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Overview of the events of 1903 in literature
Overview of the events of 1903 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1903 .
Events
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The Call of the Wild , first episode
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 10 –
E. Arnot Robertson , English novelist and broadcaster (died
1961 )
February 11 –
Alan Paton , South African novelist and activist (died
1988 )
February 13 –
Georges Simenon , Belgian crime writer (died
1989 )
February 17 –
Sadegh Hedayat , Iranian-born novelist (suicide
1951 )
February 21
February 22 –
Morley Callaghan , Canadian writer (died
1990 )
February 24
June 8 –
Marguerite Yourcenar , Belgian novelist (died
1987 )
June 18 –
Raymond Radiguet , French author (died
1923 )
June 25 –
George Orwell , English novelist and journalist (died
1950 )
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July 10 –
John Wyndham , English science fiction writer (died
1969 )
[6]
September 5 –
János Kemény , American-born Transylvanian Hungarian writer (died
1971 )
September 9 –
Edward Upward , English novelist and short story writer (died
2009 )
September 10 –
Cyril Connolly , English critic and writer (died
1974 )
September 14 –
Mart Raud , Estonian poet, playwright and writer (died
1980 )
October 17
October 28 –
Evelyn Waugh , English novelist and critic (died
1966 )
December 6 (November 23
OS ) –
Gaito Gazdanov , Russian-born novelist (died 1971)
December 10
December 13 –
Todhunter Ballard , American novelist (died
1980 )
December 29 –
Sergiu Dan , Romanian novelist and journalist (died
1976 )
Uncertain dates –
Kathleen Lindsay , prolific English-born romance novelist (died
1973 )
Deaths
January 22 –
Augustus Hare , English biographer and travel writer (born
1834 )
February 8 –
Ada Ellen Bayly , English novelist (born
1857 )
March 4 –
Joseph Henry Shorthouse , English novelist (born
1834 )
March 6 –
Gaston Paris , French literary critic and scholar (born
1839 )
March 8 –
Josefina Wettergrund , Swedish writer (born
1830 )
March 9 –
Minnie Mary Lee , American author of poems, stories, sketches and novels (born
1825 )
March 14 –
Ernest Legouvé , French dramatist (born
1807 )
April 28 —
Frances Augusta Conant , American journalist (born
1841 )
April 29 –
Paul Du Chaillu , French American travel writer (born c. 1831)
May 12 –
Richard Henry Stoddard , American critic and poet (born
1825 )
May 24 –
Max O'Rell (Léon Paul Blouet), French journalist (born
1847 )
June 12 –
Claymoor , Romanian fashion and entertainment critic (peptic ulcer, born c. 1842)
July 11 –
W. E. Henley , English poet (tuberculosis, born
1847 )
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August 31 –
William Hastie , Scottish theologian (born
1842 )
September 1 –
Charles Bernard Renouvier , French philosopher (born
1815 )
October 4 –
Otto Weininger , Austrian philosopher (suicide, born
1880 )
November 1 –
Theodor Mommsen , German classical scholar and historian (born
1817 )
November 11 —
Lavilla Esther Allen , American author (born
1834 )
November 19 –
Hugh Stowell Scott (Henry Seton Merriman), English novelist (born
1862 )
December 10 –
Constantin Dobrescu-Argeș , Romanian journalist, playwright and peasant activist (paralysis, born
1856 )
December 28 –
George Gissing , English novelist (emphysema, born
1857 )
Awards
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