1909 in literature
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See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Anne of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Ann Veronica — H.G. Wells
- Balthazar — Anatole France
- Daphne — Mary Augusta Ward
- La Derive — André Billy
- L'Enchanteur Pourrissant — Guillaume Apollinaire
- Fraternity — John Galsworthy
- La Jeune Fille bien élevée — René Boylesve
- The Outcast Manufacturers — Charles Hoy Fort
- The Promise of American Life — Herbert Croly
- The Song of Songs — Hermann Sudermann
- Tono-Bungay — H.G. Wells
- The White Prophet — Hall Caine
Births
- Miep Gies, Anne Frank friend, biographer
- January 29 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (d. 2005)
- February 24 - August Derleth, anthologist
- March 28 - Nelson Algren, novelist
- April 8 - John Fante, novelist
- June 6 - Sir Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
- June 28 - Eric Ambler, novelist
- July 1 – Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (d. 1994)
- July 28 - Malcolm Lowry, British novelist
- July 30 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author
Deaths
- March 24 - John Millington Synge, dramatist and poet
- March 27 (probable) - John Davidson, poet
- April 12 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, British poet
- April 26 - Marcus Dods, theologian
- May 18 - George Meredith, novelist and poet
- June 11 - Jacob Gordin, dramatist
- December 14 - Frederick Greenwood, journalist