1836 in literature

See also: 1835 in literature, other events of 1836, 1837 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New books

• The Backwoods of Canada – Catharine Parr Traill
• The Captain's Daughter – Alexander Pushkin
• The Little Mermaid – Hans Christian Andersen
• Mr. Midshipman Easy – Frederick Marryat
• Nature – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The Pickwick Papers – Charles Dickens
• The Pirate – Frederick Marryat
• Poems – Oliver Wendell Holmes
• The Three Cutters – Frederick Marryat

Births

• January 27 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer (+ 1895)
• August 25 – Bret Harte American author (+ 1902)
• September 11 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow American author († 1870)
• Annie Louisa Walker, British writer (+ 1907)

Deaths

• November 5 – Karel Hynek Mácha, poet

Awards