 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) |
| List of years in literature (table) |
|---|
| … 1870 . 1871 . 1872 . 1873 . 1874 . 1875 . 1876 … 1877 1878 1879 -1880- 1881 1882 1883 … 1884 . 1885 . 1886 . 1887 . 1888 . 1889 . 1890 … In poetry: 1877 1878 1879 -1880- 1881 1882 1883 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1877 . 1878 . 1879 - 1880 - 1881 . 1882 . 1883 … … 1850s . 1860s . 1870s -1880s- 1890s . 1900s . 1910s |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
The year 1880 in literature involved some significant new books.
Contents |
Events
- Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is published in Italy.
New books
- Henry Adams - Democracy: An American Novel (published anonymously)
- Rhoda Broughton - Second Thoughts
- Wilkie Collins - Jezebel's Daughter
- Carlo Collodi - Pinocchio
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield - Endymion
- Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
- Evelyn Everett-Green - Tom Tempest's Victory
- George Gissing - Workers in the Dawn
- Percy Greg - Across The Zodiac
- Anna Katharine Green - A Strange Disappearance
- Ouida - Moths
- Johanna Spyri - Heidi's Formative Years
- Anthony Trollope - Ayala's Angel
- Mark Twain - A Tramp Abroad
- Jules Verne - The Steam House
- Lew Wallace - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
- Emile Zola - Nana
Births
- February 21 - Waldemar Bonsels, writer (d. 1952)
- March 13 - Frank Thiess, writer (d. 1977)
- March 30 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist (d. 1964)
- June 17 - Carl Van Vechten, writer (d. 1964)
- July 10 - Greye La Spina, writer (d. 1969)
- November 6 - Robert Musil, novelist (d. 1942)
Deaths
- February 12 - Karl Eduard von Holtei, poet and dramatist (b. 1798)
- February 17 - James Lenox, bibliophile (b. 1800)
- April 16 - Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy, poet (b. 1819)
- May 8 - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (b. 1821)
- May 30 - James Planché, dramatist (b. 1796)
- June 7 - Karl Christian Planck, philosopher (b. 1819)
- July 7 - Lydia Maria Child, writer, activist (b. 1802)
- July 12 - Tom Taylor, dramatist and journalist (b. 1817)
- September 23 – Geraldine Jewsbury, British author (b. 1812)
- November 8 - Arthur Freeman, journalist (suicide) (b. c. 1840)
- December 22 - George Eliot, author (b. 1819)
- date unknown
- Louis Edmond Duranty, novelist and critic (b. 1833)
Awards
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
