1799 in literature

1799 in literature

Events

* Charles Lamb becomes guardian of his sister, Mary Lamb, on the death of their father.
* New edition of Edward Young's "Night Thoughts", illustrated by Thomas Stothard.

New books

*Charles Brockden Brown
**"Arthur Mervyn"
**"Edgar Huntly"
**"Ormond"
*Thomas Campbell - "The Pleasures of Hope"
*Elizabeth Gunning - "The Gipsy Countess"
*William Henry Ireland - "The Abbess"
*Mary Julia Young - "The East Indian"

New drama

*Friedrich von Schiller - "Wallensteins Tod"

Births

* May 20 - Honoré de Balzac, novelist
* May 23 - Thomas Hood, poet
* May 26 - Aleksandr Pushkin, poet
* November 29 - Amos Bronson Alcott
* December 30 - John Moultrie

Deaths

* February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda
* May 18 - Pierre Beaumarchais, dramatist

Awards

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