1890 in literature
See also: 1889 in literature,
other events of 1890,
1891 in literature,
list of years in literature.
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Events
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\nNew Books
\n*Alas - Rhoda Broughton\n*At Fault - Kate Chopin \n*The Bondman - Hall Caine\n*The Firm of Girdlestone - Arthur Conan Doyle\n*A Hazard of New Fortunes - William Dean Howells\n*The Light That Failed - Rudyard Kipling \n*Little Jarvis - Molly Elliot Seawell\n*The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde\n*One Life, One Love - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*The Scapegoat - Hall Caine\n*The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle\n*The Squatter's Dream - Rolf Boldrewood\n*The Way of Many Rivers (poetry) - Edwin James Brady \n*Wormwood - Marie Corelli
Births
\n*February 10 - Boris Pasternak author (+ 1960)\n*February 11 - John de Vries, writer\n*March 11 - Vannevar Bush, author (+ 1974)\n*August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer (+ 1937)\n*September 10 - Franz Werfel, author (+ 1945)\n*September 15 - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (+ 1976)
\nDeaths
\n* October 19 - Sir Richard Burton, author \n* October 26 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer, the creator of Pinocchio
\nAwards
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