1907 in literature

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 - ""
*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