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1908 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1908.

Events
February 15 – The weekly boys' story paper The Magnet is first published in London, containing "The Making of Harry Wharton", the first serial story of the fictional Greyfriars School written by Charles Hamilton as Frank Richards and introducing the character of Billy Bunter. • March – Ezra Pound leaves America for Europe. In April, he moves to Venice, where in July he publishes himself his first collection of poems, A Lume Spento (dedicated to his friend Philadelphia artist William Brooke Smith, who has just died of tuberculosis). In August he settles in London, where he will remain until 1920 and in December publish A Quinzaine for this Yule. • June 18Mark Twain buys a house in Redding, Connecticut. • Summer – The Marlowe Society stages a production at the New Theatre, Cambridge (England), of Milton's masque Comus, directed by Rupert Brooke. • July – Katherine Mansfield moves to London; she will never return to her native New Zealand. • September 30Maurice Maeterlinck's ''The Blue Bird (L'Oiseau bleu)'' is premièred, at Konstantin Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre. • October 3 – The Avenida Theatre opens on Buenos Aires' Avenida de Mayo with a production of Lope de Vega's El castigo sin venganza (Justice Without Revenge, 1631) directed by María Guerrero. • November 10 – Opening of a production of Euripides' The Bacchae directed by William Poel in Gilbert Murray's verse translation at the Royal Court Theatre in London under the management of Harley Granville-Barker with his wife Lillah McCarthy in the role of Dionysus. • November 18 – The release in France of La Mort du duc de Guise marks the first film with a screenplay by an eminent man of letters, the playwright Henri Lavedan; it is also directed by two men of the theatre, Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes, and features actors of the Comédie-Française. • December – Ford Madox Hueffer begins publication of the literary magazine The English Review in London. The first issue contains original work by Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy and W. H. Hudson, and begins serialization of H. G. Wells's realist semi-autobiographical satirical novel Tono-Bungay. • December 1 – Cuala Press, set up at Churchtown, Dublin, as a private press independent of the former Dun Emer Press in connection with the Irish Literary Revival and Arts and Crafts movement by Elizabeth "Lolly" Yeats with editorial support from her brother W. B. Yeats, produces its first publication, Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W. B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson (died 1902). • unknown datesEthiopian linguist Afevork Ghevre Jesus's ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። (Libb Wolled Tārīk, "A Heart-Born Story"), the first novel in Amharic, is published in Rome. • The Malay tale Hikayat Hang Tuah (c. 1700) is first published, edited by Sulaiman bin Muhammed Nur and William Shellabear. • The Romanian writer Urmuz is known to be working on his manuscript stories, the Bizarre Pages, printed only after 1922. ==New books==
New books
FictionAfevork Ghevre JesusLibb Wolled Tārīk (A Heart-Born Story) • Leonid AndreyevThe Seven Who Were HangedFrancis AvelingArnoul the EnglishmanArnold BennettBuried Alive • ''The Old Wives' Tale'' • E. F. BensonThe Blotting Book • Bigehuan zhuren (碧荷館主人) – New Era (新紀元, Xīn Jìyuán) • Algernon BlackwoodJohn Silence, Physician ExtraordinaryAlexander BogdanovRed StarMary Elizabeth Braddon – ''During Her Majesty's Pleasure'' • Rhoda BroughtonMammaG. K. ChestertonThe Man Who Was ThursdayMarie CorelliHoly OrdersJames Oliver CurwoodThe Courage of Captain Plum and The Gold HuntersMachado de AssisMemorial de AiresGrazia Deledda – ''L'edera'' (The Ivy, first Italian publication) • Mary and Jane FindlaterCrossriggsAnatole FrancePenguin IslandE. M. ForsterA Room with a ViewJohn Fox, Jr.The Trail of the Lonesome PineMary E. Wilkins FreemanThe Shoulders of AtlasMaxim GorkyThe Life of a Useless ManA ConfessionJeannie GunnWe of the Never NeverRobert HichensA Spirit in PrisonWilliam Hope HodgsonThe House on the BorderlandGaston LerouxThe Perfume of the Lady in BlackJack LondonThe Iron HeelW. Somerset MaughamThe MagicianJosé Toribio MedinaLos Restos Indígenas de PichilemuNatsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石) • The Miner (Kōfu, 坑夫) • Sanshirō (三四郎) • Ten Nights of Dreams (Yume Jū-ya, 夢十夜, short stories) • Baroness OrczyThe Elusive PimpernelGertrude Page • ''The Edge O' Beyond'' • Paddy the Next Best ThingMary Roberts RinehartThe Circular StaircaseArthur SchnitzlerDer Weg ins FreieGeorges SorelReflections on ViolenceH. De Vere StacpooleThe Blue LagoonHermann SudermannThe Song of SongsCaton TheodorianSângele SolovenilorEdgar WallaceAngel EsquireThe Council of JusticeRobert WalserDer Gehülfe (The Assistant) • Mary Augusta WardThe Testing of Diana MalloryJakob WassermannCaspar Hauser oder Die Trägheit des Herzens (Caspar Hauser or the Inertia of the Heart) • H. G. WellsThe War in the Air Children and young peopleL. Frank BaumDorothy and the Wizard in Oz • ''Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville'' (as Edith Van Dyne) • ''The Children's Encyclopædia'' (begins publication) • Kenneth GrahameThe Wind in the WillowsSelma LagerlöfThe Girl from the Marsh CroftLucy Maud MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesFerenc MóraRab ember fiai (Sons of a Captive) • E. NesbitThe House of ArdenBeatrix PotterThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-DuckThe Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly PuddingPercy F. WestermanA Lad of Grit DramaJ. M. BarrieWhat Every Woman KnowsJacinto BenaventeSeñora ama (The Lady Loves) • Tristan BernardThe Brighton Twins (Les Jumeaux de Brighton)Alexandre BissonMadame X (La Femme X)Hall CainePete (new version of The Manxman) • Maxim GorkyThe Last Ones (Poslednje)Maurice Maeterlinck – ''The Blue Bird (L'Oiseau bleu)'' • Octave MirbeauHome (Le Foyer)Emma OrczyBeau BrocadeAlicia RamseyByronW. Graham RobertsonPinkie and the FairiesEdward SheldonSalvation NellJ. M. Synge – ''The Tinker's Wedding'' • Hans Wiers-JenssenAnne Pedersdotter (translated as The Witch) • Israel ZangwillThe Melting Pot PoetryEdward CarpenterIolaus: Anthology of FriendshipW. H. DaviesNature PoemsMaria KonopnickaRota (Oath) Non-fiction 's Scouting for Boys, 1st part • Robert Baden-PowellScouting for BoysSarah BernhardtMy Double LifeAnnie Besant, C. W. LeadbeaterOccult ChemistryEdward CarpenterThe Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and WomenG. K. ChestertonAll Things ConsideredW. H. DaviesThe Autobiography of a Super-TrampLevi H. DowlingThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristGertrude JekyllColour in the Flower GardenJack LondonWar of the ClassesFrancisco I. MaderoLa sucesión presidencial en 1910Titu MaiorescuCritice (Critical Essays) • Friedrich Nietzsche (died 1900) – Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist (written 1888) • M. OstrogorskiDemocracy and the Organization of Political Parties (''La Démocratie et l'organisation des partis politiques'', 1903) • George PanuAmintiri de la Junimea din Iași (Recollections from Junimea of Iași; first volume) • Charlotte Carmichael Stopes – ''The Sphere of 'Man' in Relation to that of 'Woman' in the Constitution'' • Thomas Traherne (died 1674) – Centuries of Meditations, now first printed from the author's manuscript • Alfred R. TuckerEighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa ==Births==
Births
January 9Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist philosopher (died 1986) • January 16Pavel Nilin, Soviet novelist and playwright (died 1981) • January 18Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born scientist and poet (died 1974) • January 20Fleur Cowles, American journalist, editor and illustrator (died 2009) • Jean S. MacLeod, Scottish-English romantic novelist (died 2011) • February 1Leonard Gribble, English novelist (died 1985) • February 4Julian Bell, English poet (killed 1937) • February 11Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, director, and producer (died 1992) • February 29Dee Brown, American novelist and historian (died 2002) • March 2Olivia Manning, English playwright and novelist (died 1980) • March 5Irving Fiske, American playwright, WPA writer, and speaker; co-founder of Quarry Hill Creative Center (died 1990), • March 6 – Dame Felicitas Corrigan, English writer and Benedictine nun (died 2003) • March 8Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian-born Bahraini poet (died 2002) • March 22Louis L'Amour, American author (died 1988) • April 12Ida Pollock, British romantic novelist (died 2013) • May 17Frederic Prokosch, American novelist and poet (died 1989) • May 20Aleksei Arbuzov, Soviet playwright (died 1986) • May 25Theodore Roethke, American poet (died 1963) • May 27Peggy Ramsay, born Margaret Venniker, Australian-born British theatrical agent (died 1991) • May 28Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist (died 1964) • June 1Julie Campbell Tatham, American children's writer (died 1999) • June 14Kathleen Raine, English poet, scholar, and translator (died 2003) • June 25John Sommerfield, English communist writer (died 1991) • June 27João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist (died 1967) • June 30Winston Graham, English novelist (died 2003) • Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999) • July 7Laurie Fitzhardinge, Australian historian and librarian (died 1993) • July 10Carl Richard Jacobi, American journalist and author (died 1997) • July 23Elio Vittorini, Italian author (died 1966) • August 21M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer (died 2004) • August 23Arthur Adamov, French Absurdist playwright (died 1970) • August 28Robert Merle, French novelist (died 2004) • Marguerite Young, American novelist, poet and biographer (died 1995) • August 31William Saroyan, American writer (d. 1981) • September 4Richard Wright, African-American novelist and poet (died 1960) • September 9Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (suicide 1950) • September 15Miško Kranjec, Slovenian writer (died 1983) • September 17John Creasey, English crime writer (died 1973) • October 5Joshua Logan, American stage and film writer and director (died 1988) • October 13Robert Liddell, English biographer, novelist and poet (died 1992) • October 17Leon Kalustian, Romanian journalist, essayist and memoirist (died 1990) • October 23Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Chechen historian (died 1997) • October 24Phyllis Shand Allfrey (Phyllis Byam Shand), Dominican writer (died 1986) • October 25Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (died 2004) • November 8Zhou Yang, Chinese literary theorist (died 1989) • November 8Martha Gellhorn, American journalist (suicide 1998) • November 9Lucian Boz, Romanian and Australian literary critic (died 2003) • November 20Alistair Cooke, English-born American journalist (died 2004) • November 21Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer (died 1994) • November 23Nelson S. Bond, American author, playwright and scriptwriter (died 2006) • November 28Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-born French anthropologist (died 2009) • Mary Oppen, American poet, activist and photographer (died 1990) • November 30Buddhadeb Bosu, Bengali poet and writer (died 1974) • December 14Mária Szepes, Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (died 2007) • December 22Giovanni Luigi Bonelli, Italian comic book author and writer (died 2001) • December 25Quentin Crisp, English gay icon, author and raconteur (died 1999) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 9Wilhelm Busch, German humorist and poet (born 1832) • January 14Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and dramatist (born 1846) • January 18Edmund Clarence Stedman, American poet and critic (born 1833) • January 25Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), English novelist (born 1839) • February 7Alexander Ertel, Russian novelist and short story writer (born 1855) • Manuel Curros Enríquez, Spanish Galician writer (born 1851) • February 17Annie Ryder Gracey, American author and missionary (born 1836) • March 4Mrs. Henry Clarke (Amy Key), English historical novelist and children's writer (born 1853) • March 11Edmondo De Amicis, Italian novelist (born 1846) • March 12Susan Marr Spalding, American poet (born 1841) • March 19Eduard Zeller, German philosopher (born 1814) • March 25Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov, Russian poet, dramatist and critic (born 1821) • March 29Eliza Trask Hill, American journalist and activist (born 1840) • Esther Pugh, American editor and publisher (born 1834) • April 20Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and historian (born 1824) • May 7Ludovic Halévy, French playwright and author (born 1834) • May 23François Coppée, French author, le poète des humbles (born 1842) • June 5Jonas Lie, Norwegian writer (born 1944) • June 16Mary Elizabeth Hawker, Scottish-born English fiction writer (born 1848) • June 20Eleanor Kirk, American author, publisher (born 1831) • July 3Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (born 1848) • July 28Otto Pfleiderer, German theologian (born 1839) • July 29Estelle M. H. Merrill, American journalist and editor (born 1858) • August 4Bronson Howard, American dramatist (born 1842) • August 10Louise Chandler Moulton, American author and critic (born 1835) • August 14Anton Giulio Barrili, Italian novelist (born 1836) • September 29Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (born 1839) • November 1Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, American educator, poet, author, and editor (born 1823) • November 8 :*Josephine E. Keating, American literary critic and musician (born 1838) :*Victorien Sardou, French dramatist (born 1831) • December 5Mary H. Graves, American minister, literary editor, writer (born 1839) ==Awards==
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