1811 in literature
See also: 1810 in literature, other events of 1811, 1812 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New booksBallad Romances, and Other Poems - Anna Maria PorterBarozzi - Catherine SmithThe Caledonian Banditti - Catherine SmithElfrida, Heiress of Belgrove - Emma Parker - Sarah WigleyThe Institute: a Heroic Poem - Thomas PringleMichael Kohlhaas - Heinrich von KleistThe Mysterious Hand - Augustus Jacob Crandolpho The Necessity of Atheism - Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Passions - Charlotte DacreSt. Irvyne - Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Schoolmistress - Rachel HunterSeabrook Village and Its Inhabitants - Sophia F ZiegenhirtSelf-Control - Mary BruntonSense and Sensibility - Jane AustenStratagems Defeated - Mary MeekeUndine - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Births January 9 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett (+ 1856) February 1 - Arthur Henry Hallam, poet (+ 1833) February 19 - Jules Sandeau, French dramatist and novelist July 18 - William Makepeace Thackeray (+ 1863) August 31 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist (+ 1872) September 17 - August Blanche, Swedish writer, statesman (d. 1868)
Deaths January 10 - Joseph Chénier, poet and dramatist, brother of André Chénier May 7 - Richard Cumberland (dramatist) September 14 - James Grahame, poet September 30 - Bishop Thomas Percy, collector of Percy's Reliques November 21 - Heinrich von Kleist, poet
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