See also: 1828 in literature, other events of 1829, 1830 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1827 in literature, other events of 1828, 1829 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1829 in literature, other events of 1830, 1831 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Louis Braille invents embossed printing that allows the blind to read.

Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 - January 6, 1852) was the inventor of the Braille writing system for the blind. ...

New books

• Anne of Geierstein - Sir Walter Scott
• The Chouans - Honoré de Balzac
• A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada - Washington Irving
• Devereux - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
• Fate and Fortune - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• A Journey on Foot from Holmen's Canal to the East Point of Amager - Hans Christian Andersen
• The Misfortunes of Elphin - Thomas Love Peacock
• The Naval Officer - Frederick Marryat
• On the Constitution of Church and State - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Richelieu - George Payne Rainsford James
• Romances of Real Life - Catherine Gore
• Salathiel - George Croly
• The Young Duke - Benjamin Disraeli

Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ... Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist. ... Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... Hans Christian Andersen. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 - August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the seafaring story. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher and, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ... George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 - June 9, 1860), novelist and historical writer, son of a physician in London, was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. ... Mrs. ... George Croly (1780 - 1860), poet, novelist, historian, and divine, born at Dublin, and educated at Trinity College there, took orders and became Rector of St. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ...

New drama

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust
• Black-Eyed Susan - Douglas William Jerrold

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tÉ™]) (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German writer, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and he conducted his civic services as a cabinet minister of Weimar. ... Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857), was an English dramatist and writer. ...

Births

• February 24 - Friedrich von Spielhagen, novelist
• March 4 - Samuel Rawson Gardiner, historian
• March 16 - Sully Prudhomme, first Nobel Prize in Literature winner (+ 1907)
• May 1 - José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
• September 25 - William Michael Rossetti, critic and founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Friedrich von Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 - 1911), German novelist, was born at Magdeburg. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Samuel Rawson Gardiner (March 4, 1829 - February 24, 1902) was an English historian. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Ren -Fran ois-Armand Prudhomme (March 16, 1839 - September 6, 1907) was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in literature, 1901. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... José de Alencar (May 1, 1829—December 12, 1877), was a Brazilian novelist. ... September 25 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) was an English writer and critic. ...

Deaths

• January 11 - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel, poet and critic
• July 7 - Jacob Friedrich von Abel, philosopher
• September 29 - Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont, political writer

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel (March 10, 1772 - January 11, 1829), German poet, critic and scholar, was the younger brother of August Wilhelm von Schlegel. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Jacob Friedrich von Abel (9 May 1751, Vaihingen - 7 July 1829) was a German philosopher. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (July 18, 1759 - September 29, 1829), French political writer, was born at Geneva, of which his family had been citizens of good repute from the days of Calvin. ...

Awards