1907 in literature
See also: 1906 in literature, other events of 1907, 1908 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- June 26 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of laws degree from Oxford University.
- James Joyce meets Ettore Schmitz for the first time.
New books
- Benoni — André Billy
- The City of Pleasure — Arnold Bennett
- Dead Love Has Chains — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- The Hill of Dreams — Arthur Machen
- Kind Hearts and Coronets — Roy Horniman
- The Longest Journey — E. M. Forster
- Madame de Treymes — Edith Wharton
- My Lady Caprice — Jeffery Farnol
- Not George Washington — P. G. Wodehouse
- The Overman — Upton Sinclair
- The Secret Agent — Joseph Conrad
- The Seven Ages of Washington — Owen Wister
- The Shepherd of the Hills — Harold Bell Wright
- Songs of a Sourdough — (poetry) Robert W. Service
- The Tale of Tom Kitten — Beatrix Potter
Births
- February 1 - Günter Eich, West German lyricist (d. 1972)
- February 3 (probable) - James A. Michener, US 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, US author ofSilent Spring (d. 1964)
- July 7 - Robert A. Heinlein, US 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, US journalist (d. 1967)
- November 14 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author of children's books (d. 2002)
- November 27 - L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi and fantasy author (d. 2000)
- November 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (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
- 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