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See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

New Books

• 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
• 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[?]

Elsewhere

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