1867 in literature
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- 2.1 First half of
- 2.2 Second half of
- 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Loeb Classical Library
- November 9: By law, the North German Confederation, all literary works are public domain, whose authors have died 30 or more years ago.
- November 10: With the volumes of thumb. A tragedy and fist. The tragedy, second part of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe begins the Reclam Verlag with the publication of Loeb Classical Library. The very large for then- publisher relations, each with initial production of 5,000 copies is as good as sold out within a few weeks, so that once 5,000 copies are printed and delivered in December. By the end of the year another 33 numbers of the universal library will appear.
Prose
- Thérèse Raquin, Émile Zola's third novel, is published. The work brings the author 's literary breakthrough in Paris.
- Leo Tolstoy completed the original version of his epic War and Peace, but whose publication is not concluded.
- The historical novel Witiko of Adalbert Stifter appears.
Drama
- Henrik Ibsen wrote the dramatic poem Peer Gynt.
Periodicals
Scientific works
- Karl Marx published the first volume of his major work The economic capital: The production process of capital.
- The African explorer Paul Belloni Du Chaillu reports on his second trip to Africa, the years 1863-65 in his travelogue A journey to Ashango country and Further Penetration into Equatorial Africa.
Born
First half year
- JANUARY 21: Ludwig Thoma, German / Bavarian writer († 1921)
- JANUARY 24: Ernst Zahn, Swiss writer († 1952)
- January 31: Mariusz Zaruski, Polish general, sailors, mountaineers, writer, poet and painter († 1941)
- February 5: Elsbeth Krukenberg Conze, German writer and suffragist († 1954)
- February 6: Richard Lipinski, German trade unionist, politician and writer († 1936)
- February 7: Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer († 1957)
- February 9: Natsume Soseki, Japanese writer († 1916)
- FEBRUARY 18: Hedwig Courths Mahler, German writer († 1950)
- FEBRUARY 24: Karl Schönherr, Austrian playwright († 1943)
- February 25: Rudolf Tarnow, Low German writer († 1933)
- March 1: Konrad Agahd, German writer, educator and journalist († 1926)
- May 7: Władysław Reymont, Polish writer († 1925)
- MAY 14: Kurt Eisner, German politician and writer († 1919)
- MAY 16: Jeanne Berta Semmig, German writer and poet († 1958)
- May 27: Arnold Bennett, British writer († 1931)
- MAY 28: Sebastian Rieger, Tyrolean folk poet and priest († 1953)
- June 8: Dagny Juel, Norwegian writer and playwright († 1901)
- June 17: Henry Lawson, Australian author and poet († 1922)
- June 22: Eugen Diederichs, German book publisher († 1930)
- JUNE 28: Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate († 1936)
Second half- year
- JULY 25: Max Dauthendey, German poet and painter († 1918)
- JULY 26: Koda Rohan, Japanese writer († 1947)
Exact date of birth unknown
- George Walter Caldwell, American otolaryngologist, painter and writer († 1946)
Died
- JANUARY 21: Anders Oldberg, Swedish educator and author (* 1804)
- February 5: Serafín Estébanez Calderón, Spanish writer (* 1799)
- April 8: Emil Adolf Rossmaessler, German naturalist and people (b. 1806)
- MAY 25: William of Kügelgen, German writer (* 1802)
- August 31: Charles Baudelaire, French poet of the modern age (* 1821)
- September 3: Heinrich Smidt, German writer (* 1798)
- October 10: Julius Mosen, German poet and writer (* 1803)
- October 14: WO von Horn, German writer (* 1798)
- November 20: Theodor Apel, German writer and founder (* 1811)
- 26th December: József Kossics, Hungarian - Slovenian writer, poet, folklorist and a Catholic priest (* 1788)