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1903 in literature
See also:
1902 in literature
,
other events of 1903
,
1904 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
October 24
-
Mark Twain
moves to
Florence, Italy
.
The first
Goncourt Prize
for French literature is awarded to
John Antoine Nau[?]
.
The Ambassadors[?]
by
Henry James
is published. In
2001
, the book would be one of three books by James to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
New Books
The Ambassadors[?]
-
Henry James
Enfant à la Balustrade[?]
-
René Boylesve[?]
Force ennemie[?]
-
John Antoine Nau[?]
The Jewel of Seven Stars[?]
-
Bram Stoker
Lady Rose's Daughter[?]
-
Mary Augusta Ward
The Pit[?]
-
Frank Norris
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft[?]
-
George Gissing[?]
The Riddle of the Sands[?]
-
Erskine Childers[?]
Principia Ethica[?]
-
G. E. Moore
Said the Fisherman[?]
-
Marmaduke Pickthall[?]
The Souls of Black Folk[?]
-
W. E. B. DuBois
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin[?]
-
Beatrix Potter
Typhoon and Other Stories[?]
-
Joseph Conrad
Verite[?]
-
Emile Zola
The Way of All Flesh
-
Samuel Butler
The Wind in the Rose Bush[?]
-
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman[?]
Births
January 7
-
Zora Neale Hurston
(+
1960
)
February 11
-
Alan Paton
, writer (+
1988
)
February 12
-
Georges Simenon
, Belgian writer (+
1989
)
February 22
-
Morley Callaghan
,
Canadian
writer (+
1990
)
Deaths
Theodor Mommsen
, German classical scholar and historian
December 28
-
George Gissing[?]
Awards
Goncourt Prize
:
John Antoine Nau[?]
for
Force ennemie
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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