Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1886 in literature, other events of 1887, 1888 in literature, list of years in literature. Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards Events Futabatei Shimei writes Drifting Clouds, the first modern novel in Japan. New Books Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard Cut by the County - Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Deemster - Hall Caine Un dilemme, En Rade - Joris-Karl Huysmans Drifting Clouds - Futabatei Shimei Jess - H. Rider Haggard Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson La Terre - Emile Zola She - H. Rider Haggard A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle Thelma - Marie Corelli Woodlanders - Thomas Hardy Births February 1 - Charles Nordhoff, author (+ 1947) February 3 - Georg Trakl, poet (+ 1914) February 11 - John van Melle, South African writer February 18 - Nikos Kazantzakis, poet (+ 1957) March 3 - Rupert Brooke, poet March 14 - Sylvia Beach, publisher June 2 - Orrick Johns, poet & playwright September 1 - Blaise Cendrars, writer (+ 1961) Deaths Awards This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.