The year 1902 in literature involved some significant new books. [edit] Events [edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry Main article: 1902 in poetry[edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births - January 5 - Stella Gibbons, novelist
- January 20 - Nazim Hikmet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1963)
- January 30 - Nikolaus Pevsner, author of a series of architectural guides to the UK
- February 1 - Langston Hughes, poet, novelist, journalist, etc.
- February 19 – Kay Boyle, writer, educator, political activist (d. 1992)
- February 27 - John Steinbeck writer (d. 1968)
- March 10 - Stefan Inglot, Polish historian
- April 6 - Julien Torma, poet and dramatist
- April 9 - Lord David Cecil, literary critic and biographer
- August 15 - Katharine Brush, short story writer
- August 16 – Georgette Heyer, British novelist (d. 1974)
- August 19 - Ogden Nash, poet(d. 1971)
- October 13 - Arna Bontemps, poet
- October 26 - Beryl Markham, memoirist, aviatrix, horsewoman
[edit] Deaths - January 7 - Wilhelm Hertz
- April 20 - Frank R. Stockton, writer and humorist
- May 6 - Bret Harte, author, poet
- June 10 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet
- June 18 - Samuel Butler, novelist
- September 11 - Ernst Dümmler, historian
- September 29
- October 7 - George Rawlinson, historian
- October 13 - John George Bourinot, Canadian historian
- October 25 - Frank Norris, novelist
- November 16 - G. A. Henty, novelist
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