuz]] is known to be working on his manuscript stories, the ''Bizarre Pages'', printed only after [[1922 in literature|1922]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cernat |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Cernat |title=Avangarda românească și complexul periferiei: primul val |publisher=Cartea Românească |location=Bucharest |year=2007 |pages=9, 90–91, 340, 356 |isbn=978-973-23-1911-6}}</ref>
*The Malay tale ''[[Hikayat Hang Tuah]]'' (c. 1700) is first published, edited by Sulaiman bin Muhammed Nur and [[William Shellabear]].<ref>Robert Hunt (2002), ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research'' '''26'''(1): 31.</ref>
*The [[Romania]]n writer [[Urmuz]] is known to be working on his manuscript stories, the ''Bizarre Pages'', printed only after [[1922 in literature|1922]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cernat |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Cernat |title=Avangarda românească și complexul periferiei: primul val |publisher=Cartea Românească |location=Bucharest |year=2007 |pages=9, 90–91, 340, 356 |isbn=978-973-23-1911-6}}</ref>



==New books==
==New books==
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**''[[Buried Alive (novel)|Buried Alive]]''
**''[[Buried Alive (novel)|Buried Alive]]''
**''[[The Old Wives' Tale]]''
**''[[The Old Wives' Tale]]''
*[[E.F. Benson]] – ''[[The Blotting Book]]''
*Bigehuan zhuren (碧荷館主人) – ''[[New Era (novel)|New Era]]'' (新紀元, ''Xīn Jìyuán'')
*Bigehuan zhuren (碧荷館主人) – ''[[New Era (novel)|New Era]]'' (新紀元, ''Xīn Jìyuán'')
*[[Algernon Blackwood]] – ''John Silence, Physician Extraordinary''
*[[Algernon Blackwood]] – ''John Silence, Physician Extraordinary''
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*[[James Oliver Curwood]] – ''The Courage of Captain Plum'' and ''The Gold Hunters''
*[[James Oliver Curwood]] – ''The Courage of Captain Plum'' and ''The Gold Hunters''
*[[Machado de Assis]] – ''Memorial de Aires''
*[[Machado de Assis]] – ''Memorial de Aires''
*[[Grazia Deledda]] – ''[[L'Edera (novel)|L'edera]]'' (The Ivy, first Italian publication)
*[[Grazia Deledda]] – ''[[L'edera (novel)|L'edera]]'' (The Ivy, first Italian publication)
*[[Mary Findlater|Mary]] and [[Jane Findlater]] – ''Crossriggs''
*[[Mary Findlater|Mary]] and [[Jane Findlater]] – ''Crossriggs''
*[[Anatole France]] – ''[[Penguin Island (book)|Penguin Island]]''
*[[Anatole France]] – ''[[Penguin Island (book)|Penguin Island]]''
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*[[John Fox, Jr.]] – ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
*[[John Fox, Jr.]] – ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
*[[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]] – ''The Shoulders of Atlas''
*[[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]] – ''The Shoulders of Atlas''
* [[Maxim Gorky]] – ''[[A Confession (Gorky)|A Confession]]''
* [[Maxim Gorky]]
**''[[The Life of a Useless Man]]''
**''[[A Confession (Gorky)|A Confession]]''
*[[Jeannie Gunn]] – ''[[We of the Never Never]]''
*[[Jeannie Gunn]] – ''[[We of the Never Never]]''
*[[Robert Hichens (writer)|Robert Hichens]] – ''[[A Spirit in Prison]]''
*[[Robert Hichens (writer)|Robert Hichens]] – ''[[A Spirit in Prison]]''
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**''[[Ten Nights of Dreams]]'' (''Yume Jū-ya'', 夢十夜, short stories)
**''[[Ten Nights of Dreams]]'' (''Yume Jū-ya'', 夢十夜, short stories)
*[[Baroness Orczy]] – ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel (novel)|The Elusive Pimpernel]]''
*[[Baroness Orczy]] – ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel (novel)|The Elusive Pimpernel]]''
*[[Gertrude Page]]
**''[[The Edge O' Beyond]]''
**''[[Paddy the Next Best Thing (novel)|Paddy the Next Best Thing]]''
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] – ''The Circular Staircase''
*[[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] – ''The Circular Staircase''
*[[Arthur Schnitzler]] – ''[[Der Weg ins Freie]]''
*[[Arthur Schnitzler]] – ''[[Der Weg ins Freie]]''
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*[[Alexandre Bisson]] – ''[[Madame X]] (La Femme X)''
*[[Alexandre Bisson]] – ''[[Madame X]] (La Femme X)''
*[[Hall Caine]] – ''Pete'' (new version of ''The Manxman'')
*[[Hall Caine]] – ''Pete'' (new version of ''The Manxman'')
*[[Maxim Gorky]] – ''The Last Ones (Poslednje)
*[[Maxim Gorky]] – ''The Last Ones (Poslednje)''{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
*[[Maurice Maeterlinck]] – ''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]] (L'Oiseau bleu)''
*[[Maurice Maeterlinck]] – ''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]] (L'Oiseau bleu)''<ref>{{cite book|author=Semiotic Society of America. Meeting|title=Semiotics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUliAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Plenum Press|isbn=978-0-8191-4880-3|page=52}}</ref>
*[[Octave Mirbeau]] – ''[[Home (Mirbeau)|Home]] (Le Foyer)''
*[[Octave Mirbeau]] – ''[[Home (Mirbeau)|Home]] (Le Foyer)''
*[[Emma Orczy]] – ''[[Beau Brocade]]''
*[[Emma Orczy]] – ''[[Beau Brocade]]''
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*[[Edward Sheldon]] – ''Salvation Nell''
*[[Edward Sheldon]] – ''Salvation Nell''
*[[J. M. Synge]] – ''[[The Tinker's Wedding]]''
*[[J. M. Synge]] – ''[[The Tinker's Wedding]]''
*[[Hans Wiers-Jenssen]] – ''[[Anne Pedersdotter (play)|Anne Pedersdotter]]'' (translated as ''The Witch'')
*[[Israel Zangwill]] – ''[[The Melting Pot (play)|The Melting Pot]]''</onlyinclude>
*[[Israel Zangwill]] – ''[[The Melting Pot (play)|The Melting Pot]]''</onlyinclude>


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*[[Edward Carpenter]] – ''[[The Intermediate Sex|The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women]]''
*[[Edward Carpenter]] – ''[[The Intermediate Sex|The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women]]''
*[[G. K. Chesterton]] – ''All Things Considered''
*[[G. K. Chesterton]] – ''All Things Considered''
*[[W. H. Davies]] – ''[[The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Perkins|title=A History of Modern Poetry: From the 1890s to the High Modernist Mode|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCU7r07Nb-UC&pg=PA220|year=1976|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-39945-7|pages=220}}</ref>
*[[W. H. Davies]] – ''[[The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp]]''
*[[Levi H. Dowling]] – ''[[The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ]]''
*[[Levi H. Dowling]] – ''[[The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ]]''
*[[Gertrude Jekyll]] – ''Colour in the Flower Garden''
*[[Gertrude Jekyll]] – ''Colour in the Flower Garden''
*[[Jack London]] – ''War of the Classes''
*[[Jack London]] – ''War of the Classes''
*[[Francisco I. Madero]] – ''La sucesión presidencial en 1910''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Thomas Benjamin|author2=Thomas Louis Benjamin|title=A Rich Land, a Poor People: Politics and Society in Modern Chiapas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kwK4AAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|isbn=978-0-8263-1132-0|page=100}}</ref>
*[[Francisco I. Madero]] – ''La sucesión presidencial en 1910''
*[[Titu Maiorescu]] – ''Critice'' (Critical Essays)
*[[Titu Maiorescu]] – ''Critice'' (Critical Essays)
*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (died 1900) – ''[[Ecce Homo (book)|Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist]]'' (written [[1888 in literature|1888]])
*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (died 1900) – ''[[Ecce Homo (book)|Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist]]'' (written [[1888 in literature|1888]])
*[[Moisey Ostrogorsky|M. Ostrogorski]] – ''Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties'' (''La Démocratie et l'organisation des partis politiques'', 1903)
*[[George Panu]] – ''Amintiri de la Junimea din Iași'' (Recollections from ''Junimea'' of Iași; first volume)
*[[George Panu]] – ''Amintiri de la Junimea din Iași'' (Recollections from ''Junimea'' of Iași; first volume)
*[[Charlotte Carmichael Stopes]] – ''The Sphere of 'Man' in Relation to that of 'Woman' in the Constitution''
*[[Charlotte Carmichael Stopes]] – ''The Sphere of 'Man' in Relation to that of 'Woman' in the Constitution''
*[[Thomas Traherne]] (died 1674) – ''Centuries of Meditations'', now first printed from the author's manuscript
*[[Alfred R. Tucker]] – ''Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa''<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9944/ |title=Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa |website=[[World Digital Library]] |year=1908 |accessdate=2013-09-24}}</ref>
*[[Alfred R. Tucker]] – ''Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa''<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9944/ |title=Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa |website=[[World Digital Library]] |year=1908 |accessdate=2013-09-24}}</ref>


==Births==
==Births==
*[[January 9]] – [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French feminist philosopher (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French feminist philosopher (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry Keefe|title=Simone De Beauvoir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE1dDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|date=20 April 1998|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-26390-5|pages=2}}</ref>
*[[January 16]] – [[Pavel Nilin]], Soviet novelist and playwright (died [[1981 in literature|1981]])
*[[January 16]] – [[Pavel Nilin]], Soviet novelist and playwright (died [[1981 in literature|1981]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Jacob Bronowski]], Polish-born scientist and poet (died [[1974 in literature|1974]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Jacob Bronowski]], Polish-born scientist and poet (died [[1974 in literature|1974]])
*[[January 20]]
*[[January 20]]
**[[Fleur Cowles]], American journalist, editor and illustrator (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])
**[[Fleur Cowles]], American journalist, editor and illustrator (died [[2009 in literature|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/5479121/Fleur-Cowles.html|title=Fleur Cowles obituary|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
**[[Jean S. MacLeod]], Scottish-English romantic novelist (died [[2011 in literature|2011]])
**[[Jean S. MacLeod]], Scottish-English romantic novelist (died [[2011 in literature|2011]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Leonard Gribble]], English novelist (died [[1985 in literature|1985]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Julian Bell]], English poet (killed [[1937 in literature|1937]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Julian Bell]], English poet (killed [[1937 in literature|1937]])
*[[February 11]] – [[Philip Dunne (writer)|Philip Dunne]], American screenwriter, director, and producer (died [[1992 in literature|1992]])
*[[February 29]] – [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], American novelist and historian (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[February 29]] – [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], American novelist and historian (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[March 6]] – Dame [[Felicitas Corrigan]], English writer and Benedictine nun (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])
*[[March 2]] – [[Olivia Manning]], English playwright and novelist (died [[1980 in literature|1980]])
*[[March 5]] – [[Irving Fiske]], American playwright, WPA writer, and speaker; co-founder of [[Quarry Hill Creative Center]] (died [[1990 in literature|1990]]),<ref>New York Times Obituaries, May 1, 1990</ref>
*[[March 6]] – Dame [[Felicitas Corrigan]], English writer and Benedictine nun (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-10-23|title=Obituary: Felicitas Corrigan|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/23/guardianobituaries|access-date=2021-11-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 8]] – [[Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh]], Indian-born Bahraini poet (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[March 8]] – [[Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh]], Indian-born Bahraini poet (died [[2002 in literature|2002]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Louis L'Amour]], American author (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Louis L'Amour]], American author (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])
*[[April 12]] – [[Ida Pollock]], British romantic novelist (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])
*[[May 17]] – [[Frederic Prokosch]], American novelist and poet (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[May 17]] – [[Frederic Prokosch]], American novelist and poet (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[May 20]] – [[Aleksei Arbuzov]], Soviet playwright (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])
*[[May 25]] – [[Theodore Roethke]], American poet (died [[1963 in literature|1963]])
*[[May 25]] – [[Theodore Roethke]], American poet (died [[1963 in literature|1963]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Peggy Ramsay]], born Margaret Venniker, Australian-born British theatrical agent (died [[1991 in literature|1991]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Peggy Ramsay]], born Margaret Venniker, Australian-born British theatrical agent (died [[1991 in literature|1991]])
*[[May 28]] – [[Ian Fleming]], English espionage novelist (died [[1964 in literature|1964]])
*[[May 28]] – [[Ian Fleming]], English espionage novelist (died [[1964 in literature|1964]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Druce|title=This Day Our Daily Fictions: An Enquiry Into the Multi-million Bestseller Status of Enid Blyton and Ian Fleming|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlctAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-90-5183-401-7|page=46}}</ref>
*[[June 1]] – [[Julie Campbell Tatham]], American children's writer (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Kathleen Raine]], English poet, scholar, and translator (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Watts|first=Janet|title=Obituary: Kathleen Raine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/08/guardianobituaries.books|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|accessdate=2018-10-11|language=en|date=2003-07-08}}</ref>
*[[June 14]] – [[Kathleen Raine]], English poet, scholar, and translator (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Watts|first=Janet|title=Obituary: Kathleen Raine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/08/guardianobituaries.books|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|accessdate=2018-10-11|language=en|date=2003-07-08}}</ref>
*[[June 25]] – [[John Sommerfield]], English communist writer (died [[1991 in literature|1991]])
*[[June 27]] – [[João Guimarães Rosa]], Brazilian novelist (died [[1967 in literature|1967]])
*[[June 27]] – [[João Guimarães Rosa]], Brazilian novelist (died [[1967 in literature|1967]])
*[[June 30]]
** [[Winston Graham]], English novelist (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/winston-graham-36740.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/winston-graham-36740.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Winston Graham obituary |work= The Independent|access-date= March 9, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1435770/Winston-Graham.html |title=Winston Graham obituary |work= The Telegraph|access-date= March 9, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Rob Nieuwenhuys]], Dutch writer (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])
*[[July 7]] – [[Laurie Fitzhardinge]], Australian historian and librarian (died [[1993 in literature|1993]])
*[[July 10]] – [[Carl Richard Jacobi]], American journalist and author (died [[1997 in literature|1997]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Elio Vittorini]], Italian author (died [[1966 in literature|1966]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Elio Vittorini]], Italian author (died [[1966 in literature|1966]])
*[[August 21]] – [[M. M. Kaye]], Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
*[[August 21]] – [[M. M. Kaye]], Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/04/guardianobituaries.india|title=Obituary: MM Kaye |date=4 February 2004|author=Veronica Horwell |website=The Guardian|access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[August 23]] – [[Arthur Adamov]], French Absurdist playwright (died [[1970 in literature|1970]])
*[[August 23]] – [[Arthur Adamov]], French Absurdist playwright (died [[1970 in literature|1970]])
*[[August 28]]
*[[August 28]]
**[[Robert Merle]], French novelist (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
**[[Robert Merle]], French novelist (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
**[[Marguerite Young]], American novelist, poet and biographer (died [[1995 in literature|1995]])
**[[Marguerite Young]], American novelist, poet and biographer (died [[1995 in literature|1995]])
*[[August 31]] – [[William Saroyan]], American writer (d. [[1981]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Elizabeth H. Oakes|title=American Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Lb0zPJcYOwC&pg=PA303|year=2004|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0809-4|pages=303}}</ref>
*[[September 4]] – [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], African-American novelist and poet (died [[1960 in literature|1960]])
*[[September 4]] – [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], African-American novelist and poet (died [[1960 in literature|1960]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Cesare Pavese]], Italian poet and novelist (died [[1950 in literature|1950]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Cesare Pavese]], Italian poet and novelist (suicide [[1950 in literature|1950]])
*[[September 17]] – [[John Creasey]], English crime writer (died [[1973 in literature|1973]])
*[[September 15]] – [[Miško Kranjec]], Slovenian writer (died [[1983 in literature|1983]])
*[[September 17]] – [[John Creasey]], English crime writer (died [[1973 in literature|1973]])<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-1051-3|page=868}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – [[Joshua Logan]], American stage and film writer and director (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Joshua Logan]], American stage and film writer and director (died [[1988 in literature|1988]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Robert Liddell]], English biographer, novelist and poet (died [[1992 in literature|1992]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Robert Liddell]], English biographer, novelist and poet (died [[1992 in literature|1992]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Leon Kalustian]], Romanian journalist, essayist and memoirist (died [[1990 in literature|1990]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov]], Chechen historian (died [[1997 in literature|1997]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Phyllis Shand Allfrey]] (Phyllis Byam Shand), Dominican writer (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Phyllis Shand Allfrey]] (Phyllis Byam Shand), Dominican writer (died [[1986 in literature|1986]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Edmond Pidoux]], Swiss writer (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Zhou Yang (literary theorist)|Zhou Yang]], Chinese literary theorist (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Zhou Yang (literary theorist)|Zhou Yang]], Chinese literary theorist (died [[1989 in literature|1989]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Martha Gellhorn]], American journalist (suicide [[1998 in literature|1998]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Martha Gellhorn]], American journalist (suicide [[1998 in literature|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Congressional serial set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7ZGAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=30}}</ref>
*[[November 9]] – [[Lucian Boz]], Romanian and Australian literary critic (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])
*[[November 9]] – [[Lucian Boz]], Romanian and Australian literary critic (died [[2003 in literature|2003]])
*[[November 20]] – [[Alistair Cooke]], English-born American journalist (died [[2004 in literature|2004]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/mar/30/guardianobituaries.media|title=Alistair Cooke|date=30 March 2004|author=Nick Clark|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Elizabeth George Speare]], American children's writer (died [[1994 in literature|1994]])
*[[November 21]] – [[Elizabeth George Speare]], American children's writer (died [[1994 in literature|1994]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Nelson S. Bond]], American author, playwright and scriptwriter (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Nelson S. Bond]], American author, playwright and scriptwriter (died [[2006 in literature|2006]])
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*[[November 30]] – [[Buddhadeb Bosu]], Bengali poet and writer (died [[1974 in literature|1974]])
*[[November 30]] – [[Buddhadeb Bosu]], Bengali poet and writer (died [[1974 in literature|1974]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Mária Szepes]], Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Mária Szepes]], Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
*[[December 22]] – [[Giovanni Luigi Bonelli]], Italian comic book author and writer (died [[2001 in literature|2001]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Quentin Crisp]], English gay icon, author and raconteur (died [[1999 in literature|1999]])


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 14]] – [[Holger Drachmann]], Danish poet and dramatist (born [[1846 in literature|1846]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Wilhelm Busch]], German humorist and poet (born [[1832 in literature|1832]])
*[[January 14]] – [[Holger Drachmann]], Danish poet and dramatist (born [[1846 in literature|1846]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Literary Year-book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mX1PAAAAMAAJ|year=1909|publisher=G. Routledge|page=384}}</ref>
*[[January 18]] – [[Edmund Clarence Stedman]], American poet and critic (born [[1833 in literature|1833]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Edmund Clarence Stedman]], American poet and critic (born [[1833 in literature|1833]])
*[[January 25]] – [[Ouida]] (Maria Louise Ramé), English novelist (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])
*[[January 25]] – [[Ouida]] (Maria Louise Ramé), English novelist (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Cosmopolis History of The Langham|url=http://www.cosmopolis.ch/travel/the_langham_london.htm|access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref>
*[[February 7]] [[Alexander Ertel]], Russian novelist and short story writer (born [[1855 in literature|1855]])
*[[February 7]]
**[[Alexander Ertel]], Russian novelist and short story writer (born [[1855 in literature|1855]])
**[[Manuel Curros Enríquez]], Spanish Galician writer (born [[1851 in literature|1851]])
*[[February 17]] – [[Annie Ryder Gracey]], American author and missionary (born [[1836 in literature|1836]])
*[[March 4]] – [[Mrs. Henry Clarke]] (Amy Key), English historical novelist and children's writer (born [[1853 in literature|1853]])
*[[March 4]] – [[Mrs. Henry Clarke]] (Amy Key), English historical novelist and children's writer (born [[1853 in literature|1853]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Edmondo De Amicis]], Italian novelist (born [[1846 in literature|1846]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise Restieaux Hawkes|title=Before and After Pinocchio: A Study of Italian Children's Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkA0AAAAMAAJ|year=1933|publisher=Puppet Press|page=88}}</ref>
*[[March 12]] – [[Susan Marr Spalding]], American poet (born [[1841 in literature|1841]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hills|first1=William Henry|last2=Luce|first2=Robert|title=The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GdJAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA39|edition=Public domain|volume=19-21|year=1907|publisher=Writer Publishing Company|page=39}}</ref>
*[[March 19]] – [[Eduard Zeller]], German philosopher (born [[1814 in literature|1814]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Eduard Zeller]], German philosopher (born [[1814 in literature|1814]])
*[[March 25]] – [[Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov]], Russian poet, dramatist and critic (born [[1821 in literature|1821]])
*[[March 25]] – [[Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov]], Russian poet, dramatist and critic (born [[1821 in literature|1821]])
*[[March 29]]
**[[Eliza Trask Hill]], American journalist and activist (born [[1840 in literature|1840]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Foster|first1=F. Apthorp|last2=Woods|first2=Henry Ernest|title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314|edition=Public domain|volume=62|year=1908|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society|page=314}}</ref>
**[[Esther Pugh]], American editor and publisher (born [[1834 in literature|1834]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Henry Chadwick (writer)|Henry Chadwick]], English-born American [[baseball]] writer and historian (born [[1824 in literature|1824]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Henry Chadwick (writer)|Henry Chadwick]], English-born American [[baseball]] writer and historian (born [[1824 in literature|1824]])
*[[May 7]] – [[Ludovic Halévy]], French playwright and author (born [[1834 in literature|1834]])
*[[May 7]] – [[Ludovic Halévy]], French playwright and author (born [[1834 in literature|1834]])
*[[May 23]] – [[François Coppée]], French author, ''le poète des humbles'' (born [[1842 in literature|1842]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Parker|title=Who's who in the Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7tZAAAAYAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Pitman|page=1609}}</ref>
*[[June 5]] – [[Jonas Lie (writer)|Jonas Lie]], Norwegian writer (born 1844)
*[[June 5]] – [[Jonas Lie (writer)|Jonas Lie]], Norwegian writer (born [[1844 in literature|1944]])
*[[June 16]] – [[Mary Elizabeth Hawker]], Scottish-born English fiction writer (born [[1848 in literature|1848]])
*[[June 20]] – [[Eleanor Kirk]], American author, publisher (born [[1831 in literature|1831]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Joel Chandler Harris]], American journalist and author (born [[1848 in literature|1848]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Joel Chandler Harris]], American journalist and author (born [[1848 in literature|1848]])
*[[July 28]] – [[Otto Pfleiderer]], German theologian (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])
*[[July 28]] – [[Otto Pfleiderer]], German theologian (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])
*[[July 29]] – [[Estelle M. H. Merrill]], American journalist and editor (born [[1858 in literature|1858]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Fourth Estate Publishing Company|title=Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riNGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA264|year=1908|publisher=Fourth Estate Publishing Company|page=264}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[Bronson Howard]], American dramatist (born [[1842 in literature|1842]])
*[[August 4]] – [[Bronson Howard]], American dramatist (born [[1842 in literature|1842]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Louise Chandler Moulton]], American author and critic (born [[1835 in literature|1835]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|author4=Radcliffe College|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=RA1-PA595|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=595}}</ref>
*[[August 14]] – [[Anton Giulio Barrili]], Italian novelist (born [[1836 in literature|1836]])
*[[September 29]] – [[Machado de Assis]], Brazilian writer (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])
*[[August 14]] – [[Anton Giulio Barrili]], Italian novelist (born [[1836 in literature|1836]])<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barrili, Antonio Giulio}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[Machado de Assis]], Brazilian writer (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Júlia Maria Leonor Scarano|year=1969|title=Grandes Personagens da Nossa História|publisher=Abril Cultural|language=pt|page=780}}</ref>
*[[November 8]] – [[Victorien Sardou]], French dramatist (born [[1831 in literature|1831]])
*[[November 1]] – [[Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney]], American educator, poet, author, and editor (born [[1823 in literature|1823]])
*[[November 8]]
:*[[Josephine E. Keating]], American literary critic and musician (born [[1838 in literature|1838]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willard|first1=Frances Elizabeth|last2=Livermore|first2=Mary Ashton Rice|title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ/page/n433 429]|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=Moulton}}</ref>
:*[[Victorien Sardou]], French dramatist (born [[1831 in literature|1831]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/11/09/104767355.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=Victorien Sardou, dramatist, dead; Dean of French Playwrights and Creator of Bernhardt's Famous Roles Leaves No Memoirs| date=9 November 1908}}</ref>
*[[December 5]] – [[Mary H. Graves]], American minister, literary editor, writer (born [[1839 in literature|1839]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Graves|first=Kenneth Vance|title=Samuel Graves, 1630 Settler of Lynn, Massachusetts and His Descendants: Allied Families Include Adsit, Collins, Gilman, Hibbard/Hebbard, Perkins, Smith, Wilson, and Others|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2j5PAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Family History Publications|page=97}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
*[[Nobel Prize for Literature]]: [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]]
*[[Nobel Prize for Literature]]: [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]]
*[[Newdigate Prize]]: [[Julian Huxley]], "Holyrood"<ref>{{cite book|author=Aldous Huxley|title=Letters of Aldous Huxley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcIZAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-013937-7|page=11}}</ref>
*[[Newdigate prize]]: [[Julian Huxley]]


==References==
==References==

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