The year 1890 in literature involved some significant new books.
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[edit] New books
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- January 9 - Karel Čapek author (d. 1938)
- February 10 - Boris Pasternak author (d. 1960)
- March 11 - Vannevar Bush, author (d. 1974)
- May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter, journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
- May 20 - Allan Nevins, historian and journalist (d. 1971)
- August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer (d. 1937)
- August 28 - Ivor Gurney, war poet and composer (d. 1937)
- September 10 - Franz Werfel, author (d. 1945)
- September 15 - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (d. 1976)
- September 24 - A. P. Herbert, humorist and novelist (d. 1971)
- October 13 - Conrad Richter, novelist (d. 1968)
- November 25 - Isaac Rosenberg, war poet (d. 1918)
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