1903 in literature
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The year 1903 in literature involved some significant literary events and new books.
Events
- January–December - Henry James's novel The Ambassadors is serialized in the monthly North American Review.
- June - Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild begins serialization in the Saturday Evening Post.
- October 24 - Mark Twain moves to Florence (Italy).
- December - The Prix Goncourt for French literature is awarded for the first time, to John Antoine Nau for his novel Force ennemie.
- William Foyle and his brother Gilbert establish the London bookselling business of Foyles.
New books
- Pío Baroja - El Mayorazgo de Labra ("The Lord of Labraz", second of La Tierra Vasca ("The Basque Country") trilogy, 1900–1909)
- L. Frank Baum - The Enchanted Island of Yew
- Thio Tjin Boen - Tjerita Oeij Se
- René Boylesve - Enfant à la Balustrade
- Samuel Butler (died 1902) - The Way of All Flesh
- Robert Erskine Childers - The Riddle of the Sands
- Joseph Conrad - Typhoon and Other Stories
- John Fox, Jr. - The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - The Wind in the Rose Bush
- George Gissing - The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
- Henry James - The Ambassadors
- Jack London - The Call of the Wild
- John Antoine Nau - Force ennemie
- Frank Norris - The Pit
- Marmaduke Pickthall - Said the Fisherman
- Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- Bram Stoker - The Jewel of Seven Stars
- Jules Verne - Traveling Scholarships
- Mary Augusta Ward - Lady Rose's Daughter
- Kate Douglas Wiggin - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
- Émile Zola - Vérité
- Jerzy Żuławski - Na Srebrnym Globie ("On the Silver Globe", first of the Trylogia Księżycowa ("Lunar Trilogy"))
New drama
- Dusé Mohamed Ali - The Jew's Revenge
- J.M. Synge - In the Shadow of the Glen
Poetry
Main article: 1903 in poetry
- Giovanni Pascoli - Canti di Castelvecchio
- Thomas Traherne (died 1674) - Poetical Works
- W. B. Yeats - In the Seven Woods, being poems of the Irish heroic age
Non-fiction
- Ada Cambridge - Thirty Years in Australia
- E. K. Chambers - The Mediaeval Stage
- W. E. B. Du Bois - The Souls of Black Folk
- G. E. Moore - Principia Ethica
- John Morley - The Life of Gladstone[1]
- W. B. Yeats - Ideas of Good and Evil (essays)
Births
- February 11 - Alan Paton, South African novelist and activist (died 1988)
- February 13 - Georges Simenon, Belgian crime writer (died 1989)
- February 21 - Raymond Queneau, French poet (died 1976)
- February 22 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (died 1990)
- June 8 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist (died 1987)
- June 18 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (died 1923)
- July 10 - John Wyndham, English science fiction writer (died 1969)
- September 14 - Mart Raud, Estonian poet, playwright and writer (died 1980)
- October 17 - Nathanael West, American novelist and screenwriter (died 1940)
Deaths
- January 22 - Augustus Hare, English biographer and travel writer, 68
- February 8 - Ada Ellen Bayly, English novelist, 45
- March 6 - Gaston Paris, French literary critic and scholar, 63
- March 14 - Ernest Legouvé, French dramatist, 96
- May 12 - Richard Henry Stoddard, American critic and poet, 77
- May 25 - Max O'Rell, French journalist, 54
- April 29 - Paul Du Chaillu, French American travel writer, ?72
- July 11 - W. E. Henley, English poet, 53 (tuberculosis)[2]
- August 31 - William Hastie, Scottish scholar, 61
- September 1 - Charles Bernard Renouvier, French philosopher, 88
- October 4 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher, 23 (suicide)
- November 1 - Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian, 85
- December 28 - George Gissing, English novelist, 46 (emphysema)
Awards
References
- ↑ Parsons, Nicholas (1985). The Book of Literary Lists. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-283-99171-2.
- ↑ "Biographical Information". West Chester University. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
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