See also: 1835 in literature, other events of 1836, 1837 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

New Books

• The Backwoods of Canada - Catharine Parr Traill
• The Captain's Daughter - Alexander Pushkin
• The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
• Mr. Midshipman Easy - Frederick Marryat
• Nature - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
• The Pirate - Frederick Marryat
• Poems - Oliver Wendell Holmes
• The Three Cutters - Frederick Marryat

Births

• January 27 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer (+ 1895)
• August 25 - Bret Harte American author (+ 1902)
• Annie Louisa Walker , British writer (+ 1907)

Deaths

• November 5 - Karel Hynek Mácha, poet

Awards