1910 in literature
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See also: 1909 in literature, other events of 1910, 1911 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Canadian Born — Mary Augusta Ward
- Cinq Grandes Odes — Paul Claudel
- Clayhanger (first volume of triology) — Arnold Bennett
- The Devil and the Deep Sea — Rhoda Broughton
- The Emerald City of Oz — L. Frank Baum
- The Great Illusion (revision of 'Europe's Optical Illusion' pub. 1909) — Norman Angell
- Heritage of the Desert — Zane Grey
- The History of Mr. Polly — H.G. Wells
- Howards End — E. M. Forster
- La Vagabonde — Colette
- Pelle the Conqueror (final volume) — Martin Andersen Nexø
- The Return — Walter de la Mare
- Twenty Years at Hull House — Jane Addams
- The Village — Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin
- What's Wrong With The World — G. K. Chesterton
Births
- February 6 - Irmgard Keun, author (d. 1982)
- July 14 - Vincent Brome, biographer and novellist (d. 2004)
- December 19 - Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright and poet
- December 24 - Jean-Paul Crespelle, French writer
- December 24 - Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr., American writer of fantasy and science fiction
Deaths
- April 21 - Mark Twain, writer
- August 26 - William James, author
- October 17 - Julia Ward Howe, poet
- November 20 - Leo Tolstoy, novelist