1846 in literature

See also: 1845 in literature, other events of 1846, 1847 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New books

• Carmen – Prosper Mérimée
• The Chevalier of the Maison Rouge – Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Children of the Night – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
• La Dame de Montsoreau – Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Devil's Pond – George Sand
• Memoirs of a Physician – Alexandre Dumas, père
• Pictures from Italy – Charles Dickens
• Poor People – Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Privateersman – Frederick Marryat
• The Redskins – James Fenimore Cooper
• Typee – Herman Melville
• Weekdays – Mór Jókai

Births

• April 4 – Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer (+ 1870)
• May 5 – Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish novelist (+ 1916)
• May 25 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet

Deaths

• July 12 – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, novelist

Awards