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The year 1907 in literature involved some significant new books.
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Events
- June 26 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of laws degree from Oxford University.
- James Joyce meets Ettore Schmitz for the first time.
- Elizabeth Bowen moves with her mother from Ireland to England.
New books
- L. Frank Baum—Ozma of Oz
- Arnold Bennett—The City of Pleasure
- André Billy—Benoni
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon—Dead Love Has Chains
- Joseph Conrad—The Secret Agent
- Charles Derennes—Le Peuple du Pôle
- Jeffery Farnol—My Lady Caprice
- E. M. Forster—The Longest Journey
- Elinor Glyn —Three Weeks
- Roy Horniman—Israel Rank
- Liu E - Lao Ts'an yu-chi (The Travels of Lao Ts'an)
- Arthur Machen—The Hill of Dreams
- Octave Mirbeau—La 628-E8
- Baroness Orczy —
- Beatrix Potter—The Tale of Tom Kitten
- Upton Sinclair—The Overman
- Edith Wharton—Madame de Treymes
- Owen Wister—The Seven Ages of Washington
- P. G. Wodehouse—Not George Washington
- Harold Bell Wright—The Shepherd of the Hills
New drama
- Georges Feydeau - Une puce à l'oreille (A Flea In Her Ear)
- John Millington Synge - The Playboy of the Western World
Poetry
- James Elroy Flecker - The Bridge of Fire
- Robert W. Service - Songs of a Sourdough
Non-fiction
- George Witton - Scapegoats of the Empire
Births
- February 1 - Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972)
- February 3 (probable) - James A. Michener, American novelist (d. 1997)
- February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
- May 12 - Leslie Charteris, The Saint author (d. 1993)
- May 13 - Daphne du Maurier, Cornish writer (d. 1989)
- May 27 - Rachel Carson, American author of Silent Spring (d. 1964)
- July 7 - Robert A. Heinlein, American author (d. 1988)
- August 17 - Roger Peyrefitte, French author (d. 2000)
- August 28 - Rupert Hart-Davis, British editor and publisher (d. 1999)
- September 23 - Pauline Réage, French erotic novelist (d. 1998)
- October 15 - Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
- November 14 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author of children's books (d. 2002)
- November 27 - L. Sprague de Camp, American science fiction and fantasy author (d. 2000)
- November 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d. 1990)
- November 28 - Mary Oppen, American poet, activist, photographer (d. 1990)
- December 10 - Rumer Godden, English novelist (d. 1998)
- December 18 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (d. 2005)
Deaths
- January 20 - Agnes Mary Clerke, English author on astronomy (b. 1842)
- March 9 - Frederic George Stephens, Englishart critic and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (b. 1828)
- April 23 - André Theuriet, French poet and novelist (b. 1833
- May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- July 17 - Hector Malot, French author (b. 1830)
- July 19 - William Gunion Rutherford, Scottish classical commentator (b. 1853)
- September 6 - Sully Prudhomme, French poet and essayist; 1st Nobel Prize winner (b. 1839)
- September 7 - Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist (b. 1836)
- October 6 - David Masson, Scottish critic and biographer (b. 1822)
- November 1 - Alfred Jarry, French dramatist (b. 1873)
- November 28 - Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist, poet and painter (b. 1869)
