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The year 1895 in literature involved some significant new books. Events New books New drama Poetry Births - February 14 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher (died 1973)
- February 28 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist (died 1974)
- March 29 - Ernst J nger, German novelist (died 1998)
- April 23 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand novelist (died 1982)
- May 9 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet and philosopher (died 1961)
- May 19 - Charles Sorley, British poet (died 1915)
- June 16 - Warren Lewis, British historian, brother of C. S. Lewis and Inkling (died 1973)
- July 14 - F. R. Leavis, British literary critic (died 1978)
- July 24 - Robert Graves, English poet and novelist (died 1985)
- September 21 Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (died 1925)
- October 17 - C. H. B. Kitchin, British novelist (died 1967)
- October 31 - B. H. Liddell Hart, English military historian (died 1970)
- November 1 - David Jones, British poet and artist (died 1974)
- November 16 - Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist and short story writer (died 1956)
- December 1 - Henry Williamson, English novelist (died 1977)
- December 14 - Paul luard, French poet (died 1952)
- date unknown - Vivian de Sola Pinto, British poet, literary critic, and historian (died 1969)
Deaths - January 13 - John Robert Seeley, English historian and essayist (born 1834)
- January 15 - Lady Charlotte Guest, British translator of Welsh literature (born 1812)
- February 20 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist, orator and writer (born 1818)
- March 5 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer (born 1831)
- March 15 - Cesare Cant , Italian historian (born 1804)
- March 22 - Henry Copp e, American historian and biographer (born 1821)
- April 3 - Gustav Freytag, German novelist and dramatist (born 1816)
- April 26 - Eric Stenbock, Baltic German poet (born 1858)
- May 26 - Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman historian and legal writer (born 1822)
- August 1 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (born 1817)
- August 5 - Friedrich Engels, German socialist writer (born 1820)
- November 4 - Eugene Field, American children's author (born 1850)
- November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and dramatist (born 1824)
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