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Tolstoy during the Crimean War , c. 1854
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March 11 – Jane Meade Welch , American journalist and historian (died 1931 )
March 13 – Kolachalam Srinivasa Rao , Indian dramatist (died 1919 )
March 14 – Alexandru Macedonski , Romanian poet, novelist and dramatist (died 1920 )
May 24 – Mona Caird , English novelist, essayist and feminist (died 1932 )
May 25 – Clara Louise Burnham , née Root, American novelist (died 1927 )
June 10
July 7 – W. C. Morrow , American writer, noted for his stories of horror and suspense. (died 1923 )
August 2 – Francis Marion Crawford , American novelist (died 1909 )
September 1 – Florence Trail , American educator and author (died 1944 )
October 16 – Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, poet and wit (died 1900 )[11]
October 20
unknown date – Eliza D. Keith , American educator, author and journalist (died 1939 )
January 5 – Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer , German philologist and biographer (born 1809 )
February 4 – George Watterston , American librarian of Congress (born 1783 )
April 3 – John Wilson , Scottish poet and journalist (born 1785 )
April 7 – Pierre-François Tissot , French historian and memoirist (born 1768 )
April 16 – Julia Nyberg , Swedish poet (born 1784 )
April 24 – Gabriele Rossetti , Italian poet (born 1783 )
April 30 – James Montgomery , Scottish-born poet and hymnist (born 1771 )
July 20 – Caroline Anne Southey (Caroline Anne Bowles), English poet (born 1786 )
October 14 – Samuel Phillips , English journalist (born 1814 )
November 5 – Susan Edmonstone Ferrier , Scottish novelist (born 1782 )
November 25 – John Kitto , English Biblical commentator (born 1804 )
December 9 – Almeida Garrett , Portuguese poet, novelist and dramatist (born 1799 )
Hauge, Ingard (1975). "Poetisk realisme og nasjonalromantikk". In Beyer, Edvard (ed.). Norges Litteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 318–325.