1829 in literature
See also: 1828 in literature, other events of 1829, 1830 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events Louis Braille invents embossed printing that allows the blind to read.
New booksAnne of Geierstein - Sir Walter Scott The Chouans - Honoré de BalzacA Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada - Washington IrvingBlack-Eyed Susan - Douglas William JerroldDevereux - Edward George Bulwer-LyttonFate and Fortune - Henrietta Rouviere MosseA Journey on Foot from Holmen's Canal to the East Point of Amager - Hans Christian Andersen The Misfortunes of Elphin - Thomas Love Peacock The Naval Officer - Frederick MarryatOn the Constitution of Church and State - Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRichelieu - George Payne Rainsford JamesRomances of Real Life - Catherine GoreSalathiel - George CrolyThe Young Duke - Benjamin Disraeli
New dramaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust
BirthsFebruary 24 - Friedrich von Spielhagen, novelistMarch 4 - Samuel Rawson Gardiner, historian March 16 - Sully Prudhomme, first Nobel Prize in Literature winner (+ 1907)May 1 - José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)September 25 - William Michael Rossetti, critic and founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
DeathsJanuary 11 - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel, poet and criticJuly 7 - Jacob Friedrich von Abel, philosopher September 29 - Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont, political writer
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