1811 in literature
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See also: 1810 in literature, other events of 1811, 1812 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Ballad Romances, and Other Poems - Anna Maria Porter
- Barozzi - Catherine Smith
- The Caledonian Banditti - Catherine Smith
- Elfrida, Heiress of Belgrove - Emma Parker
- Glencarron: a Scottish Tale - Sarah Wigley
- The Institute: a Heroic Poem - Thomas Pringle
- Michael Kohlhaas - Heinrich von Kleist
- The Mysterious Hand - Augustus Jacob Crandolpho
- The Necessity of Atheism - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- The Passions - Charlotte Dacre
- St. Irvyne - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- The Schoolmistress - Rachel Hunter
- Seabrook Village and Its Inhabitants - Sophia F Ziegenhirt
- Self-Control - Mary Brunton
- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- Stratagems Defeated - Mary Meeke
- Undine - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Births
- January 9 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett (+ 1856)
- February 1 - Arthur Henry Hallam, poet (+ 1833)
- February 19 - Jules Sandeau, French dramatist and novelist
- July 18 - William Makepeace Thackeray (+ 1863)
- August 31 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist (+ 1872)
- September 17 - August Blanche, Swedish writer, statesman (d. 1868)
Deaths
- January 10 - Joseph Chénier, poet and dramatist, brother of André Chénier
- May 7 - Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
- September 14 - James Grahame, poet
- September 30 - Bishop Thomas Percy, collector of Percy's Reliques
- November 21 - Heinrich von Kleist, poet