1909 in literature

Events

New Books

• Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Ann Veronica - H.G. Wells
• Balthazar - Anatole France
• Daphne - Mary Augusta Ward
• La Derive - André Billy
• L'Enchanteur Pourrissant - Guillaume Apollinaire
• Fraternity - John Galsworthy
• The History of Mr. Polly - H.G. Wells
• La Jeune Fille bien élevée - René Boylesve
• The Outcast Manufacturers - Charles Hoy Fort
• The Promise of American Life - Herbert Croly
• The Song of Songs - Hermann Sudermann
• The White Prophet - Hall Caine

Births

• Miep Gies, Anne Frank friend, biographer
• April 8 - John Fante, novelist
• July 28 - Malcolm Lowry, British novelist
• July 30 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author

Deaths

• April 12 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, British poet
• May 18 - George Meredith, novelist and poet

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Selma Lagerlöf

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