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Overview of the events of 1888 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1888 .
Events February 9 – During Joseph Conrad's career at sea as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, he departs Bangkok for Sydney in his first command as master, the British barque Otago , a basis for his novella The Shadow Line 1916 ).March 6 – On the day of Amos Bronson Alcott 's funeral at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts) , his daughter, novelist Louisa May Alcott , already in poor health, suffers a fatal stroke.[1] March 16 – Foundation stone for a new National Library of Greece building is laid in Athens .May 26 – In London , Punch George and Weedon Grossmith 's humorous The Diary of a Nobody June 3 – Ernest Thayer 's baseball poem "Casey at the Bat " is first published (under the pen name "Phin") as the last of his humorous contributions to The San Francisco Examiner July – Arthur Conan Doyle 's first Sherlock Holmes detective novel , A Study in Scarlet 1887 ), is first published separately as a book, by Ward Lock & Co in London with illustrations by the author's father, Charles Altamont Doyle .
October
Sholem Aleichem edits the first issue of the anthology Di Yidishe Folksbibliotek in Kiev , giving important exposure to young writers in Yiddish , including I. L. Peretz 's long ballad "Monish".The Finnish epic Kalevala John Martin Crawford .
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche writes Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert 1889 ), Der Antichrist 1895 ) and his autobiography, Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist 1908 ), his last works before his total mental collapse.
"Papus " founds the esoteric magazine L'Initiation in France.
Approximate date – The sexual memoir My Secret Life Henry Spencer Ashbee , begins publication, being printed in Amsterdam for clandestine sale in Britain. New books Fiction Children and young people Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births January 24 – Vicki Baum , Austrian-born writer (died 1960 )January 25 – A. L. Zissu , Romanian novelist and Zionist leader (died 1956 )February 10 – Giuseppe Ungaretti , Italian modernist poet and writer (died 1970 )April 26 – Anita Loos , American novelist and screenwriter (died 1981 )June 13 – Fernando Pessoa , Portuguese writer (died 1935 )July 23 – Raymond Chandler , American novelist and screenwriter (died 1959 )September 4 – Margaret Henley , daughter of W. E. Henley and J. M. Barrie's inspiration for the name "Wendy" in Peter Pan (died 1894 )September 22 – Lucia Mantu , born Camelia Nădejde, Romanian writer (died 1971 )September 26 – T. S. Eliot , American-born English poet and playwright (died 1965 )October 14 – Katherine Mansfield , New Zealand short story writer (died 1923 )October 16 – Eugene O'Neill , American playwright and Nobel laureate (died 1953 )October 26 – Dem. Theodorescu , Romanian novelist and journalist (died 1946 )Deaths January 30 – Mary Howitt , English writer, poet and translator (born 1799 )March 4 – Amos Bronson Alcott , American writer and philosopher (born 1799 )March 6 – Louisa May Alcott , American novelist (born 1832 )March 14 – James Hogg , Scottish-born publisher (born 1806 )April 15 – Matthew Arnold , English poet (born 1822 )May 12 – Edward Lear , English writer of comic verse and artist (born 1812 )August 9 – Charles Cros , French poet (born 1842 )August 20 – Henry Richard , Welsh political writer (born 1812 )September 24 – Karl von Prantl , German philosopher (born 1820 )November 17 – Dora d'Istria , Romanian-Albanian writer (born 1828 )December 8 – Frederick Apthorp Paley , English scholar (born 1815 )December 23 – Laurence Oliphant , Scottish travel writer and novelist (born 1829 )Unknown date – William Gifford Palgrave , English Arabic scholar and writer (born 1826 )Awards References 
