1899 in literature
See also: 1898 in literature,
other events of 1899,
1900 in literature,
list of years in literature.
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Events
\n*Anton Chekov's new drama, Uncle Vanya
\nNew Books
\n*The Awakening - Kate Chopin\n*Blix - Frank Norris \n*The Conjure Woman - Charles Waddell Chesnutt\n*demoiselle Cloque - René Boylesve\n*Fecondite - Emile Zola\n*Foes in law - Rhoda Broughton \n*Foma Gordyeeff - Maxim Gorky\n*The Game and the Candle - Rhoda Broughton \n*The Golden Canon - G.A. Henty \n*His Darling Sin - Mary Elizabeth Braddon \n*McTeague - Frank Norris\n*The Man with the Twisted Lip - Arthur Conan Doyle\n*A Message to Garcia - Elbert Hubbard\n*Old Chester Tales - Margaret Deland\n*Red Pottage - Mary Cholmondeley\n*Resurrection - Leo Tolstoy\n*The School and Society - John Dewey\n*La terre qui meurt - René Bazin\n*To London Town - Arthur Morrison\n*Dom Casmurro - Machado de Assis
Births
\n* April 22 - Vladimir Nabokov, novelist (+ 1977)\n* July 21 - Ernest Hemingway, writer (+ 1961)\n* December 16 - Noel Coward, playwright (+ 1973)
\nDeaths
\n* July 18 - Horatio Alger, Jr\n* August 29 - Catharine Parr Traill, English-born author of "Canadiana"\n* October 25 - Grant Allen, author
\nAwards
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