1903 in literature
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See also: 1902 in literature, other events of 1903, 1904 in literature, list of years in literature.
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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 serialized in twelve installments, from January to December.
- Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild is serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.
New books
- The Ambassadors - Henry James
- The Call of the Wild - Jack London
- 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 - Robert 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
- Thirty Years in Australia - Ada Cambridge
- 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
- February 11 - Alan Paton, writer
- February 13 - Georges Simenon, Belgian writer
- February 22 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer
- July 10 - John Wyndham, British writer
- October 17 - Nathanael West, novelist and screenwriter
Deaths
- January 22 - Augustus Hare, biographer and travel writer
- February 8 - Ada Ellen Bayly, novelist
- March 6 - Gaston Paris, literary critic and scholar
- March 14 - Ernest Legouvé, dramatist
- May 25 - Max O'Rell, journalist
- April 29 - Paul du Chaillu, travel writer
- July 11 - William Henley, British poet
- September 1 - Charles Bernard Renouvier, philosopher
- October 4 - Otto Weininger, philosopher
- November 1 - Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar and historian
- December 28 - George Gissing, British novelist