1893 in literature
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See also: 1892 in literature, other events of 1893, 1894 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- André Gide begins his travels in North Africa.
- Jerome K. Jerome founds the magazine To-Day.
[edit] New books
- Rhoda Broughton - A Beginner
- Hall Caine - Cap'n Davey's Honeymoon
- Mary Cholmondeley - Diana Tempest
- Marie Corelli - Barabbas
- Stephen Crane - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- Anatole France - At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - Jane Field
- George Gissing - The Odd Women
- Sarah Grand - The Heavenly Twins
- H. Rider Haggard - Montezuma's Daughter
- Bolesław Prus - The New Woman (Emancypantki)
- Robert Louis Stevenson - Catriona
- Jules Verne - The Castle of the Carpathians
- Lew Wallace - The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell
- Emile Zola - Le Docteur Pascal
[edit] New drama
- Herman Heijermans - Dora Kremer
- Oscar Wilde - A Woman of No Importance
[edit] Poetry
- Gabriele D'Annunzio - Odi Navali
- Eric Stenbock - The shadow of death : poems, songs, and sonnets
[edit] Non-fiction
- Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford, 1st edition
- Henry James - Essays in London and Elsewhere
[edit] Births
- January - Maria Jolas, literary publisher (d. 1987)
- January 13 - Clark Ashton Smith, poet and short story writer (d. 1961)
- March 18 - Wilfred Owen, war poet (d. 1918)
- April 9 - Victor Gollancz, publisher (d. 1967)
- June 13 - Dorothy L. Sayers, author (d. 1957)
- August 22 - Dorothy Parker, poet, journalist and wit (d. 1967)
- October 15 - Saunders Lewis, poet, dramatist and critic (d. 1985)
[edit] Deaths
- April 19 - John Addington Symonds, poet and essayist
- July 6 - Guy de Maupassant, novelist and short story writer (b. 1850)
- November 12 - Baroness Tautphoeus, novelist (b. 1807)
