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1874 in literature
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The year 1874 in literature involved some significant new books.
Events
New books
New drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 16 - Robert W. Service, poet (+ 1958)
- January 25 - William Somerset Maugham, (+ 1965)
- February 1 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, writer (+ 1929)
- February 3 - Gertrude Stein, writer and patron of the arts (+ 1946)
- February 9 - Amy Lowell, poet (+ 1925)
- February 11 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book/fairy tales author.
- March 20 - Börries von Münchhausen, poet (+ 1945)
- March 26 - Robert Frost, poet (+ 1963)
- May 29 - G. K. Chesterton, writer (+ 1936)
- August 8 - Tristan Klingsor, poet (+ 1966)
- November 30 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, novelist
Deaths
- February 8 - David Strauss, theologian
- February 9 - Jules Michelet, historian
- March 3 - Francis Mason, grammarian and translator
- March 4 - Ada Clare, journalist
- June 19 - Jules Janin, critic
- July 7 - John Heneage Jesse, historian
- July 12 - Fritz Reuter, novelist
- August 8 - Augustin Theiner, theologian and historian
- October 5 - Bryan Procter, poet
- November 20 - Tom Hood, humorist
- date unknown
- Giuseppe Rovani, novelist
Awards
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