1846 in literature - Definition

See also: 1845 in literature, other events of 1846, 1847 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Carmen - Prosper Mérimée
• The Chevalier of the Maison Rouge - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Children of the Night - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
• La Dame de Montsoreau - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Devil's Pond - George Sand
• Memoirs of a Physician - Alexandre Dumas, père
• Pictures from Italy - Charles Dickens
• Poor People - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Privateersman - Frederick Marryat
• The Redskins - James Fenimore Cooper
• Typee - Herman Melville
• Weekdays - Mór Jókai

Births

• April 4 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer (+ 1870)
• May 5 - Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish novelist (+ 1916)
• May 25 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet

Deaths

• July 12 - Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, novelist

Awards