1907 in literature
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The year 1907 in literature involved some significant new books.

Events

• June 26 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of laws degree from Oxford University.
• James Joyce meets Ettore Schmitz for the first time.
• Elizabeth Bowen moves with her mother from Ireland to England.

New books

• L. Frank Baum—Ozma of Oz
• Arnold Bennett—The City of Pleasure
• André Billy—Benoni
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon—Dead Love Has Chains
• Joseph Conrad—The Secret Agent
• Charles Derennes—Le Peuple du Pôle
• Jeffery Farnol—My Lady Caprice
• E. M. Forster—The Longest Journey
• Elinor Glyn —Three Weeks
• Roy Horniman—Israel Rank
• Liu E - Lao Ts'an yu-chi (The Travels of Lao Ts'an)
• Arthur Machen—The Hill of Dreams
• Octave Mirbeau—La 628-E8
• Baroness Orczy —
  • Beau Brocade
  • The Tangled Skein
• Beatrix Potter—The Tale of Tom Kitten
• Upton Sinclair—The Overman
• Edith Wharton—Madame de Treymes
• Owen Wister—The Seven Ages of Washington
• P. G. Wodehouse—Not George Washington
• Harold Bell Wright—The Shepherd of the Hills

New drama

• Georges Feydeau - Une puce à l'oreille (A Flea in Her Ear)
• John Millington Synge - The Playboy of the Western World

Poetry

• James Elroy Flecker - The Bridge of Fire
• Robert W. Service - Songs of a Sourdough

Non-fiction

• John Millington Synge - The Aran Islands
• George Witton - Scapegoats of the Empire

Births

• February 1 - Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972)
• February 3 (probable) - James A. Michener, American novelist (d. 1997)
• February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
• May 12 - Leslie Charteris, The Saint author (d. 1993)
• May 13 - Daphne du Maurier, Cornish writer (d. 1989)
• May 27 - Rachel Carson, American author of Silent Spring (d. 1964)
• July 7 - Robert A. Heinlein, American author (d. 1988)
• August 17 - Roger Peyrefitte, French author (d. 2000)
• August 28 - Rupert Hart-Davis, British editor and publisher (d. 1999)
• September 23 - Pauline Réage, French erotic novelist (d. 1998)
• October 15 - Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
• November 14 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author of children's books (d. 2002)
• November 27 - L. Sprague de Camp, American science fiction and fantasy author (d. 2000)
• November 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d. 1990)
• November 28 - Mary Oppen, American poet, activist, photographer (d. 1990)
• December 10 - Rumer Godden, English novelist (d. 1998)
• December 18 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (d. 2005)

Deaths

• January 20 - Agnes Mary Clerke, English author on astronomy (b. 1842)
• March 9 - Frederic George Stephens, Englishart critic and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (b. 1828)
• April 23 - André Theuriet, French poet and novelist (b. 1833
• May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
• July 17 - Hector Malot, French author (b. 1830)
• July 19 - William Gunion Rutherford, Scottish classical commentator (b. 1853)
• September 6 - Sully Prudhomme, French poet and essayist; 1st Nobel Prize winner (b. 1839)
• September 7 - Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist (b. 1836)
• October 6 - David Masson, Scottish critic and biographer (b. 1822)
• November 1 - Alfred Jarry, French dramatist (b. 1873)
• November 28 - Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist, poet and painter (b. 1869)

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Rudyard Kipling