Books- " Corsair " - the story (third "eastern poem") of George Byron .
- “The Golden Pot ” is a tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann .
- Waverly, or Sixty Years Ago - Walter Scott's first novel (published anonymously).
- Mansfield Park is an educational novel by Jane Austen .
- January 8 - Johannes Kneppelhut , a Dutch writer (died in 1885 ).
- February 25 ( March 9 ) - Taras Shevchenko , Ukrainian poet and artist (died in 1861 ).
- April 24 - Vasily Antonovich Insarsky , Russian writer-memoirist (died in 1883 ).
- October 15 - Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , Russian poet (died in 1841 ).
- October 17 - Yakov Fedorovich Golovatsky , Ukrainian poet, writer, folklorist (died in 1888 ).
- Eugene Jean , Belgian writer and poet (died in 1881 ).
- Gabrielle Sume , French writer, poet and playwright (died 1886 ).
- January 21 - Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , French writer (born 1737 ).
- February 27 - Julien Louis Geoffrey , French literary critic (born 1743 ).
- June 21 - Johann Martin Miller , German writer and poet (born 1750 ).
- November 10 - Eusebiusz Slovak , Polish poet, playwright, translator; father of the poet Juliusz Slowacki (born in 1772 or 1773 ).
- November 10 - Jean-Louis Aubert , French poet, fabulist, journalist and critic (born 1731 ).
- December 5 - Evarist Parni , French poet (born 1753 ).
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