1899 in literature
See also: 1898 in literature, other events of 1899, 1900 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Anton Chekov's new drama, Uncle Vanya
New books
- The Awakening – Kate Chopin
- Blix – Frank Norris
- The Conjure Woman – Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- demoiselle Cloque – René Boylesve
- Fecondite – Emile Zola
- Foes in law – Rhoda Broughton
- Foma Gordyeeff – Maxim Gorky
- The Game and the Candle – Rhoda Broughton
- The Golden Canon – G.A. Henty
- His Darling Sin – Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- McTeague – Frank Norris
- The Man with the Twisted Lip – Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Message to Garcia – Elbert Hubbard
- Old Chester Tales – Margaret Deland
- Red Pottage – Mary Cholmondeley
- Resurrection – Leo Tolstoy
- The School and Society – John Dewey
- La terre qui meurt – René Bazin
- To London Town – Arthur Morrison
- Dom Casmurro – Machado de Assis
Births
- April 22 – Vladimir Nabokov, novelist (d. 1977)
- July 21 – Ernest Hemingway, writer (d. 1961)
- December 16 – Noel Coward, playwright (d. 1973)
Deaths
- July 18 – Horatio Alger, Jr.
- August 29 – Catharine Parr Traill, English-born author of "Canadiana"
- October 25 – Grant Allen, author
Awards
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