1902 in literature

Events

• April - Mark Twain purchases a home in Terrytown, New York[?].

• June 4 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctorate of literature degree from Missouri University[?].

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is published. In 2001, the book would be one of four books by Conrad to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• The Wings of the Dove[?] by Henry James is published. In 2001, the book would be one of three books by James to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• Anna of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett
• The Battle-Ground[?] - Ellen Glasgow[?]
• Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann
• The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop[?] - Hamlin Garland[?]
• The Earthen Floor[?] (poetry) - Edwin James Brady[?]
• Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
• The Hole in the Wall[?] - Arthur Morrison[?]
• The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
• Lavinia[?] - Rhoda Broughton
• L'immoraliste[?] - Andre Gide
• Mrs Craddock[?] - W. Somerset Maugham
• The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci[?] - Dmitri Merejkowski[?]
• The Sport of the Gods[?] - Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Supermaschio[?] - Alfred Jarry
• Tale of Peter Rabbit[?] - Beatrix Potter
• Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy[?] - Marie Corelli
• Valley of Decision[?] - Edith Wharton
• The Varieties of Religious Experience[?] - William James
• The Virginian[?] - Owen Wister[?]
• The Wings of the Dove[?] - Henry James

Births

• January 20 - Nazim Hikmet[?], lyricist and dramatist († 1963)
• February 27 - John Steinbeck writer (+ 1968)
• August 19 - Ogden Nash, poet(+ 1971)

Deaths

• May 6 - Bret Harte, author, poet
• June 10 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet
• June 18 - Samuel Butler, novelist
• September 29 - Emile Zola, French author
• October 25 - Frank Norris, novelist

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen[?]