See also: 1909 in literature, other events of 1910, 1911 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• Canadian Born — Mary Augusta Ward
• Cinq Grandes Odes — Paul Claudel
• Clayhanger (first volume of trilogy) — Arnold Bennett
• The Devil and the Deep Sea — Rhoda Broughton
• The Emerald City of Oz — L. Frank Baum
• The Great Illusion (revision of 'Europe's Optical Illusion' pub. 1909) — Norman Angell
• Heritage of the Desert — Zane Grey
• The History of Mr. Polly — H.G. Wells
• Howards End — E. M. Forster
• La Vagabonde — Colette
• Pelle the Conqueror (final volume) — Martin Andersen Nexø
• The Return — Walter de la Mare
• Twenty Years at Hull House — Jane Addams
• The Village — Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin
• What's Wrong With The World — G. K. Chesterton

Mary Augusta Ward Mary Augusta Ward (June 11, 1851 - March 26, 1920), was a novelist. ... Paul Claudel (August 6, 1868 - February 23, 1955) was a French poet and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. ... Clayhanger is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1910. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L. Frank Baums fourteen Land of Oz books. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author and the creator of one of the most beloved classics of childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... Sir Ralph Norman Angell Lane (December 26, 1872 - October 7, 1967) was a British lecturer, writer, and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. ... Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939), born Pearl Zane Gray (he later dropped Pearl and changed the a to an e in Grey) was an American author of popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells the story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. ... E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954). ... Pelle the Conqueror (also known as Pelle erobreren) is a 1987 film in Danish and Swedish which tells the story of Swedish immigrants to Denmark who try to build a new life for themselves. ... Martin Andersen Nexø (June 26, 1869 - June 1, 1954) was a Danish writer. ... Walter de la Mare Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist, probably best remembered (though not necessarily justly so) for his works for children. ... Jane Addams Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker, sociologist and reformer. ... The Russian writer Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (October 10, 1870 - November 8, 1953), born in Voronezh, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. ... G.K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an English writer of the early 20th century. ...

Births

• February 6 - Irmgard Keun, author (d. 1982)
• July 14 - Vincent Brome, biographer and novellist (d. 2004)
• December 19 - Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright and poet
• December 24 - Jean-Paul Crespelle, French writer
• December 24 - Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr., American writer of fantasy and science fiction

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Irmgard Keun (February 6, 1905 - May 5, 1982) was a German author noteworthy both for her portrayals of life in the Weimar Republic as well as the early years of the Nazi era. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Vincent Brome (pronounced broom) (14 July 1910 – 21 October 2004) was an all-round English writer, who gradually established himself as a man of letters. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Genet (1910-1986) was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Jean-Paul Crespelle, born December 24, 1910 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, France, is a journalist and author. ... Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ... Look up Fantasy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Deaths

• April 21 - Mark Twain, writer
• August 26 - William James, author
• October 17 - Julia Ward Howe, poet
• November 20 - Leo Tolstoy, novelist

April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... William James William James (January 11, 1842, New York - August 26, 1910, Chocorua, New Hampshire). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Lev Tolstoy, pictured late in life Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy  listen? (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, pacifist Christian and moral thinker. ...

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse