1904 in literature
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See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- January - Mark Twain begins dictating his autobiography
- September - Mark Twain purchases a home at 21 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
- The Cherry Orchard, a drama by Anton Chekov
- The first volume of Jean-Christophe is published. The ten-volume history of the development of a musician of genius, written by Romain Rolland, will be completed in 1912 and earn its author the Nobel Prize.
- Nostromo by Joseph Conrad is published.
- The Golden Bowl by Henry James is published.
New books
- Ashes - Stefan Zeromski
- The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov
- The Common Lot - Robert Herrick
- The Divine Fire - May Sinclair
- A Dog's Tale - Mark Twain
- A Drama in Livonia - Jules Verne
- The Food of the Gods - H. G. Wells
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M.R. James
- Ghost Stories - James Montague
- The Golden Bowl - Henry James
- The Green Eye of Goona - Arthur Morrison
- Green Mansions - William Henry Hudson
- Hadrian the Seventh - Frederick Rolfe
- The Island Pharisees - John Galsworthy
- A Journey In Search of Christmas - Owen Wister
- The Late Mattia Pascal - Luigi Pirandello
- Marcus and Faustina - John R. Carling
- Master of the World - Jules Verne
- The Napoleon of Notting Hill - G. K. Chesterton
- Nostromo - Joseph Conrad
- Peter Camenzind - Hermann Hesse
- Philosophy 4 - Owen Wister
- The Prodigal Son - Hall Caine
- The Sea-Wolf - Jack London
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - Beatrix Potter
- Theophano, The Crusade of the Tenth Century - Frederic Harrison
Births
- January 23 - Louis Zukofsky, modernist poet
- January 31 - John O'Hara, novelist (d. 1970)
- February 1 - S. J. Perelman, humorist, author
- February 4 - MacKinlay Kantor, historian (d. 1977)
- March 26 - Joseph Campbell, author and expert on mythology
- May 6 - Harry Martinson, Swedish author, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
- July 13 - Pablo Neruda, poet
- November 28 - Nancy Mitford, English novelist and biographer (d. 1973)
Deaths
- January 20 - Hermann Eduard von Holst, historian
- February 8 - Alfred Ainger, biographer and critic
- February 22 - Sir Leslie Stephen, essayist and critic
- April 16 - Samuel Smiles, political journalist
- May 5 - Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer
- June 5 - Olivia Langdon Clemens, wife of Mark Twain
- July 3 - Theodor Herzl, journalist
- July 14 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer
- August 22 - Kate Chopin, author
- September 26 - Lafcadio Hearn, author of books about Japan
- November 19 - Hans von Hopfen, poet and novelist