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1901 in literature
See also: 1900 in literature, other events of 1901, 1902 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- First Nobel Prize for Literature awarded.
- October 23 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctor of literature degree from Yale University.
- October - Mark Twain moves to Riverdale, New York
- The Three Sisters drama by Anton Chekov
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton marries Frances Blogg.
- Kim by Rudyard Kipling is published.
New Books
- The Aerial Village - Jules Verne
- La Becquée - René Boylesve
- Bubu de Montparnasse - Charles-Louis Philippe
- Claudine à Paris - Colette
- The Crisis - Winston Churchill
- The Eternal City - Hall Caine
- The House with the Green Shutters - George Douglas
- Kim - Rudyard Kipling
- My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin
- The Octopus - Frank Norris
- Travail - Emile Zola
- Sister Theresa - George A. Moore
- Up from Slavery - Booker T. Washington
Births
- January 31 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz , writer (+ 1974)
- April 10 - Anna Kavan, author
- December 16 - Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist and author (+ 1978)
Deaths
- June 9 - Walter Besant, novelist
- June 10 - Robert Buchanan, writer
- July 7 - Johanna Spyri, author
Awards
Last updated: 11-05-2004 17:36:00