1880 in literature
From Wikinfo
See also: 1879 in literature, other events of 1880, 1881 in literature, list of years in literature.
Contents |
Events
- Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is published in Italy.
New Books
- Ayala's Angels - Anthony Trollope
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace
- The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Demon Of Cawnpore - Jules Verne
- Heidi's Formative Years - Johanna Spyri
- Jezebel's Daughter - Wilkie Collins
- Moths - Ouida
- Nana - Emile Zola
- Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi
- Second thoughts - Rhoda Broughton
- A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain
- Workers in the Dawn - George Gissing
- Democracy: An American Novel - Henry Adams (published anonymously)
Births
- February 21 - Waldemar Bonsels, writer (+ 1952)
- March 13 - Frank Thiess, writer (+ 1977)
- March 30 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist (+ 1964)
- November 6 - Robert Musil, novelist (+ 1942)
Deaths
- July 7 - Lydia Child, writer, activist
- December 22 - George Eliot, author
Awards
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "1880_in_literature" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880_in_literature, used under the GNU Free Documentation License

