The year 1900 in literature involved some significant new books. [edit] Events [edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry Main article: 1900 in poetry [edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births - January 9 — Emmanuel D'Astier, journalist
- February 19 — Giorgos Seferis, poet
- February 22 — Sean O'Faolain, short story writer
- April 19 — Richard Hughes, novelist
- April 24 — Elizabeth Goudge, novelist and children's author
- May 1 — Ignazio Silone, novelist
- June 29 — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, novelist
- July 18 — Nathalie Sarraute, Russian born Francophone lawyer and writer (d. 1999)
- July 24 — Zelda Fitzgerald, wife and inspiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- September 7 — Taylor Caldwell, novelist
- September 9 — James Hilton, novelist
- October 16 — Edward Ardizzone, children's writer and illustrator
- November 8 — Margaret Mitchell (d. 1949), Gone with the Wind author.
- November 19 — Anna Seghers, novelist
- December 16 — V. S. Pritchett, short story writer
[edit] Deaths - January 20 — Richard Doddridge Blackmore (b. 1825), English writer.
- January 29 — John Ruskin, critic
- January 31 — John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, nemesis of Oscar Wilde
- February 23 — Ernest Dowson, poet
- April 23 — Charles Isaac Elton, historian
- July 3 — Fernand Brouez, editor of La Société Nouvelle
- June 3 — Mary Kingsley, travel writer
- June 4 — Edwards Amasa Park, theologian
- June 5 — Stephen Crane (b. 1871), American writer.
- August 16 — José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, novelist
- August 25 — Friedrich Nietzsche (b. 1844), German philosopher.
- August 28 — Henry Sidgwick, philosopher
- November 30 — Oscar Wilde, poet and dramatist
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