1905 in literature

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See also: 1904 in literature, other events of 1905, 1906 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• A Diary from Dixie - Mary Boykin Chesnut
• Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
• The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
• The Invasion of the Sea - Jules Verne
• King Leopold's Soliloquy - Mark Twain
• Kipps - H.G. Wells
• The Lake - George A. Moore
• The Lighthouse at the End of the World - Jules Verne
• A Little Boy Lost - W. H. Hudson
• The Marriage of William Ashe - Mary Augusta Ward
• Orthodoxy - G. K. Chesterton
• The Saint - Antonio Fogazzaro
• The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
• A Waif's Progress - Rhoda Broughton
• Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster
• White Fang - Jack London

Births

• January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (+ 1970)
• February 2 - Ayn Rand, author (+ 1982)
• February 7 - Paul Nizan, author (+ 1940)
• February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer.
• May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet
• December 21 - Anthony Powell, British novelist, (+ 2000)

Deaths

• March 25 - Jules Verne, author
• September 18 - George MacDonald, author

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Henryk Sienkiewicz